Where is the intelligence police?

OK, Imus said a stupid thing. With that said, what has followed has become an important dialogue about the topics of race & sexism in the United States. These are topics that have become so unpopular, even edging towards taboo, that now when we are actually talking about them, we have to direct our anger towards an old, white man to point the finger.

Don Imus has led a very colorful life. In recent years, he has openly discussed his past, addressed how he has handled becoming a better person, spoken honestly how he is a work in progress, and when this comment was said, quickly apologized. Who are we, any one person or group of persons, to say Don Imus isn't allowed to make a mistake? I know I have made a few. I also know I'll make a few more, hopefully, before I'm done. Why has this become such a huge deal?

Yes, I'm a woman, and I've been the object of this type of sexist attack by stupid men. There was no one who stood up for me, called for a boycott, called for the offender to be fired from his job or his professional identity to be taken from him. I stood up for myself, as the women of the Rutgers University Basketball team have done, with exceptional dignity. You don't let the offender continue on in his life without telling him he was stupid, and you expect better, then you let it go.

It's a shame that such an opportunity for growth for our society as a whole has been stopped by greed and fear.