--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Gimbel <babajii_99@> > wrote: > > > > Just because Mr.Imus is white; > > And just because he had been dissing- > > Everyone from Hillary to Cheney... > > Thank you for speaking up. It's interesting to be > hearing about this from France. Politically Correct > has never gotten entrenched over here. > > It's also interesting for me, living next door to > R. Crumb. He's a very interesting person, a true > maverick who is unafraid to diss anyone or anything > in the pursuit of humor and social commentary. As a > result, he's taken a lot of flack over the years for > his portrayals of women, of minorities, and even > (since his art is very autobiographical) of himself. > Having gotten to know him a little, it's pretty clear > to me that he harbors *none* of the misogyny or > racism he's been accused of over the years. Not > an ounce. > > These days I cut every humorist the same break that > I cut Robert. I don't automatically assume that > because one of their characters says something that > the author believes what his character is saying. > It seems to me that only people who have never had > a creative thought in their lives believe that of > people who have.
Imus isn't a "humorist," he doesn't have or play "characters," and his comment about the Rutgers women was not "social commentary." It was a cheap, entirely gratuitous insult that only racists and sexists could possibly have found amusing. To suggest that his comment was somehow in the same category as Crumb's satire is a profound affront to Crumb. > > It's a satirical show; is our culture that retarded? > > It seems to be. When humor is outlawed, only outlaws > will be allowed to laugh. Nobody, of course, is suggesting that humor be outlawed, even of the Imus variety.
