The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Friday, April 13, 2007
PC Racism: Sharpton and his Mistress CBS/Viacom
Big Dog catches Al Sharpton performing a proctology exam on CBS. Or at least that is what it looks like Sharpton is doing...
It is very telling that CBS (which fired Imus yesterday) and Viacom (which owns Comedy Central) have the SAME Chairman/CEO. Why is this relevant? Because you see more racial insults per capita on Comedy Central than almost any other broadcast network out there (exception: Al Sharpton himself; why is HIS show still allowed to air?). And hey, I even watch Comedy Central sometimes. Even Southpark. I am not saying it should be censored; I am saying the pathetic, bigoted Imus should not have been. We are smart enough to tell who is racist and who is not. Imus? Check. Sharpton? Check. Jesse Jackson? Check. So why can Imus and not the other two? You and I both know that answer.
"All the pigs are created equal, but some are more equal than others."
-- Napoleon, as stated in Orwell's Animal Farm
And, while it is hard for me to comment too much on African-American culture in general--because I am not black and have not walked that walk--here is one African-America of integrity that does have something to say about it. So I will let him do the talking.
Ultimately I believe this is going to be used as a stepping-stone towards censorship of center-right talk radio. That is why we must continue to dwell on this hypocrisy. Is Imus a racist? I don't know, he certainly appears to be; but there are many more racists out there on the airwaves. What we are talking about here is "PC Racism". And that dog just won't hunt.
It is very telling that CBS (which fired Imus yesterday) and Viacom (which owns Comedy Central) have the SAME Chairman/CEO. Why is this relevant? Because you see more racial insults per capita on Comedy Central than almost any other broadcast network out there (exception: Al Sharpton himself; why is HIS show still allowed to air?). And hey, I even watch Comedy Central sometimes. Even Southpark. I am not saying it should be censored; I am saying the pathetic, bigoted Imus should not have been. We are smart enough to tell who is racist and who is not. Imus? Check. Sharpton? Check. Jesse Jackson? Check. So why can Imus and not the other two? You and I both know that answer.
"All the pigs are created equal, but some are more equal than others."
-- Napoleon, as stated in Orwell's Animal Farm
And, while it is hard for me to comment too much on African-American culture in general--because I am not black and have not walked that walk--here is one African-America of integrity that does have something to say about it. So I will let him do the talking.
Ultimately I believe this is going to be used as a stepping-stone towards censorship of center-right talk radio. That is why we must continue to dwell on this hypocrisy. Is Imus a racist? I don't know, he certainly appears to be; but there are many more racists out there on the airwaves. What we are talking about here is "PC Racism". And that dog just won't hunt.
Labels: American Culture, Racial Politics, Travesty of Justice
