Donald Sterling: Dont bring people to my games!!!
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tipyerbartender1
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Which part, LJ? I'll give him a little room, someone asked him what he thought about an NBA owner not wanting black people at the games, nor in pictures. LJ is black. What do you want him to say? Would "whatever" be a docile enough response?
Who gives a fuck if this guy gets run out of the league, and the public eye, for all the right reasons? It's like your argument is, league's always known about this bed, now they should just sit in it. Why? Why sit in it? Kick him to the curb.
Do love the Danny Davito reference though. 100% accurate.
KowboyKarl
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Whoa..... Never knew that about Magic's son. Talk about being OUT, waaaaaaaaay out. Nice purse.
Silkydiamonds
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Be my guest, I'll contribute. Don't know what you're trying to get at though. Because I'll say his comments are racist & denounce them. But ok
KowboyKarl
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All I'm saying is: two way street. Or no? You started the "racist Donald Sterling" thread (and that's perfectly fine), but, if you're gonna call this game both ways, then shouldn't you also start a "racist Larry Johnson/Grandmama" thread?
nbafan88
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not saying what he said should be tolerated but i think he should be suspended and fined... not forced out.
I think everyone, including myself, is led to believe that Sterling was guilty of the allegations made against him years ago... but many things could have happened and we just dont know all the facts... so its not right to assume the worst... plus there is very little evidence that he mistreats anyone in the organization in any way... so its a bit haphazard to just go out and say he should sell the team
plus its so shady that magic is the one involved in the conversation and then he's the one that is going to be involved in purchasing the team? just strange
Silkydiamonds
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If YOU feel it needs it's own thread be my guest. Seems pretty related to this topic though. I'm more than willing to speak about it here. Does Larry Johnson saying something racist make you feel somehow better? Doesn't for me, sounds pretty ignorant. Maybe this makes Sterling a sympathetic figure for you. But ok
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tipyerbartender1
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KK, that thread's not going to get a lot of activity. If Larry Johnson were voice-recorded hating white people, unprovoked, out of the blue? Then you got a story. Probably not as big as this one, but then Larry Johnson doesn't own a team in a league with 90% black players.
KowboyKarl
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wizardofodd
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Sterling didnt blurt it out, he was having a private conversation which was being recorded. LJ posted /blurted it on Twitter.
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tipyerbartender1
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Got no problem with Magic orchestrating this. Although that's pretty fucking ridiculous.
wizardofodd
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yup. agree with this! If he does...ooo...gonna be a good movie!
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tipyerbartender1
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By "blurt", I was differentiating between provoked and unprovoked.
I think cigar smokers from your part of the country fuck little kids.
better than raising those kids to be a Cleveland sports fan
KowboyKarl
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Or raising them to lock women up in their basements?
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tipyerbartender1
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Dwight, get out of the way, I was trying to provoke wiz. This is science, for crissakes!
Elbutre88
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the magic argument somehow supplies the idea that this old dude got set up or something. he didn't. he's got some really fucked up views, and when you're the owner of an NBA team, that shit gets noticed and makes news. i'll never understand why after something like this comes out, folks have to chime in with, "yeah, but black people are racist too, you guys".
what the fuck is the point of that? talk about deflection. we all know racism exists everywhere in this country, but to somehow equate what a billionaire white NBA owner said as having the same damage and negative impact as fucking grandma-ma is absurd. and the shit he said on twitter wasn't even that bad. dude told black people to own more shit instead of just working for the white man. what the fuck ever.
what the fuck is the point of that? talk about deflection. we all know racism exists everywhere in this country, but to somehow equate what a billionaire white NBA owner said as having the same damage and negative impact as fucking grandma-ma is absurd. and the shit he said on twitter wasn't even that bad. dude told black people to own more shit instead of just working for the white man. what the fuck ever.
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tipyerbartender1
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Yes. The thread, the story, is about what Donald Sterling said. It should bury him. Don't feel bad for the guy, sounds like he's pretty much always been an asshole.
RIP Dr. Jack
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tipyerbartender1
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One of my favorite white men.
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tipyerbartender1
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Dr. Jack was pretty good on telecasts, back in the day. What was he a doctor of? Medical doctor, or one of those PhD guys who insisted on the doc thing?
nbafan88
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there is very little evidence of him ever being racist towards anyone... how come nobody has come out and spoke about anything?
he's a closet racist and the gf just exposed him?
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tipyerbartender1
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Um. I don't know shit about this guy, but I thought the former angle a few pages ago was everyone knows he's a racist, so why is this news? Or something like that.
nbafan88
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well the allegations against him caused everyone to think he's a racist...
hugh613
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If you refuse to rent to minorities, how is that not being an "overt" racist?
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tipyerbartender1
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White baby, 10X out of 10. I don't get the deep question.
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tipyerbartender1
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That is a puzzler. I almost wonder if he just wanted to get fat.
takeit
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There have been complaints in the past, but nothing has been recorded like this. It takes a long time for something to go through the courts and people forget and have moved onto the next juicy bit of gossip.
I don't think he's a closet racist - he's a racist
takeit
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I'm still thinking, but what's your reasoning here tip?
100 percent a black baby
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tipyerbartender1
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I thought every NBA fan (maybe not THE nbafan) already told me he's a racist a million pages ago, rendering this a non-story.
So he's not a racist?
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tipyerbartender1
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My reasoning is, whatever kyle's cryptic point is going to be when it's revealed, is that slaves emancipated and long dead haven't done much to level the playing field. If you want to be honest.
nbafan88
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but was that really what he did?
if those people destroyed his property like the guy said... then he has every right not to rent to them...
nbafan88
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agreed
nbafan88
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$$$$$$
KowboyKarl
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tipyerbartender1
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I'm looking forward to the position that today's black babies have slavery to thank for their good fortune.
KowboyKarl
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I would very much like to hear your reasoning/thought process on this, tip.
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tipyerbartender1
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I might need you guys to discuss the common sense of it all, then I'll respond. This is like 2+2 to me.
I don't think slavery set blacks up too well in this country. Go.
KowboyKarl
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I dunno, I guess I think he's saying black babies would primarily still be born/raised in African countries.
Elbutre88
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Very little evidence? do you know the google machine? can your google machine lookup the settlement he and the justice department came to?
takeit
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I didn't get either of those things from anything posted here.
NBA fan seems to want to give Sterling the benefit of the doubt - you know the whole "innocent until proven guilty" thing we like to say we believe in? I think most of us have bypassed that since he has been proven guilty in the court of public opinion.
Elbutre88
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Am I the only one that knows the google machine?
"The laundry list of Sterling’s misdeeds include a housing discrimination lawsuit he settled for $2.7 million with the government where he was accused of not renting apartments to Hispanics and blacks. He was sued in 2006 by the Justice Department for allegations of housing discrimination in the Koreatown part of Los Angeles"
This happened in a courtroom.
"The laundry list of Sterling’s misdeeds include a housing discrimination lawsuit he settled for $2.7 million with the government where he was accused of not renting apartments to Hispanics and blacks. He was sued in 2006 by the Justice Department for allegations of housing discrimination in the Koreatown part of Los Angeles"
This happened in a courtroom.
hugh613
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From what I remember in an article I read years ago, he also used to bring guests down to the locker room after games and watch the guys come out of the shower and be like "look at those gorgeous black bodies" or something like that...
KowboyKarl
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Silver spoons? Re-read the question again... Never said anything about "silver spoons".
From what I gather, my interpretation is that "black babies" that are born here now would still be born/raised primarily in African countries. Probably in much less desirable places than the United States of America.
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