This will be my only comment on the IMUS "mistake'.

I don't know how many people really paid any attention to Don before this remark, but he has always been the same offensive bigot. Why now is it a big deal? I don't know. When I was a kid I grew up around many different ethnicities. One of my best friends was african-american, of course to me she was just a friend. When I stayed at her house I learned that a hot comb on the stove was normal. I thought nothing more than, "What if it burns her?" I  have very curly hare and her other used to say i was nappy headed. When did having nappy hair become a "black" thing? (I know that context has a lot to do with the uproar, I am not wasting time on all details and arguments.)

Imus was trying to be cute, in his bigotted way, and it backfired. Myself, his show was a waste of time and space, but I do believe this is getting out of hand. If you don't want terms that are now listed as words used against you, don't use them yourself. No, the Rutgers team is not who I'm talking about. I'm talking about the world.

I hear the slang and slander every day, and about every race. Whether it is your race or another, it makes a statement about who you are, not who they are. This is what Rutgers should remember. Maybe it's something Jackson and Sharpton need to focus on.

Now they're arguing rap music, next they'll shoot all the comics, when does it stop? I want to know what happened to free speech? Whether you like what a person is saying or not, they have a right to their oppinion, just as you have the right to ignore it.

I don't care about Imus' stupid remark, what I do care about is that someone (even a bigot) can be fired for making an off hand remark that breaks no laws, and probably wouldn't even make news but for some buttheads who have nothing better to do.

Again, the outcome does make a point, but what point are we trying to make?

I was going to post this as a blog, but put it here to make a point:

"Nagger"

I am a nagger, some of you know a nagger. We need to make something clear. If you are not a nagger it is by no means okay to call us naggers. Only naggers can call naggers a nagger. We have come up with the new term "nagga", which you are also not allowed to use unless you are a nagger. We find the term "nagger" very offensive and believe "nagga" is more endearing. My song, "That Nagga's a Nappy Headed Ho", was written from experince, so I have the right to call her that and it doesn't offend anyone. The most important thing to remember is that you have freedom of speech, as long as it doesn't offend us. On the other hand, we are the naggers, so we can say what we want.

My point is that it is not okay to deem a term unusable by some and not by others. Rap began using the term "nigga" as a way to take the punch out of it, to make it so comon that it no longer would have a derogtory meaning. This backfired thanks to more than a few "artists". Cracka, ho, nigga, all meant to be derogatory. If you don't want the term to be mainstream and used by everyone, don't use it! I could go on for days with this side and that, but only we can change it.

I look at people as people, not a color, race, religion, or party. This is how everyone should be. This, however sad, will probably never happen. The Super Bowl proved that, two black coaches were the headline, not two best friends.

Please don't blast me, I just believe that freedom of speech is more important than an idiotic remark, and everyone says stupid things. This is what we call news?