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There are times when political correctness goes to far, the incident that occurred with Imus last Wednesday is one of them.
According to MSNBC.com Imus has had his morning show suspended for two weeks because of the ‘racist’ comments that he made last week. Today on Al Sharpton’s radio show Imus attempted to defend himself and to apologize while Al Sharpton did nothing but ask for his resignation.
Al Sharpton is nothing but a hate monger, if anyone should be arrested for instigating violence it is Al Sharpton who years ago caused a near race riot by exploiting a situation between a Jewish landlord and African-American tenants so that he could get attention. Al Sharpton does nothing but make situations worse by pulling the race card out again and again. His actions and the actions of hate mongers like him do nothing but polarize Americans and directly lead to violence and anger.
Al Sharpton has made many anti-Semitic comments in the past, but more importantly why is it only when a possible “black” racist comment is made that Imus is taken off the air. What does it say about our society as a whole when Imus has in the past made racist comments about Jews and Mexicans, and also sexist comments about women and his wife? Where is Al Sharpton when racist comments about every other group but African Americans are made?
Another important question that I want to ask is, if Imus is not allowed to use national TV and radio to sound his “racist” remarks, then why is Rosie O’Donnell allowed to conduct treason and spread enemy propaganda over a broadcast channel and on radio? Is this the direction our society is heading? One stupid comment on a comedy radio show about a basketball team is turned into a national scandal, while we can have people hurting the very fabric of our nation on daytime television with millions of viewers?
Either way, if Al Sharpton wanted to demonstrate the integrity of the black community he should accept Imus’s apology. Even if he did make one racist remark, Imus has done more for sick children, the armed forces, fundraising, and brining political and cultural awareness to Americans of all skin tones. If I were someone with honor and integrity such as Barrack Obama, I would be ashamed to have someone such as Al Sharpton representing not just my race, but also my country.

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