Golf Channel Anchor: "Lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley."

yes, all us black posters are the same. your slip is showing.

you have more posts in this thread than anyone I believe, the only person concerned about this is you.

you probably think we all look alike and you have black friends, right?

 

So you agree the cries of racism are stupid?

 

i think you're the racist. you proved it with your last post with the "ya'll" comment. no one brought up racisim but you.

 

I will take that as a no.

 

no one cried racism. almost everyone in this thread of all races pretty much agreed that it was a poor choices of words. no one cried racism

i'm not going to debate you on something that never happened. once again you need to make up something to make yourself right. who cried racism? when you can answer that question, we can go from there.

 

the funny thing is you're in the obama church thread talking about how we shouldn't separate ourselves because of race but you just did that to me an rocket river, with your "ya'll" comment.

 

Why don't you just answer the question?

RR makes his remark, joliver325 makes his, then you defend joliver325. That's your yall. I wasn't generalizing, I was being specific. I was only referring to people in this thread.

 

first of all, I don't know what RR's comment meant. Secondly, you and joliver325 were arguing about the word "lynch". and quite honestly, I don't find it surprising that you are the only person who even attempt to make the argument that the word "lynch" doesn't have some negative history behind it when associate with blacks. that's like saying the word "holocaust" isn't associated with Jews.

and lastly, you made the "ya'll" comment in reference to me and the other black posters, you responded to me, and I hadn't made a comment on this either way. I just made a comment about you and nasa.

 

It has a negative history with whites and all races also. But of course that doesn't matter. Lynching and hanging was the way most people were put to death in the world up until the early part of the 1900s.

Tiger says "We know unequivocally that there was no ill intent in her comments." But of cousre that doesn't matter either.

You don't know what RR's comment meant? I'm not buying that for a second.

Will you answer the question?

 

no. it really isnt like that at all.
"gas" maybe, but holocaust is much different.

 

not surprising you are still sticking with this. I'm not going to continue this because the fact that this is an issue because you used the word makes you wrong.

But this is how you are, you try to ignore the history of this country. Its one thing if you find most cries of racism false. I don't care about that. This is the second time we've had an argument about something that has a historical meaning. you want to erase or forget the past, that's the problem I have.















this is what we in america associate lynching with, this is why it was a poor choice of words. and even if you want to stick to the willfully ignorant argument that it isn't unique to blacks, there is still no justification to use a word that brings up such images of brutality.

Tiger says "We know unequivocally that there was no ill intent in her comments." But of cousre that doesn't matter either.

and neither has anyone in this thread, that doesn't mean it was a poor choice of words. no one thinks she actually expects other golfers to lynch Tiger. but that's a nice argument to argue against.

I have no idea what he meant

 

you don't agree that holocaust is associated with Jews? That's not the first thing you think when you hear that word

 

I think what he's saying is you can't compare the word "lynching" to blacks as you can "holocaust" to jews.

pgabriel, nobody can tell you how to feel when the word "lynch" is spoken or written (especially in the context that Tilghman said it). If there was a jewish golfer and someone said "they need to throw him in an oven." I know there would be much more outcry.

On the other hand, it does make a difference how it was stated. She did not mean it with any ill-will towards blacks OR tiger. You can call it racism and I can call it negligence. She got suspended from her job and has an extreme amount of guilt.

Sharpton is out of line for calling for her job.

 

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/shipp/lynchingsstate.html

lynchings in america by race 1882-1968

total 4743
blacks 3446

72% and blacks are the minority, but yeah, the word isn't associated with blacks in this country.

you've made some ludicrous arguments meowgi, but this one is your best. congrats

 

you missed my point. you said to mr.

I was simply pointing out that your example for holocaust = jews isnt the same as saying lynch = blacks. I would say, gas = jews is a better correlated to lynch = blacks.

 

It is what YOU ONLY associate with lynching because you do not see a bigger picture. Of course it is associated with blacks but may other races were lynched too. Again, lynching was the way almost all people of all races were put to death for hundreds of years. You just don't want recognize it. It is you that is erasing that part of the past.

It was only a poor choice of words because of the ignorant word police and those thirsting to label people as racists.

How about answering the question?

 

okay, a better analogy. I disagree but I understand the point you're trying to make.

 

argue with the statistics. you are the one who has to constantly adjust your argument. what happened to other races doesn't really matter, the act is uniquely associated with the racism in this country's history. the statistics back up that claim.

and here is the self proclaimed eastern religioner who doesn't have a problem with using such a term associated with vicious violence to handle losing in sports.

more comedy

the question is stupid because of course there are some things that are racism and some that arent'

but that's neither here nor there becuase YOU are the only person who brought up racism. no one said this woman is a racist. you make up a senario to argue your ridiculous points because you can't argue with the facts at hand. par for the course

 

As much as you try to deny the fact it connotation is much more negative with blacks through AMERICAN history. I don't believe she meant it to offend people but meaning it and doing it are two different things. I dont call for her to be fired but people need to be MORE sensitive to how say things in front of the public.


I dont expect for you to have a sense of understanding on that based on your previous post.

 

Maybe people need to be less sensitive and judge people on their intent rather than an outcry about the use of particular words.