Posted on 11/19/2004 2:16:07 AM PST by kattracks
(CNSNews.com) - An Islamic civil rights group wants MSNBC to apologize for comments on its "Imus in the Morning" program, in which one of Don Imus's colleagues called Palestinians "filthy animals" and suggested that they all be killed.
The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the program's host, Don Imus, should be reprimanded for failing to challenge the inflammatory remarks made by one of his colleagues.
CAIR said it received numerous complaints about the November 12 broadcast where Imus and his on-air colleagues engaged in the following discussion during live coverage of Yasser Arafat's burial in Ramallah, an event that turned into a mob scene.
DON IMUS: They're (the Palestinians) eating dirt and that fat pig wife of his is living in Paris.
COLLEAGUE: They're all brainwashed, though. That's what it is. And they're stupid to begin with, but they're brainwashed now. Stinking animals. They ought to drop the bomb right there, kill 'em all right now.
IMUS: Well, the problem is we have (reporter) Andrea (Mitchell) there; we don't want anything to happen to her.
COLLEAGUE: Oh, she's got to get out. Andrea, get out and then drop the bomb and kill everybody.
COLLEAGUE: Look at this. Animals. Animals!
In a letter to MSNBC President Neal Shapiro, CAIR said it defends the First Amendment - "but these hate-filled and racist remarks can only serve to legitimize anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bigotry in our society and could lead to further discrimination against members of the Islamic and Arab-American communities."
CAIR said it also filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission.
CAIR notes that Don Imus in 1985 "was forced to apologize for referring to Arabs as 'goat-humping weasels,'" and he has been known to use the derogatory term, "raghead."
CAIR currently is sponsoring a campaign to counter hate speech on talk radio.
The effort, called "Hate Hurts America," gives Muslims "step-by-step instructions on how to monitor local and syndicated radio programs, report anti-Muslim hate, file FCC complaints, and contact advertisers to register their concerns."
A recent CAIR survey indicated that as many as 1-in-4 Americans holds anti-Muslim views.
But CAIR said its research shows that anti- Muslim prejudice decreases when people have access to accurate information about Islam and are able to relate to ordinary Muslims.
The other half raised them! You cannot tell me that if I raised a couple of serial killers over here that it would not come back to haunt me. And that is what those mothers and fathers raised over there.
I've never spent much time listening to or watching Imus - he's never amused me much. But I've gotta admit, reading this transcript - he made me laugh.
Imus packs heat.
The black snake in my back yard, who eats vermin, my dog, and my cat all are deeply insulted by being compared to these subhumans.
You mean HOT AIR...don't ya?
Imus and his pack of liberal cronies has a brief departure from their usual script. Big deal. . . .
Until they come up enough on the civilization curve to renounce violence they will remain filthy animals. If they ever renounce violence they will just be filthy.
Your son and Grandson are beautiful. Mazel Tov!
It's called a "target rich environment."
Bump
DITTO!
And the anti-Muslim feeling in America is higher than CAIR thinks.
I am anti- Muslim. The Koran is hate. The Koran is the problem, and anyone who believes in it is my enemy-in thought or deed. There I've said it.
It's the people( including the President, unfortunately), who insist on separating Muslims from basic Islam, who are
refusing to face reality.
You will also notice that CAIR didn't DENY the 'filthy animals' charge, they just resent it.
2004 and you're squatting in the dirt, wearing rags from the 12th century, worship death and sacrifice your children...you certainly can't consider yourself a modern human being.
"Americans are not anti-Muslim"
I am anti-Muslim.
ok...
Many Americans are not...etc.
I could care less about that trash talking weasel. He's saying they're animals one moment and supporting Dan Rather the next.
Just go away.
You liked that one, did you?
First Amendment. No apology required.
To say that Palestinians are "dirty animals" is the same as saying that ALL Palestinians are "dirty animals". To understand this better, just replace the word "Palestinian" with the word "black". Then try to understand why some people were offended.
Hypocrisy on the right is as bad as hypocrisy on the left.
They worship the Koran which says Jews are pigs and monkeys and must all be killed --- they're being a bit inconsistent.
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