Oh for God's sake, being racist is not illegal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sterling deserves all the backlash. He has a history of being a bigot so it was only a matter of time he finally got caught. I find it funny how the mistress is getting blamed by some. No one made him say what he did. Did she set him up? Heck yes, it sure sounded like it from the tapes but he's still a racist adulterer. His wife is the one suing the mistress but she should be putting all her anger on her douchebag slore of a husband who fucked her over in public so easily. Mistress has no obligation to do right by him.

Agreed. My husband and I were arguing over this. He was saying, essentially, the bitch set him up (ba dum bum.) I said, "I don't care how many softballs down the middle you threw to me, that filth would never leave my mouth no less enter my head. So yeah, she may have baited him, she may have set him up, but he buried himself all by his little old self."

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Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

Is he at the head of an organization that based its profits off of the public? Did he enter into an agreement that forbids certain behavior and actions? If not, your comparison is faulty.

what if he was? isn't that the point?
and I found Sterling's comments to be more jealous and silly than racist. He was jealous of his girlfriend, delusional and pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

He's not the only one who is delusional pp

Is he at the head of an organization that based its profits off of the public? Did he enter into an agreement that forbids certain behavior and actions? If not, your comparison is faulty.

what if he was? isn't that the point?
and I found Sterling's comments to be more jealous and silly than racist. He was jealous of his girlfriend, delusional and pathetic.

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Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

Is he at the head of an organization that based its profits off of the public? Did he enter into an agreement that forbids certain behavior and actions? If not, your comparison is faulty.

what if he was? isn't that the point?
and I found Sterling's comments to be more jealous and silly than racist. He was jealous of his girlfriend, delusional and pathetic.

Huh. He was jealous of his girlfriend? I think you may be the one who is delusional. Why would he be jealous of his girlfriend? And your defense of Sterling is pathetic!

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I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

Is he at the head of an organization that based its profits off of the public? Did he enter into an agreement that forbids certain behavior and actions? If not, your comparison is faulty.

+1 WHY is it hard for people to understand this???

+2. I know, right? Sterling is accountable to the NBA owners who are worried that he is going to lose them scads of money. The Asian DD's parents are accountable to nobody, so far as we know. The government is not even in the picture, given that the 1st Amendment protects Sterling from any government action.

The only thing you can justifiably blame is ... CAPITALISM!

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Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

Oh, well. If you don't want your racist comments to get out to the world, don't make racist comments! Period. I have no sympathy for racists who make comments that somehow get aired. Keep your vile thoughts to yourself. I LOVE that racists will soon feel like they have nowhere to spout their hateful garbage.

Yup. You are also allowed to be stupid. If you make racist comments to your gold-digging younger girlfriend, there might be consequences. You are not free from consequences.

I think that a scary development, but lets hope it is enforced uniformly. If you are taped making a bad comment about other races (other than black), or about gays, or about the handicapped, etc., then these new society rules need to be enforced uniformly. My friends in-laws wouldn't let their south-Asian daughter marry a white guy. Said some ridiculous stuff in private. If I had taped that, his successful career would have been over? Gotcha.

Is he at the head of an organization that based its profits off of the public? Did he enter into an agreement that forbids certain behavior and actions? If not, your comparison is faulty.

what if he was? isn't that the point?
and I found Sterling's comments to be more jealous and silly than racist. He was jealous of his girlfriend, delusional and pathetic.

Hmm, would your take on it would hold more weight if he had said he didn't want her to bring ANY guys/people to the game. Singling out black people is a racist move.

[Anonymous]

Intelligent folks of this thread...give up! We cannot get through the thickness of their thick skulls! No matter how much they grasp for any straws & we refute them they will continue to grasp for anything! These fonts can't read or comprehend anything intelligent. You would have more in depth conversations with a wall. Their unsuccessful attempt to defend this racist pig isn't working & they are panicking. Let them squirm. We know the backlash is simply capitalism speaking but if they don't want to listen oh well. For you mad posters...here is a beautiful sad song played on the world's smallest violin...

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Anonymous wrote:Stupid and awful, but not illegal. It has it's own punishment. I'm tired of hearing about the basketball guy.

This is not unprecedented. I think it was the 80's, but it could have been early 90's, MLB banned the cincinnati
Reds owner for life for wearing a swastika and saying Hitler was not all bad. Eventually she was forced to sell her team. I don't recall anyone expressing their fatigue of hearing about the matter.

Oh God. Marge Schott was such an embarassment to my hometown. She was a racist bigot too. Good riddance to her and Sterling!

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Anonymous wrote:I think many people, of all races, have said things in private that would be embarrassing if made public. do we want to have a society where you need everyone around you, including family members, to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement before communicating? Do we need to check for wires before every pillow-chat? come on. this is absurd.

you are allowed to be a jerk.

You are absolutely, 100% correct -- you are allowed to be a jerk.
And I am allowed not to be business with you if you are one.
DEAL WITH IT!

Are you a major sports team?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Intelligent folks of this thread...give up! We cannot get through the thickness of their thick skulls! No matter how much they grasp for any straws & we refute them they will continue to grasp for anything! These fonts can't read or comprehend anything intelligent. You would have more in depth conversations with a wall. Their unsuccessful attempt to defend this racist pig isn't working & they are panicking. Let them squirm. We know the backlash is simply capitalism speaking but if they don't want to listen oh well. For you mad posters...here is a beautiful sad song played on the world's smallest violin...

look, if you cannot see that this sets a dangerous precedence, then I cannot help you. what you say to your husband or wife in private and in confidence might offend someone someday. you could be the best person ever, your acts do nothing but good, but still share a private thought, perhaps not even accurate, and it can burn you. I think private conversations should remain private, unless you 100% know the context. Sterling is a bad example here, since he is a slumlord ambulance chasing POS. But the worry remains.

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Anonymous wrote:Intelligent folks of this thread...give up! We cannot get through the thickness of their thick skulls! No matter how much they grasp for any straws & we refute them they will continue to grasp for anything! These fonts can't read or comprehend anything intelligent. You would have more in depth conversations with a wall. Their unsuccessful attempt to defend this racist pig isn't working & they are panicking. Let them squirm. We know the backlash is simply capitalism speaking but if they don't want to listen oh well. For you mad posters...here is a beautiful sad song played on the world's smallest violin...

look, if you cannot see that this sets a dangerous precedence, then I cannot help you. what you say to your husband or wife in private and in confidence might offend someone someday. you could be the best person ever, your acts do nothing but good, but still share a private thought, perhaps not even accurate, and it can burn you. I think private conversations should remain private, unless you 100% know the context. Sterling is a bad example here, since he is a slumlord ambulance chasing POS. But the worry remains.

Yes, this is true. But it doesn't set any precedent at all, because it has always been true. You tell somebody something in confidence, that person blabs to somebody else, suddenly everybody has a different opinion of you. So be careful of what you say and whom you say it to.

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Anonymous wrote:Intelligent folks of this thread...give up! We cannot get through the thickness of their thick skulls! No matter how much they grasp for any straws & we refute them they will continue to grasp for anything! These fonts can't read or comprehend anything intelligent. You would have more in depth conversations with a wall. Their unsuccessful attempt to defend this racist pig isn't working & they are panicking. Let them squirm. We know the backlash is simply capitalism speaking but if they don't want to listen oh well. For you mad posters...here is a beautiful sad song played on the world's smallest violin...

look, if you cannot see that this sets a dangerous precedence, then I cannot help you. what you say to your husband or wife in private and in confidence might offend someone someday. you could be the best person ever, your acts do nothing but good, but still share a private thought, perhaps not even accurate, and it can burn you. I think private conversations should remain private, unless you 100% know the context. Sterling is a bad example here, since he is a slumlord ambulance chasing POS. But the worry remains.

Yes, this is true. But it doesn't set any precedent at all, because it has always been true. You tell somebody something in confidence, that person blabs to somebody else, suddenly everybody has a different opinion of you. So be careful of what you say and whom you say it to.

Common Damn Sense!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Intelligent folks of this thread...give up! We cannot get through the thickness of their thick skulls! No matter how much they grasp for any straws & we refute them they will continue to grasp for anything! These fonts can't read or comprehend anything intelligent. You would have more in depth conversations with a wall. Their unsuccessful attempt to defend this racist pig isn't working & they are panicking. Let them squirm. We know the backlash is simply capitalism speaking but if they don't want to listen oh well. For you mad posters...here is a beautiful sad song played on the world's smallest violin...

look, if you cannot see that this sets a dangerous precedence, then I cannot help you. what you say to your husband or wife in private and in confidence might offend someone someday. you could be the best person ever, your acts do nothing but good, but still share a private thought, perhaps not even accurate, and it can burn you. I think private conversations should remain private, unless you 100% know the context. Sterling is a bad example here, since he is a slumlord ambulance chasing POS. But the worry remains.

So this development has suddenly scared the shit out of you and made you paranoid about a possible precedent being set...
Lol - c'mon seriously? I can understand how the reprehensible racist remarks of a high-profile billionaire owner of an NBA franchise could spark public outrage and lead to some frightening repercussions but who the hell are you that anyone would give two shits about what you say to your spouse in private?

[Anonymous]

What kills me is the Chicken Little DCUM posters and Fox News shouting about the "PC Police!" and how "they" are coming to get us in our bedrooms"!!!!

This has nothing to do with PC or not PC. We have no idea whether Silver or any of the other team owners is PC or not. Really, we have absolutely no idea.

This is about Capitalism and money. The NBA is afraid of losing millions. That is the only story here.

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Anonymous wrote:Intelligent folks of this thread...give up! We cannot get through the thickness of their thick skulls! No matter how much they grasp for any straws & we refute them they will continue to grasp for anything! These fonts can't read or comprehend anything intelligent. You would have more in depth conversations with a wall. Their unsuccessful attempt to defend this racist pig isn't working & they are panicking. Let them squirm. We know the backlash is simply capitalism speaking but if they don't want to listen oh well. For you mad posters...here is a beautiful sad song played on the world's smallest violin...

look, if you cannot see that this sets a dangerous precedence, then I cannot help you. what you say to your husband or wife in private and in confidence might offend someone someday. you could be the best person ever, your acts do nothing but good, but still share a private thought, perhaps not even accurate, and it can burn you. I think private conversations should remain private, unless you 100% know the context. Sterling is a bad example here, since he is a slumlord ambulance chasing POS. But the worry remains.

So this development has suddenly scared the shit out of you and made you paranoid about a possible precedent being set...
Lol - c'mon seriously? I can understand how the reprehensible racist remarks of a high-profile billionaire owner of an NBA franchise could spark public outrage and lead to some frightening repercussions but who the hell are you that anyone would give two shits about what you say to your spouse in private?

+1

This fake fear about privacy invasion is laughable. No one gives a shit what you tell your husband. You're not important enough for anyone to bug your home. GMAFB.