i'm confused...

Is Eugene condoning him or wagging a finger at him?

"While it can't be denied his remarks crossed the line, it also must be acknowledged that McGee aimed his vitriol at a popular media figure who has made plenty of mean-spirited remarks about McGee and his son on his radio show and in the blogosphere in the past."

That sounds to me like he's making an excuse for McGee, saying that it's simply overstepping his boundaries in a response aimed at a nemesis.

He also uses McGee's immediate suspension as a basis "against the allegations of a double standard in society that allows black people to escape punishment for hateful speech when whites are vilified for the same thing."

As I understand it, this wasn't a racially wrong remark, so much as it was just tasteless, crude and morally corrupted. As much as Sykes may be a tool, the commentary offered by McGee was just ridiculous, and would be whether made by black, white, or decrepit men in cowboy hats.

And, if you're going to argue that there's no real parallel between the Imus remark and McGee's commentary, don't make the double standard arguement using the two. It's got to be one or the other. There's too many people saying something just to say something, without actually taking a stance.