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1. #1
   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:35 am, DarkKnight said:

   Michelle, I believe that this funeral is not to say that the n-word is completely dead because all you need do is listen to a conversation between some people to realize that not everyone embraces such a silencing of the free speech that they feel.

   However, I think this is to call to attention a more-concerted effort to bring attention to the artists who use these words as well as the companies who produce them.

   If you recall, you have asked where Civil Rights leaders such as the NAACP and Al Sharpton are in trying to stop the n-word and b-word in the rap industry.

   Is the Sharpton & Jackson Circus truly committed to cleaning up cultural pollution that demeans women and perpetuates racial epithets?

   You also said this:

   Al Sharpton, I am sure, is ready to call a press conference with the National Organization for Women to jointly protest this garbage and protest the radio stations and big pimpin’ music companies behind it.

   Or perhaps the New Civility Squad is not convinced yet that the Billboard chart toppers I’ve highlighted are representative?

   Well now they are calling attention. You should applaud them.

   WITH THAT SAID MICHELLE:

   I would like you to provide a link to a series of articles that seriously examine why our community is still dealings with issues (including rap and hip hop) that should have been resolved years ago.

   http://www.ebonyjet.com/magazines/ebony/ebonymag.aspx

   This is front the lead article and I think it is relavent to the topic. This is what the NAACP is trying to do.

   http://www.ebonyjet.com/features/featured_articles.aspx?id=4532

   We were outraged when a 66-year-old White man used the public airwaves to carelessly hurl that insult at the women of Rutgers University’s basketball team. America rose up, confronted his sponsors and his networks, and he was fired. And he should have been.

   But, in the midst of the Imus storm, it was amazing how fast the conversations in the media shifted from the vile and awful things that came out of his mouth to the vile and awful things that sometimes come out of the mouths of rappers, entertainers and everyday people. “The rappers made me do it,” we were asked to believe.

   But we know better.

   We know that while there are elements of today’s music that celebrate the deprecation of Black women, there are also elements that celebrate the beauty and power and grace of Black women.

   PLEASE, read these articles. The Black Community is facing these issues. I give them all the credit in the world for doing so. Do not criticize their efforts.

2. #2
   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:38 am, Bad Candy said:

   Rap is total garbage, and the people know it.

   Sales of rap and hiphop albums have been tanking. There are a lot of reasons, but fatigue from the vile nature of most of the content without anything to justify or redeem it is I think the one of the largest factors, plus no one’s done anything creative with the genre for years. So if that’s any solace…

3. #3
   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:45 am, Bad Candy said:

   Actually, that post I linked has a post by Ed Driscoll that I think plays a part too. Rap and hiphop are fatigued and played out.

   As he says, lets hope that the next big genre is less vile than this current one.

4. #4
   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:51 am, DarkKnight said:

   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:38 am, Bad Candy said:
   Rap is total garbage, and the people know it.

   Sales of rap and hiphop albums have been tanking. There are a lot of reasons, but fatigue from the vile nature of most of the content without anything to justify or redeem it is I think the one of the largest factors, plus no one’s done anything creative with the genre for years. So if that’s any solace…

   Bad Candy, please provide some context. Yes, hip hop sales are down. But so is everyone else.

   Sales of CD’s are declining because more and more people are burning their discs and buying digitally.

   The WSJ has more:

   http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117444575607043728-oEugjUqEtTo1hWJawejgR3LjRAw_20080320.html?mod=rss_free

   Quote taken from this link:
   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/03/22/1547252

   …Many factors contributing to the rapid decline: 800 fewer retail outlets (Tower Records’ demise alone closed 89); increasingly negative attitude towards CD sales from big-box retailers (Best Buy now dedicates less floor space to CDs in favor of better-selling items); and file sharing, among others. Songs are being traded at a rate about 17 times the iTunes Store’s recent rate of sales. Diminishing CD sales means that you don’t have to sell as many to get on the charts. The ‘Dreamgirls’ movie soundtrack recently hit #1 by selling 60,000 CDs in a week, a number that wouldn’t have made the top 30 in 2005.”

   Also, the songs referenced above are essentially club hits. They have good beats and no one pays attention to the words. But they should.

   That is the NAACP is doing.

5. #5
   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:55 am, ajmontana said:

   Rap is Crap and it’s more like “Rap sheet’s” these morons spewing this garbage out aren’t exactly upstanding citizens.

6. #6
   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:57 am, Regulus said:

   I can’t bear to listen to hip hop/rap, not to mention read the lyrics. I don’t know how you can do it, Michelle, but in this instance you’re certainly stronger than me.

   That kind of “music” isn’t music at all. More like a glorified form of anti-social sociopathy. The problem with it is that thoughts we constantly fill our minds with have a way of first transmuting themselves into our character, and then seek an outlet in some form of physical expression.

   I saw a doumentary on Eminem last weekend that confirmed this: for all of the people claiming that his hate-filled lyrics were just “artistic expression” meant to be “thought-provoking commentary,” the bottom line was that he ended up brandishing a pistol in people’s faces.

   And all one has to do is consider the body count of rap “musicians” and their listeners to see the kind of “social commentary” inherent in their message.

7. #7
   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:58 am, Bad Candy said:

   Bad Candy, please provide some context. Yes, hip hop sales are down. But so is everyone else.

   Yeah Dark Knight, here’s your context.

   This year rap and hip-hop sales are down 33 per cent, double the decline of the CD album market overall, which is under pressure from music download sites such as iTunes, where fans can buy individual songs.

   Emphasis mine. Double the decline of every other genre. There is no way they’re making up that in digital sales.

8. #8
   On July 9th, 2007 at 11:59 am, Bad Candy said:

   Oh, and BTW, that’s from my original linked article.

   And you can argue that people pirate them, which is fine, but it just means no one’s willing to pay for the garbage, and that in itself is pretty damning.

9. #9
   On July 9th, 2007 at 12:00 pm, gregorystephens said:

   I guess It’s o.k. to use the “N-word” only if you’re a black rapper making money off of it. I guess the word itself isn’t really that offensive after all. Or is it just one more reason to march and play the victim? Whatever happened to “sticks and stones…”?

10. #10
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:01 pm, puhiawa said:

    Thug culture.

11. #11
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:08 pm, gregorystephens said:

    It’s not just the “music” industry either. The film industry is partly to blame as well. Some movies portray the “thug” lifestyle, too.

12. #12
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:19 pm, DarkKnight said:

    On July 9th, 2007 at 11:59 am, Bad Candy said:
    And you can argue that people pirate them, which is fine, but it just means no one’s willing to pay for the garbage, and that in itself is pretty damning.

    I wholeheartedly agree.

    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:00 pm, gregorystephens said:
    I guess It’s o.k. to use the “N-word” only if you’re a black rapper making money off of it. I guess the word itself isn’t really that offensive after all.

    Who said its OK for the n-word to be used in lyrics? This article is about it not being OK for these lyrics to have that word in it.

    If you try and say that people who buy/listen to the music are saying giving their OK by patronizing the artist/company, then I say that is not entirely accurate as some people do listen to the music on the radio or at the club and don’t pay much attention to the verse, but rather the chorus and the underlying beat. They still find the N-word offensive and do not use it in their everyday language.

13. #13
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:28 pm, gregorystephens said:

    Who said its OK for the n-word to be used in lyrics? This article is about it not being OK for these lyrics to have that word in it.

    If you try and say that people who buy/listen to the music are saying giving their OK by patronizing the artist/company, then I say that is not entirely accurate as some people do listen to the music on the radio or at the club and don’t pay much attention to the verse, but rather the chorus and the underlying beat. They still find the N-word offensive and do not use it in their everyday language.

    Does the word facetious mean anything to you? The point I’m trying to make is that there is selective outrage over the use of the word. If people were really upset over the use of this word, they wouldn’t give their money to those that use it. I wouldn’t.

14. #14
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:34 pm, DarkKnight said:

    You’d be shocked at the amount of people who would have said what you said without being sarcastic.

    Anyway, it is not easy to listen to radio stations that play such nasty music when it is mixed with hip hop that is actually great to listen to. When some of the music comes on, I turn the station. But even at clubs, the good music is mixed with the bad.

    Many people go to clubs, or listen to the radio, but don’t buy that album directly as to patronize that artist.

    That was my point.

15. #15
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:50 pm, bipartisancomplainer said:

    The NAACP has no credibility for taking on hate speech. They gave Isaiah Washington an Image award and a standing ovation shortly after he was sent off to hate speech rehab. This funeral is just another stunt for media attention but with no real will to curb hate speech, except when they can use it as ammunition against a white man.

16. #16
    On July 9th, 2007 at 12:55 pm, BluegrassHindu said:

    Rap is Crap and it’s more like “Rap sheet’s” these morons spewing this garbage out aren’t exactly upstanding citizens.

    Matisyahu

    Enough said

17. #17
    On July 9th, 2007 at 1:02 pm, bipartisancomplainer said:

    I dunno what’s worse - Matisyahu as the wannabe Hassidic rapper or the dirty, smelly hipsters that follow him. Gross!

18. #18
    On July 9th, 2007 at 1:05 pm, Rusty said:

    Gregory Stephens (#13) said:

    If people were really upset over the use of this word, they wouldn’t give their money to those that use it. I wouldn’t.

    You should give Desire a chance. Scott from Powerline loves it!

19. #19
    On July 9th, 2007 at 1:12 pm, geminicontender said:

    Where is the English language in all of this. Sounds like ‘Ebonics’, remember that gift we gave to the liberals. Just another language to make you feel at ease in our country. Screw English!!!!!

20. #20
    On July 9th, 2007 at 1:13 pm, geminicontender said:

    NAACP, CAIR….any difference?

21. #21
    On July 9th, 2007 at 1:14 pm, geminicontender said:

    keep promoting the sickness

22. #22
    On July 9th, 2007 at 1:34 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Next march;

    Nappy-headed ho’s

    Who’s going?

23. #23
    On July 9th, 2007 at 1:53 pm, freedomamerie said:

    What people keep forgetting is simply this…..

    ON PUBLIC AIRWAYS THESE SONGS ARE EDITED. SO YOU DON’T HEAR THESE QUESTIONABLE LYRICS. YOU HAVE TO BUY THE CD TO HEAR THE UNCENSORED VERSION. WHY IS THERE OUTRAGE OVER THIS? ARE YOU OUTRAGED OVER “R” RATED MOVIES WHEN THEY ARE EDITED FOR TV?

24. #24
    On July 9th, 2007 at 1:53 pm, josetheguerilla said:

    Note to Blogosphere Goddess: You have way, way too much fun typing up all those cuss words!!!! lol. Thank you for blogging this, as most people would not know this crap is out there. This type of smut is destructive to our society. If the black leadership were truly sincere they would make these guys enemy number one. Instead they go after their friend Imus. How can this sort of speech go unchallenged by the so called “black leadership?” Where’s the outrage? This should be front page at the NY Times. Instead, they bash the White House.

25. #25
    On July 9th, 2007 at 2:07 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Darknight said: I say that is not entirely accurate as some people do listen to the music on the radio or at the club and don’t pay much attention to the verse, but rather the chorus and the underlying beat. They still find the N-word offensive and do not use it in their everyday language.

    They find it offensive, but are still gladly listening to it? I don’t really understand the logic behind that. When I find something offensive, I don’t participate in it. They might not be patronizing the rappers by buying their music, but they are still patronizing the radio stations that choose to play the music that is playing the music.

26. #26
    On July 9th, 2007 at 2:18 pm, Bad Candy said:

    FREEDOMAMERIE, I SEE YOUR CAPS LOCK IS STUCK TOO!

    Seriously, could you take it easy with the Caps Lock?

27. #27
    On July 9th, 2007 at 2:26 pm, darwin said:

    Irrelevant = NAACP

    Trying desperately to stay alive.

28. #28
    On July 9th, 2007 at 2:27 pm, Laree said:

    Some people don’t know when they have been HAD others don’t want to know.

    http://whataboutourdaughters.blogspot.com/2007/07/bet-programming-chief-unrepentant-about.html

29. #29
    On July 9th, 2007 at 2:47 pm, zeroangel said:

    They still find the N-word offensive and do not use it in their everyday language.

    Nigga PLZ!

    Sorry all, couldn’t resist. The Internet is great. Had I made the above comment in public, how it is recieved would largely depend on my skin color. If that isn’t racist, I don’t know what is.

30. #30
    On July 9th, 2007 at 2:50 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Nigga PLZ!

    Holla!

31. #31
    On July 9th, 2007 at 2:52 pm, Laree said:

    gregorystephens

    The Sticks and Stone Rule, everyone seems to have forgotten, I have this link in my Imus Links Blog.

    http://rattlergator.typepad.com/rattlergator/2007/04/sticks_and_ston.html

32. #32
    On July 9th, 2007 at 3:00 pm, Laree said:

    Chris Rock and other comedians are now using the well known sound bite- Nappy Headed Hos, in their comedy routines, should Imus get a residule? Boy this gets more and more complicated.

    http://www.multichannel.com/index.asp?layout=talkbackCommentsFull&talk_back_header_id=6447237&articleid=CA6453117

33. #33
    On July 9th, 2007 at 3:25 pm, Yashmak said:

    What I never understood about the Imus thing, was the outrage.

    What was THAT all about? If someone called a group of white atheletes ‘crackers’ on the air waves, chances are they’d just shrug it off. I don’t see why such a huge deal was made out of it. These are strong women atheletes, figures to be admired amongst those in their community. Do they not have the strength to ignore such comments?

    Instead, the African American community (with willing media assistance)infantilizes them, acting as if such comments harmed them, as if they cannot on their own handle such vile comments.

    I can’t imagine what would happen if a group of white atheletes were called ‘crackers’ on the air. Why not? Because NOTHING would happen. It would be totally shrugged off by both the atheletes, and the press.

    What a joke.

34. #34
    On July 9th, 2007 at 3:25 pm, Yashmak said:

    Ech. . .sorry I engaged in a bit of self-repetition in my last comment.

35. #35
    On July 9th, 2007 at 3:49 pm, TheCityTroll said:

    The double standards of the black community in America are the number 1 reason that they will always be religated to being nothing but the house slaves of the Democrat party.

    They scream about the N word but use it in their everyday speech.

    They scream about Racism but they practice it, even in their political caucus.

    They even practice racism against any Black that is not a Democrat.

    Why should the rest of America bow to demands of group that can’t practice what they preach?

36. #36
    On July 9th, 2007 at 3:55 pm, bipartisancomplainer said:

    TheCityTroll - “They even practice racism against any Black that is not a Democrat.”

    Which is such a shame since by this day and age they have some true role models on the Republican side that achieved the best of the best.

37. #37
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:01 pm, Rusty said:

    CityTroll, who is “they”? Black people? Because the “they” I know never use the word “nigger” or “nigga.” The “they” I know vote Democrat and Republican. “They” don’t practice racism to minorities in other parties.

    I’ll grant this. One of “they” will buy music that glorifies violence and sexism. What can I say, he’s a big fan of AC/DC. Most of the people I know into are really into rap are white.

    The “house slaves of the Democrat[ic]party”? How dare you? Get a grip.

38. #38
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:02 pm, Rusty said:

    Most of the people I know into are really into rap are white.

    Edit: Most of the people I know who are really into rap are white.

39. #39
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:09 pm, Laree said:

    I listened to Snow sing Informer, does that count (SMILE) oh I am the only one right!!

40. #40
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:15 pm, Laree said:

    Lyrics to Informer, sung by Snow, I mean everyone was listening to Canadians rap about not being Jamaicans in the 80s or was this early 90s? I can’t be the only one.

    http://www.lyrics007.com/print.php?id=TkRnMk1UZzU

41. #41
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:18 pm, blacktygrrrr said:

    The NAACP is losing it’s clout, assuming it has not already lost it. Many in the young generation could care less about what they have to say. This funeral is a desperate attempt for relevance by an increasingly irrelevant organization.

    Between this conference and the global warming concerts that nobody seems to be attending due to cold weather, the political left in this country needs to find a new cause.

    Perhaps helping to come up with ideas to help win the War on Terror would be helpful.

    eric, aka http://www.blacktygrrrr.wordpress.com
    http://blacktygrrrr.townhall.com

42. #42
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:23 pm, zeroangel said:

    oh I am the only one right!!

    You’re not the only one. Many of us did things when we were younger that we are ashamed of. Actually thinking “Snow” was cool is one of mine. *shudder* Ohhh the shame!

43. #43
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:27 pm, Laree said:

    I admit it I listened to Snow but not Vanilla Ice, he was just too ethnic for me (GRIN)

44. #44
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:28 pm, see-dubya said:

    Wasn’t Lil’ Bosie Oscar Wilde’s boyfriend?

45. #45
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:49 pm, Leatherneck said:

    Ebonics makes me ill.

46. #46
    On July 9th, 2007 at 4:53 pm, Myra Langerhas said:

    I wish conservatives (and I consider myself one) would stop this ‘hipocritical’ hip hop meme. We all know that black ‘leadership’, as it comes in the form of Jesse and Al, is a farce, but why sling mud in the trenches by making an issue of these things.

    And ultimately, this controversy is about banning a WORD. This word figures prominently in perhaps the greatest American novel yet written.

    Having a funeral to bury a word is one of the silliest acts of political theatre I have seen since Hillary put on a Yankee cap. Please don’t leech off of this absurdity by pointing out how offensive rap lyrics are.

47. #47
    On July 9th, 2007 at 5:11 pm, JWS said:

    The best way to handle these problems is to ignore them and those who bring them. The double standards ( the “N” word and who can say it-I cannot believe I have to type “N”…), the “victims”, the race baiters, the thug sports leagues, etc. It’s been decades and all they have to show for it is outrage! and hypocrisy. The content of our character blahblahblah. Quotas, rainbow push, black congressional caucus (worse for me than any - gov’t approved racial segregation!), all black high schools and colleges, and on and on and on. I couldn’t care less and have no interest in debating and especially supporting this idiocy…

48. #48
    On July 9th, 2007 at 5:20 pm, Rusty said:

    The thug sports leagues? What the heck are you talking about? There’s more fighting in baseball and hockey (sports dominated by whites) than in football and basketball. Yet the latter two get the bad reputation.

    And the all black high schools and colleges? Again, what? There are traditionally black schools (caused by previous racism/segregation), but whites are more than welcome to apply.

    JWS, as for the double standard of who can say “nigger” and who can’t…THAT WAS THE ENTIRE POINT ON THE NAACP FUNERAL. They’re trying to reclaim its inappropriatness for both blacks and whites. I wish them luck.

49. #49
    On July 9th, 2007 at 5:21 pm, doriangrey said:

    I wish the NAACP would work half as hard at eliminating Black racism as they have at stigmatizing the use of certain words.

50. #50
    On July 9th, 2007 at 5:27 pm, JWS said:

    #48

    Yawn…

51. #51
    On July 9th, 2007 at 5:41 pm, JWS said:

    doriangrey,

    Remember, there is no black racism, there is only White racism. What you mean is REVERSE racism. In other words sure he said it/ did it/ thought it, but it’s ok as he’s simply fighting back…

52. #52
    On July 9th, 2007 at 5:53 pm, Laree said:

    A Funeral for a Word, that apparently refuse to stay buried, who keeps digging it up? Offensive Lyrics, Ebonics, Keepin it Real…

    46# The point was to have a discussion about the topic at the header, this is made more difficult when you tell people not to discuss it…Mixed Message, now there is the elephant in the room.

    Either we have Freedom of Expression, in this Country or we don’t, applied equally to everybody. I don’t think anyone in any segment of American Society should be deciding what words Americans can and can’t use. I won’t jump on the ban the word bus.

53. #53
    On July 9th, 2007 at 5:54 pm, Rusty said:

    JWS, yawn all you want. You’re making stuff up. Or you’re just ill-informed. You pick. I bet the former.

54. #54
    On July 9th, 2007 at 6:00 pm, JWS said:

    Rusty,

    Making what up?

    OK here’s your chance to shine. Give us all the answer: what exactly do blacks want that they do not have? What is being kept from them?

55. #55
    On July 9th, 2007 at 6:29 pm, Yashmak said:

    There’s no such thing as reverse racism.

    There’s only racism.

56. #56
    On July 9th, 2007 at 6:42 pm, Myra Langerhas said:

    Laree,

    I agree with your ultimate conclusion. My point was just that we shouldnt waste our time debating whether or not a word should be banned. We both agree it is wrong. Now we are debating over whether or not we should be debating over something we both agree upon. Phew. If that made sense, please explain to me.

    JWS,

    I am sorry, a word is a word. Sometimes it is uttered from someone’s lips, sometimes it will creep up on you on the page of an old book. The ‘n’ word has become a part of demonlore. It has magical mystical powers of evil.

    Oh please. Last I checked, it is still, A WORD. But considering the dramatic events of today, may it rest in peace, or rot in hell.

57. #57
    On July 9th, 2007 at 6:47 pm, ajmontana said:

    Were there two casket’s? All the fevor over “Nappy Headed Ho’s” you think there would be.

58. #58
    On July 9th, 2007 at 6:57 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Why would they mourn the loss of the n-word like that?

59. #59
    On July 9th, 2007 at 7:32 pm, Laree said:

    Myra,

    I am pointing out there is a double standard to who can say what and who can’t. This isn’t a legal double standard but it is being applied to Americans today. For expample Imus made a joke in context, he was playing with hip hop lingo maybe not very well. Imus sure got smacked down hard for it he was booted off the Air…so I would say yes the double standard got applied to him. We all can discuss this, I start at this place, we are all Americans and we have the right to Free Expression, and we can discuss the issue because everyone has the right to discuss it.

    The Elephant in the room is censorship, not just Govt censorship. Whenever I mention censorship people don’t think it can happen without the Govt being involved and that simply isn’t true.

    I have a Youtube video of D.L.Hughley on myspace page he was being interviewed about the protest at his Ft Worth show, by people who call themselves The Black Leadership. D.L.Hughley took an unpopular position on the now famous Imus- Sound Bite. D.L. Hughley isn’t backing down on the Free Speech Issue, neither am I.

60. #60
    On July 9th, 2007 at 7:44 pm, JWS said:

    Myra,

    Not sure why you said sorry…

61. #61
    On July 9th, 2007 at 8:26 pm, nfbailey said:

    Political correctness is going to be the death of this culture and this nation! Wake up America!!

62. #62
    On July 9th, 2007 at 8:46 pm, DarkKnight said:

    JWS,

    Myra was using “sorry” as a figure of speech. She was not apologizing.

    One of my biggest aggrevations is when people ask me or anyone else of color to speak on behalf of millions of people who share my ethnicity. But, I will try my best. I don’t think that African Americans are looking for reparations or handouts. Government assistance abuse happens in black and white alike. But I will say that many African Americans want equality. They want to be paid the same regardless of their skin color. They do not want to be singled out in public due to their ethnicity. There was a great article in a newspaper about an African American columnist who was on his way to work in a suit and tie driving an Escalade in a almost entirely white neighborhood. He was stopped by a policeman who said that he may have fit the description of an armed robber. Once the police realized it wasn’t him, they let him go. The description was of a black man in a tank top and jeans who drove away in a sedan. But he was essentially stopped because the robber was black and he was black. That is not equality. African Americans push for equal opportunities in elementary and high schools. Many inner city youth (all black people are not relagated to the inner city) are not given the same access to college-prep classes or AP classes that are needed to be successsful in college as their suburban counterparts. So if they do make it to college (I have seen people told that college is just not an option), many of them are unable to achieve the standard of excellence of other college students who have been prepared for the transistion. African Americans want to be able to move into neighborhoods without having to see “For Sale” signs pop up because of land owners afraid of their property value going down.

    There is so much more to write, but I guess I feel that society has a lot of issues that it is dealing with in the post-civil rights movement. African Americans need to equally hold themselves to a higher standard in order to lift themselves higher. This is happening and will continue to happen. But the first step to getting over a problem is admitting there is a problem in the first place.

63. #63
    On July 9th, 2007 at 8:46 pm, zeroangel said:

    Political correctness is going to be the death of this culture and this nation! Wake up America!!

    Werd my Nigga.

64. #64
    On July 9th, 2007 at 8:58 pm, DaleC said:

    Is this the best they can do to get back in the spotlight . Pathetic .
    “Racism is Racism ”
    “Discrimination is Discrimination ”
    People put down the dictionaries . We are talking about the United States .
    White people oppressing minorites is the meaning of discrimination or racism in this country .Now you can open your books and look up the word reverse .
    Try to get out more often into the real world.

65. #65
    On July 9th, 2007 at 9:13 pm, JWS said:

    DarkKnight,

    First, congrats to you and Myra. Although my comment was tongue-in-cheek, I’ll address any further inquires for her, to you.

    Second, The rest of what you wrote has been done and re-done too many times. You won’t speak on behalf of millions? Fair enough. But if that’s the case, you don’t get to pick out an isolated incident, and provide that as proof of a more global, ever-present wrongdoing.

    The correct answer: we want the opportunity to make of ourselves whatever we will. Fireworks! You have that and more. Best of luck to you and yours in your perpetual victimhood. You overplayed your one card. Nobody really cares anymore. You’ll get what you want to hear from the libs, you’ll “organize” and riot, and stay right where you are. Peace out bro…

66. #66
    On July 9th, 2007 at 9:21 pm, Leatherneck said:

    Show me any other country where people of any color are as rich, as they are here.

    But the man is holding me down, does not fly anymore with me. Justice Thomas, General Powell, Secertary of State Condi Rice come to mind as an example America is the GREATEST country in all of history of this world.

    Now, secure the southern border, and deport hateful Imams.

67. #67
    On July 9th, 2007 at 9:41 pm, JWS said:

    Leatherneck,

    God bless!

    P.S. Someone will twist that into racism…

68. #68
    On July 10th, 2007 at 10:36 am, Laree said:

    All,

    This is the USA a Republic our form of Govt is Democracy, politically correct speech, belongs to Socialist Culture not ours. I can’t be the only one who read George Orwell.

    If cleaning up the American Airwaves means Censoring any Americans and the alternative is Freedom of Expression and Dirty, Put me down for Dirty. The USA is not Utopia not Shangrila. Democracy is messy no one said it was perfect, no one said it should be. The form of Govt we have is Majority Rule with Minority Protection. This being the case who asked a segment of America to clean up the American Airwaves? I didn’t and who gets to decide what is offensive and what isn’t?

    This is all political, there is a Presidential Election coming up and there is a movement, that is trying to control the medium and in turn the message, under what guise? We know what is best for you. Where have I heard that before?

69. #69
    On July 10th, 2007 at 10:57 am, Yashmak said:

    “White people oppressing minorites is the meaning of discrimination or racism in this country .Now you can open your books and look up the word reverse .”

    No. Discrimination and racism have the same meaning regardless of which country you live in. Pretending otherwise is just that. . .pretend. Open up your own book, say, Merriam Webster. Tell me what part of the definition of discrimination or racism mentions that they only come from white folks.

    Put down the dictionaries? Sure. We’ll all talk in a language where all terms have mutable meanings, and thus, mean NOTHING.

70. #70
    On July 12th, 2007 at 9:26 pm, ammonrae said:

    Again, I am for free speech. I love rap music (the NYC style). I wish it was more cleaner.