"This has been a costly victory for the left"-Mr Miller

I guess I just don't see this as a Left vs Right issue. Are you saying people on the left think what Imus said was awful and people on the right think it was ok?

I consider myself left of center (slightly) but I think the question this topic brings up is three-fold : 1) Was what Imus said unforgiveable, and did it demand the sacrifice of his career? 2) Is there an atmosphere of permissiveness regarding language, behavior, and mutual respect that is eroding at a rapid pace, and the Imus situation is just a small manifestation of it? 3)Should such speech be abrogated by government sanction, penalized through boycott, or tolerated as necessary to our principle of free speech?

These are important questions that should have responses based on our personal beliefs and not our adherence to a conservative or liberal POV.