PC Police In The NFL, $11,000 For The "N" Word That Didn't Happen?

Colin Kaepernick is mad. $11,025 mad. It is bad enough to have a bad day and lead his San Francisco 49er's to a loss against the Chicago Bears. But to add insult to injury, one of the referees threw a red flag claiming that Kaepernick called Lamarr Houston a nigger. (Sorry, just reporting the truth.) This seems a little odd since few white men would want to call Houston names when he is 6' 3'' and weighs 300 pounds. That is asking for a thumping.

The whole issue was clouded as Kaepernick reported on Sunday, that Houston claimed Kaepernick did not say it, but starting Tuesday morning, after Houston was cited for the exact offence Monday night, he remembered that it was said on Sunday. Oh, the power of the PC Police over a big, black man in a small room with a single light bulb.

Whether either or both are lying is of really no consequence. Stupid things people do and say under tremendous stress are usually forgiven (unless you are Mel Gibson). San Francisco received a 15 yard penalty. Infraction noted, penalty paid.

Wrong.

Then next day, the NFL dropped a fine of  $11,025 on Kaepernick. So now it is not only rude and insensitive to use negative stereotypes of blacks and Native Americans, it is punishable by a fine, a big fine at that.

These publicity stunts by small, very small, offended groups of minorities, are gaining traction rather than being shown for the shallow, silly media grabs they really are. Any mature person would not be intimidated or put down by antiquated stereotypes that have long since lost their punch.

I was in a KFC in Las Vegas years ago when a clerk called me a "cracker" under her breath. Everyone in my group was incensed that she would stoop so low, but I laughed at her ignorance.

1. She didn't have the courage to say it spitefully to my face, 
2. She had no idea that my ancestors never owned slaves, 
3. Practice as I might, I never mastered the use of a whip. 
4. Actually, if she were being maligned by any other weak-minded, bigoted bully, I would be the first to step in and protect her.

The antics by the NBA to force the sale of the LA Clippers for some ignorant comments made by Donald Stirling, the self-imposed sale of the Atlanta Hawks by Bruce Levenson over an email he sent to his staff 2 years ago and the cacophony over the Washington Redskins are all part of this charade.

In the case of Stirling, the recording of his conversation without his permission and knowledge, compounded by releasing it to the public, should have brought criminal charges against his girl friend, according to California Law. For the past 30 years, no one was ignorant of the bigoted, self-promoting character of Stirling, so why now?

As for Levenson, I am sure he saw the hefty prices offered for the sale of the Clippers and decided that it was best cash out while fanaticism was hot. The Hawks are toward the bottom of the profitability chart, barely $7.3 million average over the last 5-year period, home game attendance numbers are falling and they only played 3 home playoff games last year where they did 6 the year before. Looks like a good time to get out.

I read the email he sent in 2012. It was a honest demographic study of the strengths and weaknesses of their fan base. Suggestions were made to increase profitability by discouraging the black market and push the white college crowd because they spend more than the typical black market. Sound business advice for increased profits. The owners need to decide if they want to promote the team to all of Atlanta or just to those who pay the most. That is not racism, it is financial prejudice.

As for the insanity surrounding the Washington Redskins, I just don't understand it. If someone named their team "David Mefford is a blithering idiot", I might be offended, but I would have to accept the truth of the statement. Since I don't have any copyright privilege for the name, I couldn't do any thing to force them to change it.

Isaiah spoke of our day when people would be an offender for a word:

Isaiah 29: 20-21. . . and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that repoveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

Professional sports, the Great American past time has now become the Great Progressive Target.



Bibliography:

The NBS's Most And Least Profitable Teams
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2013/01/23/the-nbas-most-and-least-profitable-teams/

Source: Ref say Coling Kaepernick used racial slur
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/colin-kaepernick-49ers-refs-racial-slur-bears-loss-fine-092114?cmpid=paid:fscom:ad:outbrain:nfl

Lamarr Houston says Colin Kaepernick did us N-word
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/article_external/lamarr_houston_says_colin_kaepernick_did_use_n_word/17344925

Photo courtesy of:
http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/story/colin-kaepernick-49ers-refs-racial-slur-bears-loss-fine-092114?cmpid=paid:fscom:ad:outbrain:nfl

PC Police - Another Notch in Their Gun

The Politically Correct (PC) Police have struck again.

Last month it was Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich who was fired because he contributed $1,000 to support California's Proposition 8 which restricted marriage to just a man and a woman.

Mozilla has a detailed non-discrimination policy and some people in the company feel that Eich's action violates that policy, so much so that he should be disqualified from running Mozilla.

Now to put this into perspective, we must consider the following facts.

• Brendan Eich started with Netscape/Mozilla in the early days of the Internet in 1995
• Eich is the creator of Javascript scripting language, that is still used to day by billions of web pages
• The contribution of $1,000 to support Proposition 8 happened in 2008, 6 years ago
• Barack Obama was also an avid supporter of Prop 8 back in 2008
• The story came to light in 2012 with a little bit of flak on Twitter
• He was promoted to CEO in March, 2014; resigned under pressure in April, 2014
• Eich helped create and successfully lead Mozilla in various capacities without any complaints for 18 years

The uproar that was created by the vehemently hateful persecutors of hate speech, produced an environment inside Mozilla where Eich stated that "under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader." Therefore, after enduring all the wrong actions of politically correct zealots, Brendan Eich, a man who had done nothing wrong, nothing illegal or unethical, had to step down as CEO to protect the company he created and loved.

Now, the PC police struck again after Donald Sterling, owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, was recorded ranting on the phone to his girl friend that he didn't want her to be seen in public with blacks and she was to never bring any blacks to a Clippers Basketball game. In retaliation, the NBA has banned Sterling from attending any Clippers or NBA games, practices, business meeting, etc., AND they fined him $2.5 million dollars.

I need to be clear that Mr. Sterling has a long history of employee abuse, racists actions and inflammatory litigation, (See Ben Shapiro's article). He is not a nice man and I would never work for him nor invite him to my home for a barbecue. I do not condone his attitudes nor his actions. But as repugnant as he is (See Ann Coulter's article), Donald Sterling, like Brendan Eich, is still an American with the right of Freedom of Speech. He has the right to his own attitude and opinion, especially if others find it repulsive.

To put this into perspective, this is the same as if Warren Buffet had a fight on the phone with his wife forbidding her to associate with any lying, cheating, manipulating stock broker; then he was told by the Federal Exchange Commission that; he would be banned from buying stocks, bonds or Treasury notes, he could never attend a board meeting of any of his companies, and he had pay a $2.5 million dollar fine that would be given to organizations combating domestic violence.

Or, if Bill Gates had a fight with this wife in their bedroom where he prohibited her from ever using any browser other than Internet Explorer and then the Association of Internet Providers banned him for life from ever using the Internet, forced him to sell off Internet Explorer and fined him $2.5 million dollars.

It appears as though fornication, adultery, tax evasion, public lying of officials, and treasonous acts of elected officials are all condoned activities in the United States of America, but having racial views opposing the self-appointed PC police; requires confiscation of personal property, banning from public events, and destruction of your career. At this rate, it will not be long before the media and social pressure are the judge and jury of the future.

Donald Sterling has proven by his actions that he is racist, insensitive, greedy, and a first class jerk, but none of those things are illegal. As I understand the situation, he has broken no laws or violated any contracts in this matter. It was a private phone conversation with a close associate and he probably didn't know he was being recorded, which in California is illegal.

If the NBA wants to exercise authority over the Los Angeles Clippers and get rid of Donald Sterling, they need to choose reasons that are based on violations of law, agreements, or legal contracts; not emotional voodoo and hysterical hyperboles. The only way to beat a bigot is for everyone to stop associating with him until he chooses to change his actions. His players can quit and the fans can stop attending games, but the NBA has no bite behind their bark.

I will not be surprised to see Sterling fight this action and win.


Photos are from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich
http://www.totalprosports.com/2014/04/27/clippers-owner-donald-sterling-racist-recording-comment-girlfriend-audio/