A Kinky Look At The Imus Fiasco.

Some, including Kinky Friedman, for whom Virgil has the utmost respect, imply that Imus's use of the words “nappy headed hos”is no worse than rappers or hip-hoppers use of similar words in Grammy winning songs. Virgil disagrees. We'd all be better off not using the words. see, Words Hurt Too. However, like it or not, the words sound worse coming from an older white guy, and Imus did more than just use the words. He used them to describe specific, real, young women who had done nothing improper. Worse yet, they had done exactly what our culture claims to respect. They had worked hard, made sacrifices, and become winners. They became role models for those even younger than they. Imus sent a cruel, dangerous, message, which I'm sure he never intended, to our young people .
Still, Virgil agrees with a much of the rest of the Kinkster's article quoted, in part, below, though it pains him to cite anything from the New York Post. The I-Man, given the chance, may have healed the wounds sooner and more completely than they will be now that the cowards and the politically correct have sacrificed him for the sins of many others as well as his own. He would, at least, have opened up an honest dialogue.

Take it away Kinky:

“There's no excusing Imus' recent ridiculous remark, but there's something not kosher in America when one guy gets a Grammy and one gets fired for the same line.
The Matt Lauers and Al Rokers of this world live by the cue-card and die by the cue-card; Imus is a rare bird, indeed - he works without a net. When you work without a net as long as Imus has, sometimes you make mistakes. . . .
Political correctness, a term first used by Joseph Stalin, has trivialized, sanitized and homogenized America, transforming us into a nation of chain establishments and chain people. . . there will always be plenty of Al Sharptons and Jesse Jacksons around. There will be plenty of cowardly executives, plenty of fair-weather friends, and plenty of Jehovah's Bystanders, people who believe in God but just don't want to get involved. In this crowd, it could be argued that we need a Don Imus just to wake us up once in a while.
There probably isn't a single one of Imus' vocal critics who come anywhere close to matching his record of philanthropy or good acts on this earth.
Judge a man by the size of his enemies, my father used to say. A man who, year after year, has raised countless millions of dollars and has fought hand-to-hand to combat against childhood cancer, autism, and SIDS - well, you've got a rodeo clown who not only rescues the cowboy, but saves the children as well.
I believe New York will miss its crazy cowboy and America will miss the voice of a free-thinking independent-minded, rugged individualist. I believe MSNBC will lose many viewers and CBS radio many listeners.
Too bad for them. That's what happens when you get rid of the only guy you've got who knows how to ride, shoot straight and tell the truth." From COWARDS KICK AWAY ANOTHER PIECE OF AMERICA'S SOUL By KINKY FRIEDMAN