It seems there's a crew of people than scan teh Internets for less than approving references to Imus. Having just posted one , the shock troops paid me a visit. It was enlightening.
Before I get to the point, let me dismiss a few things. There is obviously a guerilla marketing aspect to the response. We got referred to
http://imustruth.typepad.com/index/
http://www.supportimus.org/
I'm not annoyed at these guys because they're pros doing a job. But if your purpose in responding is to drop that link, I've saved you the trouble so you can move on.
The volunteer shock troopers are more varied in how annoying they are. The people who came to chastise Richard Lipez were funny as hell. Not only do they miss the fact that I am not Richard Lipez, a couple were like, "you're white?" and "I bet you never experienced racism," when, had they actually read the linked article to the end
Richard Lipez writes the Don Strachey gay private eye novels under the name Richard Stevenson
they might have figured out he has reason other than racism for his concern. The funniest guy seems to not only have decided I'm Mr. Lipez, but that Mr. Lipez isn't Mr. Lipez.
Richard Lipez is not Black
On September 1st, 2007 bvb720 says:
Mr. Lipez has a real name. You will find out that he is 2 years older then Don Imus. And is a far left author. You will find his bio here.
http://members.aol.com/fanspage/richard.html
But he seems to censor people. What does one expect from a man going on 70 year old.
Good God get a grip Richard.
And a Happy Saturday to you.
You got your accusation in. You don't have to read any further either. What else?
Right...one of the devowelled comments led with "Give me one example of Imus saying someting racist." Go to Media Matters and search for Imus. Come back in a week when you're done reading. And someone else was all
There are only 2 million+ of us. What are you afraid of? Your arguments should stand up against ours if they have any merit.
Two million + times, from scratch each time, right? Bite me. You get one time, when you come coherant. Get your two million people, show me they all agree on your questions and send them to me.
Anyone who says something really stupid like "Words aren't racist, people are!" gets banned from teh Internets for life and bitchslapped if I meet them.
There were two folks that posted comments worthy of engagement, keeping in mind
The only thing I don't understand is why it's so personally important to you all. Is your entertainment so important that racist language is a-okay, even knowing racist language is socially damaging?
