I think you're being silly. novapsyche has pointed out other issues where she has been upset by bigotry perpetuated by other ethnic groups. She slammed a black guy who made bigoted comments about gay people, for instance. I don't think she's picking-and-choosing in a racist way; you can't hold up every example of racism/prejudice on both sides and critique them every day in your blog, or you'd go nuts.
Sometimes, a particular incident just really touchs a hot spot for you. Perhaps the fact that novapsyche was, herself, recently the target of a racial slur made her especially sensitive to Imus racial slur (not to mention how misogynist the comment was).
I think your reaction to her feelings about being the victim of race-bashing by someone in a position of power over her is really lacking in compassion, and your unwillingness or inability to empathize with people of other races and their reaction to racial slurs is astounding to me.
Maybe YOU are lining up by race on this issue, but I can assure you that many white folks are equally disgusted by racial slurs.
Really, the one point I sort of agree with you about is that getting outraged about this sort of thing can back-fire because it just gives Imus and his ilk more publicity. I think novapsyche was reacting more to the ignorant comments in response than to the initial incident, but I can't speak for her.
I'm sorry you felt I was making an ad-hominem attack in my other comment, so I'm trying to respond to the issue rather than to my (obviously strong) feelings about how you've responded to the issue.
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Sometimes, a particular incident just really touchs a hot spot for you. Perhaps the fact that novapsyche was, herself, recently the target of a racial slur made her especially sensitive to Imus racial slur (not to mention how misogynist the comment was).
I think your reaction to her feelings about being the victim of race-bashing by someone in a position of power over her is really lacking in compassion, and your unwillingness or inability to empathize with people of other races and their reaction to racial slurs is astounding to me.
Maybe YOU are lining up by race on this issue, but I can assure you that many white folks are equally disgusted by racial slurs.
Really, the one point I sort of agree with you about is that getting outraged about this sort of thing can back-fire because it just gives Imus and his ilk more publicity. I think novapsyche was reacting more to the ignorant comments in response than to the initial incident, but I can't speak for her.
I'm sorry you felt I was making an ad-hominem attack in my other comment, so I'm trying to respond to the issue rather than to my (obviously strong) feelings about how you've responded to the issue.