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== Whitewash ==
== Whitewash ==
I reverted the edit "racist and sexist comments he made" because it is a matter of opinion, and because Imus only made some of the comments. Imus was comparing blacks to blacks, and women to women, so it is not obvious what is racist or sexist about the comments. I'll put in a link to the original complaint so people can read it for themselves. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 15:56, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
I reverted the edit "racist and sexist comments he made" because it is a matter of opinion, and because Imus only made some of the comments. Imus was comparing blacks to blacks, and women to women, so it is not obvious what is racist or sexist about the comments. I'll put in a link to the original complaint so people can read it for themselves. [[User:RSchlafly|RSchlafly]] 15:56, 29 May 2007 (EDT)
:I think the point is that he violated a taboo, not that he said anything actually racist or sexist. Some people are "gunning for" various -ists, to discredit them (see [[Politically correct speech]].
:He was popular for his rough jabs, like [[Don Rickles]] was, but he stepped on the wrong toes this time. Advertisers starting pulling out, and that's what networks respond to. Good thing he didn't call the advertisers "niggardly", i.e., tightwads, or someone might have accused him of "using the [[nigger|n-word]]". --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:00, 29 May 2007 (EDT)