Today the Rutgers women's basketball team held a news conference at which they blasted radio host Don Imus for what they consider to be racist and sexist remarks. I agree with the fact that what he said was deplorable and despicable. However, if these young women had their joy taken away by a guy they never met on some show airing in another state because of something he said, they need to grow spines.
Give me a freakin' break! I am so sick of this politically correct bull!
The players believe that his comments were insensitive and hurtful.
They are hurtful if you allow them to be. There are those people out there looking to be offended. It's what they do, and now they have everyone else crying everytime something wrong is said to them. Understand me, I am not defending Imus, I am saying that as a person, why would anyone allow a person to have power over them like this with what they say? This response by the players is over the top, and this situation is serving as a great opportunity for the political correctness activists out there to get their fifteen minutes of fame.
One of the Rutgers players said, "Unless they've given `ho' a whole new definition, that's not what I am."
Exactly. If you have enough self-confidence that you know that, then why be offended? Who gives a crap what some foul-mouthed radio host said? Welcome to life. People say mean things. They shouldn't, and I am not condoning it, but if you cry everytime someone says something mean, then you'll be crying every day for the rest of your life; and if we succumb to the politically correct agenda, nobody will ever say anything again because whatever we say can always be misunderstood and found offensive by someone, somewhere.
"We haven't done anything to deserve this controversy, and yet it has taken a toll on us mentally and physically."
BECAUSE YOU ALLOWED IT TO!
The head coach said her players "are the best this nation has to offer ... young ladies of class, distinction. They are articulate, they are gifted. They are God's representatives in every sense of the word."
Another player said, "It kind of scars us. We grew up in a world where racism exists, and there's nothing we can do to change that, I think that this has scarred me for life."
I don't allow anything anybody says to scar me for life. That is just ridiculous.
And here's where I really get mad. There was at one point actually consideration of firing Imus for this! Why? Because you lost the championship game to Tennessee and now you want someone to blame?
Look, the comments took the luster off of an incredible season because the players, the liberal media, the activists, and all of the other idiots out there allowing this to be more than it is are allowing them too. Didn't mama teach you "sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me"?
And, Sharpton and Jessie Jackson are chiming in as well. Those double-standard hypocrites have done nothing but set black America back. They are hypocrites and frauds, who have more racist comments under their belts than I can count (primarily of the anti-semitic kind).
Sharpton appeared on "Today" and called the suspension given to Imus (rather than a firing) "not nearly enough. I think it is too little, too late."
Jackass!
Look, nobody will ever make me feel like I am less of who I think I am with their words. I will never give anyone that power. By making a big thing out of this, the racists got what they wanted - a reaction. Play your basketball, hold your heads up high, and ignore the idiocy people sometimes spew.
And for God's sake, grow a spine!
8 comments:
Yo brotha, it's like this: Them nappy headed ho's at Rutgers should just chill and tell that honkey arsed Imus to step off their tip.
You know it, and then they should just kick it and let it slide.
Al Sharpton an his ilk do nothing but perpetuate racism. Nothing like the victim card.
victimology and political correctness is not a good mixture.
Are you saying those girls (and women) and that coach are not entitled to express their anger, disgust and disappointment? Last I looked, this is still America, and those women have as much right to speak out as you have, or as Imus has. What? Are you saying you have the right to dictate what their reactions should be?
I'd like to see how you'd respond, if someone PUBLICLY called your daughter a "ho" much less a nappy headed ho.
You know what irony is DG - your getting more upset at the reaction of the women, rather that the actual statement. Your being more upset (enough to write about it) about the effect, rather than the cause. Now that's ironic.
Maybe it's a navy thing, but if someone said something like Don did to me, you gotta come up with something fast, cutting and apparantly off the cuff. Perhaps, "We ain't talking about yo mama" or something edifying like that. Or even better: "Don who?"
Making people laugh at him would get him far more than a forced apology.
What kitty? I did not say these young ladies are not entitled to express their anger - I am saying that their anger, and their over the top expression of it is ridiculous. My daughter was called a ho years ago when she was in cheerleading. It was untrue, and uncalled for, so she chose not to hang around those girls. Whe knows who she is, and she did not allow these statements by a dozen girls to destroy her or crush her or take away her joy. She refused to allow someone to have the power to change how she feels about herself by senseless words. Also, if you weren't paying attention, I said that I agree that what Imus said was wrong, and he shouldn't have. But on of the girls said she's scarred for life? That is lucicrous, ridiculous, and a perfect example of victimology. If these girls were any sort of reasonable women, they would not have allowed such a statement to even bother them. What's next? What can I or can't I say? at this rate the law books are going to be filled with acceptable terms and not acceptable terms, listed by certain races, of course (because as you know that same statement made by a non-white would have been just fine). The rappers created this, popularized this, cashed in on this, and now are complaining because other folks have dared use the language they made popular. And yes, I am more upset by their reaction than the actual statement. I have been on the butt-end of statements most of my life and guess what? I have a spine, so I grinned, realized the person was foolish, and moved on. Please, Mudkitty, please tell me that you don't think that everybody should be a bunch of spineless jellyfishes crying and upset everytime someone says something they shouldn't have said. Life sucks, people are mean, and to survive you must rise above the bull and not allow such crap to affect you. And we wonder why society is in shambles.
Oh, so they can express their anger, but only in a way that you see fitting? DG? Seriously?
Your daughter was not called a "ho" in front of millions on the public airwaves? Was she? Or your wife?
Are you actually saying that none of these girls, and women, are not "any sort of reasonable women?" What? Are you saying they are unreasonable? They are unreasonable because they express their disgust? Or they are unreasonable because you think that they are in fact, what Imus said? I mean, are you really trying to defend Imus, and offend the womens Rutger's team and their supporters.
What are you going to tell your daughter? That it's ok.
Look, we all know that self-esteem doesn't come from the words of others...but if you think it would be ok for Imus to call your daughter a ho, than ok. Fine. Let that stand for all time.
I'm not calling for his firing, and neither are the women of the Rutger's team, in case you weren't paying CLOSE attention.
But Sharpton did call for Imus' firing (you know, the anti-semetic) I never said that I was defending Imus. Take the wax out of your ears, or the cataracts out of your eyes, or whatever the problem is, and read carefully: I believe that what Imus said was in poor judgement, but the response is over the top. How many conservatives are called horrible things in front of millions and don't get all "scarred for life" over it? Condi Rice has been called an Uncle Tom, for God's sake. You didn't see her crying like a wimp. I told my daughter that people say mean things, and that they shouldn't, but never, ever, ever allow some jerk who is insensitive to have that kind of power and mess you up because of a few, well placed, messed up words. It's not about self-esteem. It's about common sense. These girls are probably even not half as hurt as they are making out to be, and if they are, they weren't prepared for crap like this very well by their coach, or teachers. Yes, Imus shouldn't have said what he said, but get this off the news, grow a spine, and don't blame some insensitive jackass for you loss in the NCAA championships. It's poor form.
I think the only one here who really needs to grow a spine is Imus. Let the responsibility lay where it originated.
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