Proof of our obsession with racism and warping our priorities

[Mr. Friscus]

The Most Hated Man in America: Donald Sterling.

No, he didn't kill anyone, he didn't even publically denounce anyone.

What was his crime? Being an old, generationally-obselete,decaying, alzheimer's-afflicted owner with prostate cancer.

The fact that this guy could be THE most hated man in America is undeniable proof that we value the punishment for the "crime" of racism far too much. However, there is so much invested politically, it's not going anywhere. Let the madness continue. Let murderer's murder, let politicians lie, but don't you dare be a racist in any possibly interpreted way...

As for Sterling?

According to the Post's sources, he's been hanging out in a penthouse on the top floor of a Beverly Hills office building that he owns, apparently paranoid about bugs and recording devices everywhere he goes — with good reason.

 

[BitterPill]

The Most Hated Man in America: Donald Sterling.

No, he didn't kill anyone, he didn't even publically denounce anyone.

What was his crime? Being an old, generationally-obselete,decaying, alzheimer's-afflicted owner with prostate cancer.

The fact that this guy could be THE most hated man in America is undeniable proof that we value the punishment for the "crime" of racism far too much. However, there is so much invested politically, it's not going anywhere. Let the madness continue. Let murderer's murder, let politicians lie, but don't you dare be a racist in any possibly interpreted way...

As for Sterling?

According to the Post's sources, he's been hanging out in a penthouse on the top floor of a Beverly Hills office building that he owns, apparently paranoid about bugs and recording devices everywhere he goes — with good reason.

If you're going to complain about our collective obsession with racism, why in the hell start threads about it?

It makes it look like you are the one with the obsession.

 

[as seen on tv]

i dont think sterling is the most hated man in america. the emerging spin is that he's 80, has cancer, and is apparently suffering from alzheimers. how else to explain leaving your wife for a black/hispanic hooker, then getting caught on tape asking her not to associate with other blacks?

if you're on the left, the most hated man in america is bush. if you're on the right, the most hated man is obama. by definition, an absence of political hatred probably makes someone a centrist then

 

[Boltlady]

The Most Hated Man in America: Donald Sterling.

No, he didn't kill anyone, he didn't even publically denounce anyone.

What was his crime? Being an old, generationally-obselete,decaying, alzheimer's-afflicted owner with prostate cancer.

The fact that this guy could be THE most hated man in America is undeniable proof that we value the punishment for the "crime" of racism far too much. However, there is so much invested politically, it's not going anywhere. Let the madness continue. Let murderer's murder, let politicians lie, but don't you dare be a racist in any possibly interpreted way...

As for Sterling?

According to the Post's sources, he's been hanging out in a penthouse on the top floor of a Beverly Hills office building that he owns, apparently paranoid about bugs and recording devices everywhere he goes — with good reason.

People have their priorities unbelievably skewed these days on every level. Little kids have gotten suspended from school for playing with toys that even remotely looks like a gun. Yet in a very few years that same kid will be in the military and taught to kill people.

There's almost no justice in the justice system. Some people are sent to jail for years for relatively small infractions. Others commit heinous crimes and get half the time. In some cases, people need only rat out their cohorts and walk free in plea deals. Then, of course there are those big ol' white collar crimes that sometimes destroy untold numbers of lives and they get bonuses and promotions.

All of this PC in speech has reached idiotic proportions. Is it normal for someone to say something that winds up hurting somebody else's feelings? It's almost impossible not to. People have become so 'thin skinned' that it's becoming difficult to talk out loud. We all grew up with the old meme "sticks and stones, etc.", but that concept has gone out the window. That's just wrong on so many levels.

Part of learning to get along in society is to deal with people and things that make you uncomfortable. That's just life.

 

[zzigzzag]

I guess the context that Sterling is the owner of an NBA team that is 95% black had no bearing on it being a story.

The real story is that the left and right are pretty predictable when it comes to stories about racists. The right invariably defends them. The left invariably excoriates them. Make of that what you will.

 

[Boltlady]

I guess the context that Sterling is the owner of an NBA team that is 95% black had no bearing on it being a story.

The real story is that the left and right are pretty predictable when it comes to stories about racists. The right invariably defends them. The left invariably excoriates them. Make of that what you will.

Lead up to the next civil war.

We're being divided and conquered.

 

[zzigzzag]

People have their priorities unbelievably skewed these days on every level. Little kids have gotten suspended from school for playing with toys that even remotely looks like a gun. Yet in a very few years that same kid will be in the military and taught to kill people.

There's almost no justice in the justice system. Some people are sent to jail for years for relatively small infractions. Others commit heinous crimes and get half the time. In some cases, people need only rat out their cohorts and walk free in plea deals. Then, of course there are those big ol' white collar crimes that sometimes destroy untold numbers of lives and they get bonuses and promotions.

All of this PC in speech has reached idiotic proportions. Is it normal for someone to say something that winds up hurting somebody else's feelings? It's almost impossible not to. People have become so 'thin skinned' that it's becoming difficult to talk out loud. We all grew up with the old meme "sticks and stones, etc.", but that concept has gone out the window. That's just wrong on so many levels.

Part of learning to get along in society is to deal with people and things that make you uncomfortable. That's just life.

I agree with everything you wrote except the implication* that it was the impetus or any factor whatsoever in this being a big story. "NBA owner considers Magic Johnson unacceptable to associate with because he's black" might have had a bit more to do with it. Joe Blow can be as racist as he pleases without it being newsworthy.

*(Since you responded directly to the TP, I assume you intended to be on topic.)

 

[Boltlady]

I agree with everything you wrote except the implication* that it was the impetus or any factor whatsoever in this being a big story. "NBA owner considers Magic Johnson unacceptable to associate with because he's black" might have had a bit more to do with it. Joe Blow can be as racist as he pleases without it being newsworthy.

*(Since you responded directly to the TP, I assume you intended to be on topic.)

I agree with everything you wrote except the implication* that it was the impetus or any factor whatsoever in this being a big story. "NBA owner considers Magic Johnson unacceptable to associate with because he's black" might have had a bit more to do with it. Joe Blow can be as racist as he pleases without it being newsworthy.

*(Since you responded directly to the TP, I assume you intended to be on topic.)

Since the media seems to know that man has alzheimer's, he should have been given a pass. It wasn't worth reporting.

 

[zzigzzag]

Since the media seems to know that man has alzheimer's, he should have been given a pass. It wasn't worth reporting.

So the Clippers are owned by a debilitated, demented man who should be kept out of the public eye? Well...he wasn't....and "the media" (TMZ) did their jobs. Is an 80 year old man with a 20's girlfriend on his arm at NBA games trying to avoid attention? Give it a break. It was a story and billionaire, misogynist, media hound, NBA owners are hardly exempt from scrutiny.

 

[MrMike]

race and same sex relationships seem to dominate the priorities of the left...

meanwhile in the real world.....

 

[as seen on tv]

race and same sex relationships seem to dominate the priorities of the left...

meanwhile in the real world.....

i would add -

• expanding entitlements to the middle class
• increasing taxes on anyone who is above middle class
• expansion of government payrolls
• preventing vouchers, charters or other school reform experiments
• equality of outcomes, rather than equality of opportunities

 

[zzigzzag]

race and same sex relationships seem to dominate the priorities of the left...

meanwhile in the real world.....

Funny. You possess the literary skills to ridicule yourself without even knowing it.

 

[zzigzzag]

i would add -

• expanding entitlements to the middle class
• increasing taxes on anyone who is above middle class
• expansion of government payrolls
• preventing vouchers, charters or other school reform experiments
• equality of outcomes, rather than equality of opportunities

Self-contradictory winger post of the day. (But it's early.)

 

[Mr. Friscus]

If you're going to complain about our collective obsession with racism, why in the hell start threads about it?

It makes it look like you are the one with the obsession.

So if there's a social, political issue being obsessed over, to question it is to be accused of being "obsessed"?

Interesting logic.

Do you think Donald Sterling is worthy of being the most hated man in America for his "crimes"?

 

[BitterPill]

So if there's a social, political issue being obsessed over, to question it is to be accused of being "obsessed"?

Interesting logic.

You do seem obsessed with race despite your threads decrying being obsessed with race.

Do you think Donald Sterling is worthy of being the most hated man in America for his "crimes"?

No.

In fact, I question whether he is.