Now I'm Really Scared

The past two days have been a whirlwind of media craziness. What has happened? We have seen an entire country making decisions based on fear rather than reason. What are we afraid of? We are afraid of a racial reaction if severe action is not taken against someone. Who is that person? Is he a politician? Does he have power or control over us? Does he hire us, fire us, or collect our taxes? Is he a doctor or a lawyer, in whom we entrust our health and our most important concerns?

No, he is a talk-show host. Don Imus said four words. Those four words stripped him of two jobs in 24 hours.

This was propagated by two of the most racist, hateful, bigoted non-reverends that have maliciously entrapped the American population. Church-free, these supposed preachers stand for nothing but anger, hatred, and racial divisiveness.

They are free to speak as they speak. I think that I am glad that I live in a country that permits their voices to be heard. That is not what I'm afraid of.

What I'm afraid of is this...

The US population is so stupid that they actually believe what these people say. And the moguls of CBS and MSNBC are equally stupid. And terrified as well. Quivering in their boots, afraid of reprisal, they release Don Imus, hoping to appease a sliver of the population, but a noisy, boisterous sliver, to be sure.

For years, my ears and eyes have been assaulted by the most vile, vicious, disgusting lyrics and videos, all of which stretch my imagination to the limit. In my contact with children, I am appalled by the websites that they regularly visit, and the monsters that play the "music" that these unsuspecting children listen to. With this supertrash as their regular diet, the children do not even know about music that speaks of love, beauty, grace and joy. What they do know is that women are objects, that sex is a pastime without a basis in a loving relationship, and that a good grind is the way to video success.

But it is Imus that gets the rap. The kids never listen to him - they don't know who he is. Sharpton and Jackson found a perfect target - a man who has shocked his audiences for over 30 years, while generating millions of dollars for suffering children. Isn't there something strange about that?

The marketplace should have driven the ramifications of Imus' remark. But the marketplace was not permitted to function. The Reverend SS took charge. What next? Krystallnacht?