Free Speech, Ignorance and Racism

[tim huntzinger]

After hearing the re-broadcast of Stern's show last Manday, I give Imus about a 5% chance of going to Sirius even if he wanted to.  Stern HATES Imus after working with him; apparently Eyepuss called Robin the 'n' word and demanded that the chattle in the studio not look at him.

Stern also said that Bernard has been calling Stern since the move to Sirius begging for a job.  It was Bernard that started the whole recent flap by starting the 'ho' affair.

[iplaw]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

After hearing the re-broadcast of Stern's show last Manday, I give Imus about a 5% chance of going to Sirius even if he wanted to.  Stern HATES Imus after working with him; apparently Eyepuss called Robin the 'n' word and demanded that the chattle in the studio not look at him.

Stern also said that Bernard has been calling Stern since the move to Sirius begging for a job.  It was Bernard that started the whole recent flap by starting the 'ho' affair.

Have you ever listened to the Stern show...look up what he says the NAACP stands for and tell me he actually worries about people using the N-word.

[rwarn17588]

And with XM and Sirius merging, the chance of Imus going there is pretty slim. It could happen, but you know Stern will be needling him every chance he gets.

[tim huntzinger]

I lissen to Howard quite a bit and I have never heard him use the n word in relation to the NAACP.  Stern adores Robin and anyone who puts her down is persona non grata.  Either Stern would sell his stock or would make life hell for Imus.

[iplaw]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

I lissen to Howard quite a bit and I have never heard him use the n word in relation to the NAACP.  Stern adores Robin and anyone who puts her down is persona non grata.  Either Stern would sell his stock or would make life hell for Imus.

Neither did Imus use the N-word.  Do yourself a favor and google Stern and racism and see what you find.  He uses Robin as a shield to make off color racist commentary all the time.

[tim huntzinger]

Imus sure did use the n word.  He called Robin it.  Further, 60" rebroadcast of the Imus interview of '97 found him admitting to using it in a conversation with some exec.

I don't know what you are listening to of Stern's but racist humor is not part of the routine.

[iplaw]

Google blocked on your computer?

http://www.west.net/~westcott/UNCFletters.html

There;s much more where that came from.

[tim huntzinger]

That popped up . . . but from 1997?  I guess in his case it comes down to that goose and gander thang.  I think there is a difference between being purposefully outrageous and being accidentally racist.

[iplaw]

Call it what you want, but what has been done on his show makes Don Imus' show look like storybook time at the library, but Stern gets a pass because his sidekick is black.  There are many more, newer statements, I just didn't link to them.

Maybe that's the new tactic if you want to be racist on the radio, just make sure your sidekick is of the ethnicity that you want to insult.

[tim huntzinger]

I would like to know what newer statements there are.  Since I have been listening he has had Fitty Cent, P Diddy, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock and other celebs who probably would not be there if he were a racist.  Stern may use racial humor but not racial epiteths as broadsides like Imus did.

[iplaw]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

I would like to know what newer statements there are.  Since I have been listening he has had Fitty Cent, P Diddy, Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock and other celebs who probably would not be there if he were a racist.  Stern may use racial humor but not racial epiteths as broadsides like Imus did.

Google my friend, google.  Imus' comments were allegedly made in a jocular context as well, were they not?

[tim huntzinger]

Okaaaaayyyyy.  Nope still nothing racist within the past decade.  Like I have said for the third time now I listen frequently to Stern and nothing racist goes on there.  Misogyny is on parade like anything, but no race-baiting.

[iplaw]

How about when Benji was dressing up like an old black man named N***er What...he was a frequent guest in studio for about 6 months.  Is 2004 recent enough for you?

And the reason he got kicked off Clear Channel was a discussion one day with a caller over whether he would have sex with an n-word female.

And in the fall of 2003 he said the NAACP stood for Negros Are All Colored Poloks, the transcript is available from E-online, but it has to be ordered.

FEBRUARY 5, 1999 Stern: Every EXPLETIVE day I drag my lanky EXPLETIVE into this radio station to break EXPLETIVE with my n-word. Don't criticize my n-word, 'cause they's my n-word. Babbabooey's my very own lazy big EXPLETIVE n-word. I love him. I love that homo Ralph who cleans my underwear. That is one good n-word. He is a cleaning mother EXPLETIVE n-word. Radio n-word, that's what we're talking about here...the was also on the E-online version of the show.

On the December 18th 1998, Stern played and talked about a song called "N-word Claus". Among other things, he said: So black Santa Claus tried to rape his wife and steals toys instead of gives toys to the kids.

[tim huntzinger]

Point taken! Ouch!  I reckon that is pretty recent, alright.

[iplaw]

quote:Originally posted by tim huntzinger

Point taken! Ouch!  I reckon that is pretty recent, alright.

Again. I like Stern somewhat.  I think he's funny, and he does get away with racial humor because 1) He's Jewish and 2) He's got a black sidekick.

I'm not going to stop listening to Stern, rarely that I do, just because he cracks racial jokes.  Just like I won't stop watching re-runs of Chappelle's Show because there's lots of racial humor on that show.