Quote Originally Posted by ahmonrah
what he said, shouldnt have been said.
True.

that'd be like me hosting a radio station and calling golf players "honkys on the green" or "peckerwoods in polos" or some stupid shit like that. i'd be fined, possibly fired and what-the-fuck ever else they wanted to do to me.
No you wouldn't. It happens daily. Look at rap music's lyrics. Do they not have racist comments in them? Are they not played on a daily basis? What about TV? How many comedians make fun of other races? Most if not all. What about Al Sharpton calling white people names? What about Jesse Jackson using slang terms to refer to jews? What about the NAACP which in it's own name is racist? What about Affirmative Action?

We could go on all day long naming racist remarks, jokes, TV shows, tirades, editorials, gov't offices, and on and on that are open and very much in business today. So, sorry, there is plenty of "work" for racists out there. Plenty.


when your in broadcast radio, meaning what you say more than likely WILL be available to whoever dials you in, regardless of their genetic background, your words must reflect that knowledge.
No they don't. Noone has a Constitutional right to hear what THEY want to hear. They do in turn have the right to turn the dial to the OFF position. Freedom of speech was not intended to shield anyone from hearing things they don't want to hear. It was intended to be a freedom that sometimes is hard to swallow. It is a freedom that allows us to agree to disagree.

The man's show is neither a public service announcement nor the views of his employer, hence why he got suspended. It is designed to entertain, that's it. It's not the news. It's not even supposed to be correct. It is a talk show. Talk shows just gab about whatever they want. How come noone complains when some idiot pulls a stunt to kiss some 80 yr woman for ratings? Someone somewhere I'm sure finds that offensive. How's this any different? The guy said something stupid in an attempt to be funny and it backfired. Big deal. How many comments are made every day by politicians and real business leaders that were meant to be funny in a tongue-in-cheek way?

It boils down to one simple thing: It's a double standard. Someone can say something and it's "ok", but if someone of another COLOR says the same damn thing it's suddenly "not OK"..... That's BS. It should be wrong REGARDLESS of who says it.

I'll agree with anyone if they hold up that same damn picket sign when someone of their same race does the same thing. Until then, they are just hypocrites, plain and simple. Things should either be right or wrong. Not right IF and wrong IF.....