Imus makes free speech a much tougher issue

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An Amendment to the Amendment?
And how about the N-word? Monroe, who is also the Vice President and Editorial Director of Ebony and Jet magazines, issued a statement shortly after the Richards incident saying that the word will no longer be used in those publications in any context. Additionally, other organizations are fighting to have the word banned now that “my nigga,” which is purportedly the acceptable and inoffensive pronunciation of that word, has become a major part of the vernacular of suburban white kids.

What can we really do about that without violating their First Amendment rights?

Do we need an Amendment to the Amendment?

I’m glad I’m not God because these questions are too hard to answer.

As the outrage over Imus’ misstep simmers down in the next few weeks, this issue, in conjunction with his firing, will be debated by pundits from Seattle to Poughkeepsie until their tongues fall off. I’m willing to bet that no one will come up with a viable solution because there’s often such a thin line between malice and misinterpretation.

I don’t know Imus so I won’t even speculate as to what was going on in that pea brain of his when those words came out of his mouth. As the late Rick James once said, “cocaine is a helluva drug.”

I suppose, however, we should thank Dandy Don for his faux paux. It has forced some of us to think before speaking and that’s a good thing — especially now that it appears there is a universal gag order in full effect.

We’ll call that Amendment 1A.

Just what we needed. More rules. Thanks very much Don. You $%&*# idiot.

Miki Turner is a freelance TV producer/writer in Los Angeles. She can be reached at .

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Imus makes free speech a much tougher issue