Imus: A hook for every political narrative

Celebrated actor and playwright Harvey Feinstein (above au naturel) complains in a NYT op ed today that he can't get no respect from his fellow Americans 'cause he's a gay man. Maybe he would be happier living amongst the Taliban in Afghanistan or the Communists in the People's Republic of China?

"Well, you anti-politically correct people have won the battle, and we’re all now feasting on the spoils of your victory," whines poor-little-me, Tony-award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein, who manages to make the Imus blowout all about him. The wildly successful and celebrated -- if controversial -- Mr. Fierstein happens to be gay, which makes him a "second-class citizen" in this land of the free since "Hate speech against homosexuals is as commonplace as spam." Snap out of it, sir, and take a lesson in "manliness" from Michelle Malkin, who laughed in the face of New Black Panther mysogynyst Malik Shabazz the other night on "The O'Reilly Factor" when that "gentleman" made the mistake of calling the fearlessly independent political commentator -- our own Michelle -- a "political prostitute" and mouthpiece for whites. With delicious irony, Michelle comments:

Yup, I've heard it all before. Comes with the territory when you're an uppity brown woman who strays from the liberal plantation, you know.

But it wasn't so much Fierstein's and Shabazz's whining about being victims of Massah and the house slaves that caught our attention. The victim industry requires victims to stay in business, after all. Just ask the Reverends Al and Jesse. No, what got us was Fierstein's assertion that political correctness is dead. Only someone hermetically sealed inside a Pauline Kael bubble could get things so bass ackward. But, then, there's something for everyone -- a hook for every political narrative, PC or not -- in the bubbling, toil-and-trouble cauldron of all things Imus. The changing banners on Fox News' business block this Saturday morning tell the tale:

PC police take out Imus: Good or bad for business?

Good or bad for business? Good or bad for civil discourse? Good or bad for the left? Good or bad for the right? Everyone's got an opinion, and it all makes for lively discussion, a welcome relief from wall-to-wall Anna Nicole to feed the 24/7 news-cycle maw. This just in:

Sharpton wins. Imus loses. Good or bad for America?

Will Imus's firing be the pin that pricks the festering pustule of the mysogynistic hip hop culture, with its Fierstein-like whining about marginalization, even as its stars are sitting pretty on their millions? Now this:

Imus firestorm: Hurts Dem fundraising?

We could dig it. The banner headlines keep on coming:

Imus gets fired. Proof capitalism works?

Market forces and all that. We tend to think so, despite the MSNBC and CBS bigwigs' man-lying-to-a-cat protestations that it was moral scruples -- and not the the fact that the sponsors were leaving in droves -- that led them to fire the old boy. Watch 'em squirm. That's entertainment!

Comments

[hnav]

"who manages to make the Imus blowout all about him..."
LOL !
amazing...
seems a lot of liberal democrats can only think about themselves.
Imus was only thinking about himself, when he demeaned the Rutgers team.
Sharpton clearly tried to profit from those ugly words.
Hillary used the 'plantation' on MLK's Memorial Day in attempt to further herself.
while dividing the rest of us, happily exploiting racial issues.
Nifong tried to prosecute innocent Americans to help his political ambition.
none of the Democrats like Russert, Gregory, Mitchell, Barnicle, Matthews, Dodd, Schumer, Kerry, offered support for Imus, for fear of their own skins, but gladly used his show for their needs when they felt it was in their interest.
we know Nancy, Reid, Murtha, etc., want to abandon the free Iraqi People for their own political opportunity.
there is a sincere pattern here.
Democrats...

[Teresa]

If Mr. Fierstein thinks things are bad as a gay man, he might want to try being a heterosexual white man... you want to talk about a segment of the population that is constantly taking the brunt of world criticism.

I'll make it easy for him - he can put himself in the shoes of one of the Duke Lacross players - now let's discuss PC politics!

[goomp]

If I bad mouth you it is free speech. If you bad mouth me it is persecution. It is only human nature. Very few among the so called elite have the slightest understanding of human nature. Until they do ignorance reigns supreme.

[Teresa]

LOL - very true Goomp!

[Mullah Cimoc]

mullah cimoc say amerika right now this moment being destroy.

No. 1, him barak obama him working for the hilary clinton woman. divert the money from the real competitor with fake campaign. him test water on issues for clinton woman, see what safe for her.

No. 2, real mr. imus story of get the fired him. this been planning long time. imus him just convenient target, could have been anyone, if white and the male. this real purpose to terrorize media persons for lose job if tangle with this woman hilary clinton and the most important for signal true end of white male controlling usa. now this white man him target of new devil/satanic coalition made of lesbian, africa man, mexico man, and the white woman hate the man. This call the impose discipline.

this all part god plan yes. thising for purify white society to cleanse of the bad. so bad time for tattoo having people when cleansing time come. them get it very very first. like big neon sign on head say: i scum, please cleanse me.

[Gayle Miller]

Aw goomp - you are just incredible. Teresa is absolutely right about white men taking undeserved lumps these days. All men, really. Radical feminism has made all men the reason for all evil in this world - and of course, ESPECIALLY American men!

They give me no thanks when I remind them that these men they are so freely bashing were raised by WOMEN. Which, of course, I do just to get their hackles raised.

[Gayle Miller]

Mr. Fierstein might want to reflect on the possibility that his SUCCESS was the fluke and that now he is getting precisely the attention he deserved all along! How many people more talented than he is have had no success at all, ever?