So today, I had to let loose on a dude on the show.  I won’t apologize for what I did, though I don’t think I necessarily said it the right way.  Which is to say that I shouldn’t have called the man one of the names I used.  I apologize to you for that.
To him?  Hardly.
The call is linked at the bottom of the post.  I will preface it with an e-mail I received.
Bomani –
I listen to your show on a regular basis.  First, let me say that the “person” you spoke with today was a nothing more than a seemingly uneducated, dirtbag racist – you don’t need me to tell you that.  He obviously doesn’t listent to your show much; if he does, he can’t hear too well due to too much wax buildup from lack of hygiene.
To my point – I hated hearing you loose your cool; at least it seemed that way.  I am not a radio personality and I can only imagine how difficult it is at times keeping your cool talking to dirtbags like that.
For what it’s worth, I am still listening.
It wasn’t until I read this e-mail that I decided to podcast that call.  I hated hearing me lose my cool, too.  When you’re mad, nobody’s mad but me.  If I learned nothing else from my childhood, it’s the uselessness of anger.  Many of you have known me or years and have never seen me mad.  That’s how serious I am about it, and I thank my parents and my brother for getting me to that point.  Twas a helluva trip to get here, but we’re here, and it’s the one thing about my personality I take absolute pride in.  And if you knew me growing up, you’d understand it.
However, somebody’s got to tell these fools that they’re fools.  This idea that we can just laugh off these fools is a flawed one.  They are fools.  They need to be called fools.  They need to be treated as fools.  They need to be shamed.  They need to get cussed out.  They need to be embarrassed.  And even if it’s just this one, the world’s a better place for it.
We’ve tried ignoring these clowns and laughing them off.  See what this has gotten up?  A world where a columnist in the friggin’ New York Times is afraid we’re breeding a culture that will get the President shot, he’s got precedent to support his suspicions, and it seems glaringly obvious that he’s telling the truth.  That’s what ignoring these clowns has gotten us.
It’s gotten us not a damn thing. The clear resentment fools like him have over…so damn much needs to be addressed, and they need to be addressed publicly. Guess this was just his day.
I’ve tried my best to host an honest show.  And honestly, I put up with too much on a daily basis to have to put up with him and the people like him.  Today, simply, was not the day.  The only thing I really wish was different is that I wish he would have called at 11:30, so we could bomb on this fool for an hour and a half. No coincidence, btw, that he waited so late to call, for he knew he’d catch it for an hour and a half.
Sorry if this messed up the 176 minutes of entertaining radio — at least for me — we had before this.  But sometimes, it’s necessary to take four minutes to let these clowns know that WE will neither encourage nor enable their idiocy.
I’m not posing as a hero.  I’m just a dude that lost his cool on a radio show.  However, I’ve had enough of ignoring racists, whether on this show or in real life.  Call ’em out.
That said, here’s the call.