"Imus"

I was disgusted at the headline of this article regarding the death of radio shock jock DON IMUS...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/don-imus-racist-radio-show-host-dead-222749472.html

The headline identifies him as a racist, within 24 hours of his death, and that just ticks me off.  Here's why.

     1.) Whether Don Imus was a racist or not, I cannot say...I never listened to his show LONG ENOUGH to make a determination. I was not a fan of his.  I will concede that some things which are quoted here in this article SOUND racist, but I don't know the context in which these jokes were said. Still, who ever heard of a celebrity being called "racist" in the headline announcing their death, as if that trumps all of their accomplishments?? Do they do this for racist MINORITY celebrities who die?  When Al Sharpton passes, I'll be waiting to see what HIS headline says (if the Lord wills that I live so long)...but I won't be holding my breath waiting, to see if HE will be called "racist."  That (holding my breath like that) will only serve to hasten MY demise, Lol!!  But if ever there was a "racist," Al Sharpton IS one....it's just that he's a black racist so he gets, and will get, a free pass.

When poet Imamu Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) died here in my native New Jersey, no headline called HIM "racist" but if ever there was a racist and anti-Semite, it was Baraka. And I could multiply examples if I wanted to.



     2.) The HuffPost article in the link above fails to mention that Imus APOLOGIZED for what he said that time about the Rutgers women's basketball team, here in Jersey.  He apologized, even though black rappers call black women "hos" ALL THE TIME with impunity, Imus APOLOGIZED and the Liberals apparently can STILL never forgive him. And whatever happened to "don't speak ill of the dead," pray tell??!!  I mean, THE GUY JUST DIED, couldn't the HuffPost (and yahoo news) wait at least a DAY until they ran an article identifying him as a "racist," if they MUST go that route?? And couldn't they at least mention that the guy APOLOGIZED for what he said??

     3.) I'm wondering if this (the way Imus is getting tagged as "racist") is another way the Liberal Mainstream Media is trying to make white men (who apparently comprised MOST of Imus's audience) feel guilty or diminished, because they listened to him and liked him?? Well, I'm a white man who DIDN'T listen to Imus and who ISN'T a racist yet who is MAD at the hypocrisy and double-standard that exists. As a young man I rallied on behalf of equal rights for BLACKS, and now that the Pendulum has swung too far the other way, in my old age I'm going to defend WHITE MEN.

In conclusion, I was offended at Imus's cracks about Christianity AND his sexual "humor," the few times I listened to his show for a few minutes.  I turned him off because HE turned ME off. Unless something happened on his deathbed that is not being made public, Mr. Imus has a LOT to answer for regarding the way he used his God-given talent to communicate in ways that Scripture teaches God disapproves of and will judge.  I tremble for his SOUL.

But if Don Imus was black and made the same jokes about WHITES, we all know that the White Guiltridden Liberals would give him a free pass about it, and the headline of that link above would NOT have the word "racist" in it.  That stuff (the double-standard) happens all the time, but it's simply not right.