Oso planning to go pro
Westbrook obviously is highly skilled but does he really "fit" anywhere?
Meyers Leonard twoo da Bucks on a Ten Dey Kontract...yuk, aina?
If you read more into it, Leonard did the right thing when something like this happens. He sincerely apologized and has since worked with numerous rabbis and Jewish orgs in Miami, back in Champaign, and elsewhere. And much of that was well after he got the boot, so it wasn't some immediate saving of face. Time, effort, and education goes farther than a knee jerk donation.Some bigotry or hate speech comes from true hate, some comes from ignorance. The latter can be corrected and educated far easier. If it was indeed the latter, kudos to him for attempting to make amends and better himself and believe he deserves a second chance
Good for you to view this with common sense, clarity and understanding. Unfortunately you stand almost alone in America today. There is good money to be made and power to be had by vilifying people for errors in judgment that could have even occurred decades ago and even run counter to how they live and act.
I don't see many people trashing the Bucks for this move. I actually think Wags' falls into the solid majority here.
So many people got rich and powerful from posting Josh Hader's old tweets.And the poor guy has seen his salary grow a mere 2433% in the years since.
I don't necessarily agree with power, but there is a ton of money to be made in being a talking head who gets worked up about this BS. But thats a different discussion.
Sure, outrage is a cottage industry, but not in the way WhiteTrash suggests. Nobody is making a dime by villifying people like Meyers Leonard.And (I aim this at WhiteTrash, not you) can we stop dismissing people being racist as "an error in judgement."
So do we shoot or burn at the stake everyone who made, or laughed at, a racial joke as teenagers? I personally think shooting is better for the environment, but I'll defer to you since you, as someone who can judge everyone's moral character, are smarter and wiser then me. And, you have convinced me that Leonard is a racist. Thank you for helping me see the light.
He never said Meyers was racist. And he wasn’t a teenager. But outrage away…
I believe he was calling Meyers a racist.I never said he was a teenager. My original point, which was I was told is incorrect, was I think people can have racist feeling or ideas but can grow and mature to be accepting of all people and can look back and identify that they made an error in judgment as it relates to people of a different race.
Again, you’re the only one outraged here. Everyone seems to be willing to give Meyers a break. Very much contrary to your original point that Wags “stands alone.”
How should I read the statement "And (I aim this at WhiteTrash, not you) can we stop dismissing people being racist as "an error in judgement."?I understand it to mean I am downplaying racists like Meyers (I presume him since he is the topic at hand) as simply having an error in judgment and I don't recognize him as an evil racist. I don't know if the man is a racist, but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. I guess that makes me a bad guy for allowing someone to repent and grow from their sins.
Again Pakuni said “being racist.” IOW saying or doing racist things, which Meyers clearly did. He’s not claiming holds racist ideology and irredeemable. Because clearly he redeemed his comments.