Imus Be an Idiot

Continuously America has become a huge place for apologies over comments that are considered by most to be racial. Although it's understandable that the media continues to exaggerate remarks made by celebrity status individuals, it's becoming ridiculous. There are occasions that they are well documented such as Michael Richards, the Seinfeld comic that belligerently called an african-american a "nigger" after becoming defensive to the heckler. When does someone exactly cross the line, and if we are so worried about comments of others, why don't we go out and publicly humiliate all of the people that throw out racial or slanderous comments about others?

One of the biggest arenas full of racism is comedy. I'm not talking about the Michael Richards incident, I'm talking about the simple routines that comedians go through to trash, caucasians, african-americans, asians, mexicans, fat people, short people, ugly people, mentally challenged people or anything else you can think of that would hurt someone's feelings.

Let's take for example the Los Angeles comedy club that Michael Richards pretty much ended his career. Ever since his outburst the club has banned any racial subject matter that would be offensive to others during any standup routines from any comedian no matter what their race. So why are the other comedians irritated at the ban? Well, it's said because it "infringes upon their creativity and freedom of expression"? Are you serious? Then why oh why is Don Imus any different from those individuals? He's a comedian, and even stated that the remarks that he made were meant to be funny. So who decides that what he said is any different than a comedian in a club. You can't play the, "Oh, well he's on a nationally televised show"! So what, you can watch cable and see comedy shows, you can watch a comic like Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and David Letterman plastered your homes with slanderous remarks and not have to make a public apology.