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Hank Aaron compares GOP to the Klan
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:25 am
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:25 am
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Very disappointing to see a personal hero - a man who faced down actual discrimination to buy in and espouse this terrible rhetoric.
Very disappointing to see a personal hero - a man who faced down actual discrimination to buy in and espouse this terrible rhetoric.
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Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:29 am to Ace Midnight
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Aaron continued: “The bigger difference is that back then they had hoods. Now they have neckties and starched shirts.”
No matter how much success a black man has....he can always blame whitey for his failures.Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:29 am to Ace Midnight
He's going to tow the party line.
He was a great baseball player but you shouldn't expect him to be part sociologist, part economist, part statistician, and part historian.
Pop culture stars should not be role models, and as a society we would do ourselves some good if we regarded their opinions on everything not related to their profession with the same weight that you would anyone else that is not an expert.
He was a great baseball player but you shouldn't expect him to be part sociologist, part economist, part statistician, and part historian.
Pop culture stars should not be role models, and as a society we would do ourselves some good if we regarded their opinions on everything not related to their profession with the same weight that you would anyone else that is not an expert.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:31 am to Ace Midnight
I thought about starting this thread. Aaron talks about his racist letters from fans when he was getting close to Ruth's record. Roger Maris got death threat letters also when he broke Ruth's single season record.
Some people get over personal injustices, and some are like Aaron who just let it fester in their craw. He's been this way forever.
See my sig quote.
Some people get over personal injustices, and some are like Aaron who just let it fester in their craw. He's been this way forever.
See my sig quote.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:32 am to Ace Midnight
Sigh. That's really disappointing.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:33 am to Ace Midnight
What a turd sandwich
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:34 am to Ace Midnight
As much as I appreciated Aaron as an outstanding player for the Braves, he's an idiot. Clearly he's trying to reconcile the failure of a half-black President by blaming Republicans, never mind the facts. 
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:39 am to Ace Midnight
He's an arrogant a-hole jerk.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:40 am to Ace Midnight
That's okay by me as I have long compared him to a dim bulb.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:49 am to Ace Midnight
Certainly some of the opposition to Obama is related to race, but Aaron was wrong to impugn the motives of all Republicans. Whether we're talking about Blacks or Whites, Republicans or Democrats, Chrisitans or Muslims, etc., I think it's always wrong to lump all people of a group together, though many people on this board do it regularly to people who aren't White Conservative Chritians.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:50 am to Ace Midnight
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“To remind myself that we are not that far removed from when I was chasing the record,” Aaron explained to USA Today Sports. “If you think that, you are fooling yourself. A lot of things have happened in this country, but we have so far to go. There’s not a whole lot that has changed.”
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:51 am to Ace Midnight
I lost all respect for Henry Aaron 20 years ago. What he went through 40 years ago obviously messed him up pretty bad, because he appears to see racism everywhere to this day.
Like the OP, it pains me to say that, because as a kid, he was a hero of mine, as well.
Like the OP, it pains me to say that, because as a kid, he was a hero of mine, as well.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 9:55 am to Ace Midnight
It's ironic because the Dems do more to hold back the black man and stop him from leaving his situation than the Republicans.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:07 am to Ace Midnight
What a shame. Hank was once a symbol of unity. Now he's a divider.
This post was edited on 4/9/14 at 10:08 am
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:08 am to Ace Midnight
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Very disappointing to see a personal hero - a man who faced down actual discrimination to buy in and espouse this terrible rhetoric.
Don't feel bad. Aaron was one of my favorite players, too. But he never was the sharpest knife in the drawer. Even when he was young his lack of education and thinking skills were apparent.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:09 am to Ace Midnight
Damn, I liked Hank, but racist gona racist , I guess.
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:12 am to Ace Midnight
Let's get Ja Rule's thoughts on this...
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:33 am to Ace Midnight
Hank Aaron has never been comfortable with his race. He feels inferior and projects it out onto the world, to people of perfectly good-will. He's a tiny man who once could hit a baseball. frick him and all like him. I'm done with this shite. frick em. 
Posted on 4/9/14 at 10:50 am to Ace Midnight
Posted on 4/9/14 at 11:26 am to Ace Midnight
He was a childhood favorite of mine and I can remember what I was doing when I watched him hit his 715th against Al Downing. But I would bet that most of the white men that were yelling stuff at him back in the 60s and 70s were Democrats. Maybe I should read the whole article has nothing to do with what I just wrote but I am sick of all of this crap - so I won't.
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