Big Bob currently under fire: "Cant let the inmates run the prison"

Bob and Rick?

 

The context in which it was said prob had a racist undertone(Obama’s race was the No. 1 reason people didn’t like him, thinking otherwise is ignorant). We weren’t there so we can’t be 100% sure but it’s not far fetched to think that(I certainly dealt with it).

But my whole thing is you trying to police what’s offensive or not, then questioning intelligence of those who find something offensive. People with WAYYYYY higher IQs than you or me who understand idioms found this offensive and in extremely poor taste. Guessing they’re dumb too right? If someone says something that has racial or offensive undertones towards a certain group, someone outside that group doesn’t have the right to tell them how to feel about something.

 

That's a flat out lie even if you don't know any better.

Those who are intelligent and not ignorant as to the meaning of the idiom who are pretending to be offended are doing so cynically in order to sell it to stupid people. Clearly they've had some success doing so.

 

Regardless of political affiliation it seems really tone deaf for an owner to walk into a room where he should know the vast majority will be thrilled - again regardless of politics - and have a deep personal feeling because of the historic election...and say he is unhappy with the outcome. Why even bring the subject up just to express your disappointment? Does he tell the locker room everything he feels about other topics?

Of course, it is also stupid and insensitive to ban hip hop from your stadium.

Odds are against McNair being an outright racist. But it sure seems like he is an old white billionaire who (as a result of these factors?) is at the least racially insensitive.

 

Obama’s race was the biggest(but not only) deciding factor on whether you voted for him or not. On the other side of my point earlier, most people voted for him because he was black. We studied this in my political science class I took my final semester of college. But that’s a DD forum discussion.

Again, with how the relationships between black men and the prison system are, I don’t think it takes an intelligent person to see why this was offensive. The league is mostly black, the prison system is disproportionately black, the matter in which the idiom was used was offensive. You question everyone else’s intelligence yet display your lack of as to why this was taken as offensive.

 

Hahahahah That is pretty funny. I don't agree with this, but well done.

 

LOL, that is so incredibly naive and only makes sense if you believe literally everyone in the country is a racist because you are suggesting that racism one way or the other was the biggest deciding factor when it comes to who they voted for.

I really hope you realize how laughably insane that is.

 

I give to you Bobby you stand your ground and keep coming back no mattee what. That's a good characteristic.

 

Lol WOW

 

Acknowledging someone is of a different race than you is not racism. Most people acknowledged his race and thought something different was needed/wanted to be apart of history/saw someone who resembled them. Doesn’t make you racist if you see other races. It was his biggest help, honestly he wasn’t overly qualified when he ran in 08 but the acknowledgment of his race was the deciding factor. He prob doesn’t win if he was white. But again this is off topic so I’m leaving it at that.

 

Suggesting that people decided to vote for or against a person due in large part to the color of their skin absolutely is racism though, and that's what you suggested was the case for EVERYONE and that's crazy. Conservatives wouldn't like a liberal politician due to the color of their skin any more than liberals would like a conservative due to the color of their skin.

If a Republican wasn't happy about Obama being elected, you can't assume it was due to racism any more than if a Democrat being upset about Trump winning is a sign of racism.

Let's be better than Duane Brown.

 

Geez, doubling down on stupid...

 

I said most, not everyone. The time I did my research and surveying(middle of 2016 election process) def skewed results but race was a factor.

Also a lot of the ‘conservatives’ during 2008 I interacted with couldn’t actually come up with a political reason as to why they were anti Obama, but that’s just my experience(black in a majority white area).

I have no problem with how Duane perceived what was said nor do I have a problem with his reaction.

 

Well, this story isn't going away. Local NAACP had a preseer today. Both AA Congress members spoke, as well as Commissioner Ellis (NRG sits in his district). They don't want the McNair statue in front of NRG, a publicly funded stadium. They are also planning something on Monday and want McNair there.

SJL notes how diverse Houston is and is calling for the business community to not remain silent.

 

LOL I'm not surprised, it seems like you have a similar world view, twisted as it may be.

 

Well I, for one, don’t question the intellect of someone cause I disagree with how they perceive something, so if that’s apart of my world view I think I’ll survive.

 

I don't question one's intellect based solely on disagreement, I base it on words or actions that would lead me to suspect that they aren't terribly intelligent. For example, those pretending to be offended by an idiom aren't necessarily stupid or ignorant people, they very well might just be cynical liars who are attempting to sway the opinion of stupid and ignorant people.

 

You’re one of the very few who is vehemently defending this as not offensive. If 90% of people think you’re in the wrong, maybe it’s time to take a step back and figure out why they think you’re wrong. You’re treating your opinion like a definitive fact when the majority disagree.

 

I think you were born from pre-c*m.

 

Link proving 90% of people think O'brien was "in the wrong"?