It Depends on Your Definition of "Stupid"

One cannot turn on the television or radio without hearing some newsperson rant on and on about the Don Imus quotes disparaging the Rutgers Women's basketball team. Right off the bat, I’d like to say that I think Don Imus is an idiot. But what amazes me about this whole scenario is not that Imus said what he said, because he’s been saying stupid things like that for years and years (for instance, remarking that the Williams sisters would more likely be featured in National Geographic than Playboy). What amazes me is that the media and the public gets to choose who is allowed to make stupid comments and who is not allowed to make stupid comments.

Who is going to be the final arbiter of "stupidity?"

What makes Don Imus any different than any of the other stupid, no-talent radio shock-jocks? And why limit our scope of stupidity to the radio. . .there are plenty of folks who spout stupidity on the TV every night (see Keith Olbermann).

If the media is going to promote the firing of Don Imus for stupid monologues, might I suggest another propagator of stupid monologues that should be shown the same door as Mr. Imus: Rosie O'Donnell. Here's a sampling (and only a sampling):

  • "Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers."
  • "Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America."
  • "You can't just blather on your opinion."
  • "Yes, but it's very interesting too that, you know, these guys, they went into the water by mistake right at a time when British and American, you know, they're two, they're pretty much our biggest ally and we're considering whether or not we should go into war with Iran. (XEKE.com note: What???)

The overall point that needs to be made, though, is that if stupidity is going to be the new grounds for who can have a platform and who cannot, who is going to be the final arbiter? Who decides what is "stupid?"

Rather than come up with a list of qualified "stupid"-arbiters, XEKE.com would like to make a few propositions:

  • Lighten up.

and when lightening up is not possible

  • Change the channel/dial.

You'll feel much better, and ultimately you will be the arbiter of what is and what is not "stupid."





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