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re: Another black sportswriter comes out against Rush.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 1:42 pm to Kracka
Posted on 10/13/09 at 1:42 pm to Kracka
quote:
It's OK for Black Men especially rappers and athletes to exploit women, rap about rape and murder and call each other ****. Get a white person anywhere close to doing any of those things, and we are racist. Again the double standard rears it's ugly head.
You'll find that there are more Black people than you think who think that the behavior that you describe is deplorable and should not be tolerated by anyone...
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Posted on 10/13/09 at 1:47 pm to Sophandros
quote:
You'll find that there are more Black people than you think who think that the behavior that you describe is deplorable and should not be tolerated by anyone...
I don't doubt that, but the media doesn't give a shite about any of those voices. They would rather focus their plight on a political talk show host who wants to legally, and within his rights purchase a piece of the american dream. Suddenly he's wearing a white hood and hanging black people. On the flip side, we have people parading around for Mike Vick, Tank Johnson, Pacman, and the guy from the browns to get chance after chance to get back in the NFL after they committed felonies.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 2:14 pm to Kracka
I guess nobody listens to his show, but Rush just pwned every single one of you including Whitlock who are rehashing those racial omments he has made.
Apparantly, it was all over TV all weekend and the liars were rehashing the slavery comment, the segregated school bus, the James Earl Ray thing, but the thing is there is no truth to them whatsoever. Rush is demanding retractions from all of them if they cannot produce evidence.
All you who posted those comments like they were scripture are suckers to have believed that he made those kinds of comments and still have a succesful radio show, and even worse for reposting them with no evidence except "the internet said so".
I am not surprised that some of you have reposted them, but Whitlock should have known better than to spread those comments without even first verifying their validity.
So will you all please stop using these so called racial comments that Rush has made over the years to back up your hatred for him, because they have no basis in fact.
(post not aimed at you Kracka)
Apparantly, it was all over TV all weekend and the liars were rehashing the slavery comment, the segregated school bus, the James Earl Ray thing, but the thing is there is no truth to them whatsoever. Rush is demanding retractions from all of them if they cannot produce evidence.
All you who posted those comments like they were scripture are suckers to have believed that he made those kinds of comments and still have a succesful radio show, and even worse for reposting them with no evidence except "the internet said so".
I am not surprised that some of you have reposted them, but Whitlock should have known better than to spread those comments without even first verifying their validity.
So will you all please stop using these so called racial comments that Rush has made over the years to back up your hatred for him, because they have no basis in fact.
(post not aimed at you Kracka)
This post was edited on 10/13/09 at 2:15 pm
Posted on 10/13/09 at 2:20 pm to alajones
Dude, Rush has said many bigoted things, some of them in jest, and others as a means to be incendiary.
However, I agree that a lot of them have been taken out of context. The point is that if you think that Limbaugh "owned" anyone by simply telling his side of the story, then you're sadly mistaken.
Again, he KNOWS that there are people on the left and the right who take his comments seriously (I can link you to the mediamatters site that has a ton of his sound bites if you like) when he should be taken for what he is: an entertainer.
However, I agree that a lot of them have been taken out of context. The point is that if you think that Limbaugh "owned" anyone by simply telling his side of the story, then you're sadly mistaken.
Again, he KNOWS that there are people on the left and the right who take his comments seriously (I can link you to the mediamatters site that has a ton of his sound bites if you like) when he should be taken for what he is: an entertainer.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 2:27 pm to Sophandros
He pwned them by calling them out for clear and obvious lies that could have easily been confirmed/disputed by a phone call. Something none of these media members were willing to do because it is easier to just rehash the lies. And he just called them all out. I would call that pwnage. And I hate that term too. I am 33 and too old to use that word so I don't know why I am using it.
FWIW, Michael Wilbon has retracted and apologized and said he looks forward to talking to Rush about other things he has "said".
FWIW, Michael Wilbon has retracted and apologized and said he looks forward to talking to Rush about other things he has "said".
This post was edited on 10/13/09 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 10/13/09 at 2:32 pm to alajones
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FWIW, Michael Wilbon has retracted and apologized and said he looks forward to talking to Rush about other things he has "said".
Yeah, Wilbon said that last night on PTI.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 2:33 pm to Sophandros
Well good for him, I'm sure there will be others.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 2:35 pm to alajones
I dislike the Rams so don't really care one way or another. Also I don't know if Rush is a racist or not, hard to know what is truly in a man's heart but I know he attempts to incite people by stretching truths and by playing to a certain rage that still resides inside a group of Americans. He doesn't offend just black people, he attempts to offend anyone who doesn't agree with his beliefs. Therefore I don't care for the man and would be fine with never hearing his name or something about him again. Ever.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 2:36 pm to danfraz
quote:Never hearing whose name?
Therefore I don't care for the man and would be fine with never hearing his name or something about him again. Ever.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 2:48 pm to alajones
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:15 pm to Sophandros
Goodell basically shot this whole thing down:
Maybe there's a UFL team Rush can look into
quote:
"The comments that Rush made about Donovan [McNabb] I disagree with very strongly. [They were] polarizing comments that we don't think reflect accurately on the NFL or our players and I obviously do not believe that those comments are positive and are divisive. I disagree with those comments very strongly and I've told the players that."
quote:
"We're all held to a high standard here and divisive comments are not what the NFL's all about," said Goodell. "I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position in the NFL, no. Absolutely not."
Maybe there's a UFL team Rush can look into
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:17 pm to eyeran
I figured he would kowtow to the media the first chance he got. NFL commissioners always do.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:22 pm to alajones
Dude, Goodell will suspend anyone who gets in his way. This ain't your father's NFL...
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:39 pm to Sophandros
I honestly could care less of Rush owns a team, but he has made a living being a professional provocateur. It’s made him very rich and powerful. Good for him. But you reap what you sow. He’s made a career out of being an antagonist, for him to turn around and state that it’s unfair for people oppose his bid is just silly.
Rush trumpets free speech and the free market. Well, players have the right to say what they want about Rush and they have the right to refuse to work for him (voting with their paycheck). And the NFL, being a private entity, can deny membership to anyone that they feel will negatively impact their business. Rush is, by his own design, a divisive figure. He’s bound to hurt business just like Michael Moore owning a team would hurt.
If I were the Goodell, I wouldn’t want a high profile politico in any ownership group. I would do my best to pick the blandest group I could find, so long as they had money coming out their rears.
Rush trumpets free speech and the free market. Well, players have the right to say what they want about Rush and they have the right to refuse to work for him (voting with their paycheck). And the NFL, being a private entity, can deny membership to anyone that they feel will negatively impact their business. Rush is, by his own design, a divisive figure. He’s bound to hurt business just like Michael Moore owning a team would hurt.
If I were the Goodell, I wouldn’t want a high profile politico in any ownership group. I would do my best to pick the blandest group I could find, so long as they had money coming out their rears.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:43 pm to Baloo
quote:FWIW, he is coming out against people spreading lies about racist comments that he has made in the past.
for him to turn around and state that it’s unfair for people oppose his bid is just silly.
I disagree that he would negatively impact the league. This is just anopther overblown story and when it is over, owner or not, it will be over.
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:46 pm to alajones
I don't think he would negatively impact the league. If it can survive Bob Irsay and Georgia Frontiere, it can survive anything. and it's hard to be worse than Al Davis.
But huge corporations are conservative by their very nature. Why take a risk on Rush if you don't have to? Put it like this, if there are two ownership groups that are exactly the same except one has a divisive poltiical entertainer as a minority owner and one doesn't, you'd be stupid to select the one with the politico in it. Why even tempt the issue?
But huge corporations are conservative by their very nature. Why take a risk on Rush if you don't have to? Put it like this, if there are two ownership groups that are exactly the same except one has a divisive poltiical entertainer as a minority owner and one doesn't, you'd be stupid to select the one with the politico in it. Why even tempt the issue?
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:50 pm to alajones
quote:Thats like asking a defendant in a trial whether or not he's guilty.
FWIW, he is coming out against people spreading lies about racist comments that he has made in the past.
What do you expect him to say?
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:52 pm to eyeran
I would expect him to defend himself. 
Posted on 10/13/09 at 3:55 pm to alajones
Obviously.
Thats doesnt mean his defense isnt bullshite
Thats doesnt mean his defense isnt bullshite
Posted on 10/13/09 at 4:02 pm to eyeran
quote:You mean that the media and other goobs are spreading lies in an attempt to keep him from doing his business? Which they are. And he has demanded retractions, Michael Wilbon apologized last might for rehashing one of the falsehoods. That is bullshite?
Thats doesnt mean his defense isnt bullshite
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