Rev. Al Sharpton “praised this firing and said it is time to change the culture of publicly degrading other people.”Here is an opportunity for all of us to look at our own behavior. Who is not uncivil at times? We all lose our composure from time to time. But will the firing of one influential man be enough to change the culture of degrading people?
Dictionary.com defines opportunity as a chance for progress or advancement.
So thanks to Mr. Imus, we have a chance to progress or advance in the way we relate to one another. But already, extremes are beginning to emerge. Many are being very intentional in expressing their support for Imus via a radiothon fund raiser on his program. Conversely, others are calling for better behavior from public figures in our society.
Is change in the air? I doubt it. Change comes when a majority calls for better behavior in all our circles - at our children’s baseball and soccer games, at the city council, at the barber’s shop, at the theaters, on our city streets, and in the courtroom. Those changes will only occur when we as a society change and quit condoning degrading behavior.
What do you think?
I just came across your article praising Al Sharpton and I am wondering where you have been. Al Sharpton calls Greeks “Homos” in one public speech. Al Sharpton calls Jews by code names like “Diamond Merchants” in a successful attempt to incite a riot in Crown Hights in another public speech. Sharpton incited a riot in Crown Hights where participants screamed “Kill The Jews, Kill All The Jews” Al Sharpton incited one of the worst riots in New York City in the history of the 20th century at Freddys on 125th St. Days of rioting. Millions of dollars in losses for the largest Black congregation in Harlem. Sharpton’s followers screaming “Burn Jew, Burn”. “Burn The Jews”. A protestor went into the store and shot and murdered all of the white people, lit and lit them and the building on fire. Eight murders on that morning of Sharpton induced rioting, and millions in black owned real estate burned to the ground. Yakle Rosenbaum’s murder where Sharpton said “Tell the Jews if they want to fight to pin there yalmulkes on the back of their heads and come on over to my house”. Sharpton went on National TV and said that 46 white Duke Lacroisse players raped a prostitute, 10 days after all 46 of the players DNA tests proved there was none of their DNA found in the woman, even though there were at least 6 other different samples of DNA recovered from her, none of which were from these totally innocent kids. Sharpton called Mormons not christian and said that God would take care of Mitt Romney’s candidacy. He said all Mormons can’t be Christians. He falsly accused several men of rape in the Tawana Brawley case. All law enforcement agencies found Tawana and Sharpton to be lying. The courts found Sharpton to be a liar and ordered him to pay thousands and thousands of dollars to these falsely accused people. So this is your hero. This is the person that you chose to condem Don Imus.
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