Rutgers Basketball Team Shows Class

By Christine Whitman | April 11th, 2007 - 8:01am
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Freedom of speech is one our most cherished rights ­ one our troops fight every day to defend.  The right to free speech makes us the great country we are.  Unfortunately, it also means that people can say ignorant, hurtful and demeaning things as Don Imus did about the Rutgers Lady Scarlet Knights.  As we¹ve seen time and again, the right to speech is no guarantee of “wise speech.�

What's really important here not just what Imus said, but how we react to it.  New Jerseyans and people across the country should share the disgust over the comments, but we cannot let that take away from our support and appreciation of the team.  The accomplishments of these young women on and off the court are to be admired.  The dignity with which they have reacted to this uproar has been exemplary.  New Jersey should be proud.

These young women have grit, determination and class.  That's something Don Imus should try emulating.

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Much Better

I still haven't gained back the respect for you I lost with that awful Pelosi post, but this is very well done.

MORE PROUD

As I wise man once told me "the fish rots from the head". We should utilize out energies to force the parent companies that distribute this 'speech" and the ad companies that advertise to rethink Imus as part of their diversity and community outreach strategies. I am a mom who will be watching that response!

Imus loves the publicity

The two week "suspension" will boost his ratings higher than ever.

Awful Remarks

I only wish that all the folks who have condemn the awful remarks of Mr. Imus last week had said anything over the years numerous other comments especially about his show's frequent disgraceful parodies of Cardinals O'Connor and Egan. There seems to be a double standard here. I never heard Christie Whitman and others criticize him for that.

Triple Standard

the issue is the media covers what it wants to cover. Many people have been talking about these shock jocks and their vitriol for years to no avail. I hope this puts them all on notice. leave the comedy to the comediens in the clubs. That way if I want to hear it I'll put 25 bucks plus cover many

Much Better Than Torch

Thank you for showing much more class, integrity, and dignity than Bob Torricelli did in reference to this matter.

Protect Free Speech

The 1st Amendment

It is time again for a civics lesson. Dust off the bill of rights and read it again please in plain English.eg ( The Government shall make no law etc)

THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS

It's worth noting that by Wednesday morning public opinion had shifted against Imus in a significant way.

Dino - As for your appreciation of the former Governor's class and integrity in dealing with this matter, you should be reminded of your own response to Toricelli's post: "Don Imus has been doing his show the same way for decades and he is an equal opportunity offending satirist. If this were a black radio personality (many of whom say things like this, if not much worse on a daily basis)this wouldn't be news. The facts are that while I never particularly cared for Imus in the Morning myself, he's a good man who has conquered a lot of personal demons in his life and has done great charitable works for cancer stricken and terminally ill children on his Ranch in New Mexico and continues to do so... Disgraceful people like you and Al Sharpton who have ZERO credibility or relevance whatsoever simply want to jump on the Imus bashing bandwagon because you are angry, bitter, miserable little sycophants with an axe to grind, attempting to dupe blacks (and the liberal special interest groups they've pandered to for years)into thinking that you care about them when you only care about yourself and you own personal vandettas...When are you going to start using your blog for other things besides being a whiny little girl who goes around clubbing their enemies in the kneecaps with a crowbar? Loser."

That's what I call class

Gee um, thanks for reminding

Gee um, thanks for reminding me of what I wrote. That being said, what's your point?

I don't let public opinion shape my views on anything becuase I think for myself. I don't care what everybody else think of Don Imus.

As far as my ripping vultures like Torch and Al Sharpton go, they deserve it for posing as people who pretend to care about others while only caring about themselves. It's not a baseless or meritless claim in any way, shape, or form. Actions speak louder than words. Don Imus is a better man than these two losers could ever be. Imus is a humanitarian who does a great deal charity work for cancer stricken and terminally ill children.

You should really think about whom you choose to defend before you post. Now THAT would be classy.

THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND DINO...

My comments re public opinion were directed toward the former governor and not you.

Further, I wasn't defending anyone, esp. not Toricelli, just commenting on your ability to switch from vitriolic criticism - by which i mean the language you used in that post as well as calling the former governor a sellout to her party in a separate chain of posts- to complementing her on her class and dignity. It's pretty amazing that you managed to change tunes that abruptly within the space of 24 hours.

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