"NEW YORK (CNN) -- Civil rights activist Al Sharpton, who led the charge to have
radio host Don Imus fired for making racially insensitive remarks, is now under
fire for a comment about Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's Mormon
faith."
If we are to play by Shapton's play book, the way he played the game with Imus was it didn't matter how Imus talked about the comment he made. What was important was the way others perceived the comment that was made. In the case of Imus it didn't even matter that the womyn themselves weren't as offended as he was.
If we are to play by those rules, then the statement that he made about Romney's faith is bigoted. Romney has called the statements misguided. When asked about the comment, and if he felt like Shaprton was bigoted he replied, "I don't know Rev. Sharpton. I doubt he is personally such a thing. But the comment was a comment which could be described as a bigoted comment."
This is far more grace than was awarded to Imus who was called every name in the book for his slip of the tongue. Al Sharpton is bigoted, ironically enough probably in the same way that it has been said that Imus was. Al Sharpton is bigoted against anyone who isn't him, or supporting him.
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