It's not racist if it's from the left
It's not racist if it's from the leftMonday, September 18, 2017 | Chad Groening
On Friday, President Trump tweeted that ESPN "is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth" in response to ESPN anchor Jemele Hill's recent tweet:
"Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists."
Nadra Enzi, a member of the advisory council of The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives' Project 21, says Hill's comment echoes the talking points of Hillary Clinton.
Enzi
"I don't believe in coincidence," he asserts. "It is midterm elections, so we expect any number of dog whistles from any number of liberal commentators. This is strictly political. It's nothing more than trying to work up a base that's still in a catatonic state since the Trump victory."
Hill has not apologized for her accusation and has received nothing more than a slap on the wrist from her employer. Enzi does not believe that would be the case if it were a white commentator making a similar comment about Barack Obama.
"It's absolutely a double standard," he states. "You attack the president of the United States from your privileged position as an ESPN commentator, and ESPN does not do the right thing and fire you. Were the roles reversed and a white commentator made a similarly inflammatory comment about President Obama, he would be out of the door before the crease in his pants left."
"It's a double standard," Enzi reiterates. https://www.onenewsnow.com/media/2017/09/18/its-not-racist-if-its-from-the-left
On Friday, President Trump tweeted that ESPN "is paying a really big price for its politics (and bad programming). People are dumping it in RECORD numbers. Apologize for untruth" in response to ESPN anchor Jemele Hill's recent tweet:
"Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists."
Nadra Enzi, a member of the advisory council of The National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives' Project 21, says Hill's comment echoes the talking points of Hillary Clinton.
Enzi
"I don't believe in coincidence," he asserts. "It is midterm elections, so we expect any number of dog whistles from any number of liberal commentators. This is strictly political. It's nothing more than trying to work up a base that's still in a catatonic state since the Trump victory."
Hill has not apologized for her accusation and has received nothing more than a slap on the wrist from her employer. Enzi does not believe that would be the case if it were a white commentator making a similar comment about Barack Obama.
"It's absolutely a double standard," he states. "You attack the president of the United States from your privileged position as an ESPN commentator, and ESPN does not do the right thing and fire you. Were the roles reversed and a white commentator made a similarly inflammatory comment about President Obama, he would be out of the door before the crease in his pants left."
"It's a double standard," Enzi reiterates. https://www.onenewsnow.com/media/2017/09/18/its-not-racist-if-its-from-the-left
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I don't expect ESPN to fire its employee. If the tweet turns a person off, then he or she can turn the channel.
There is a double standard. I think I'd rather see the Donald say that Hill is wrong. She's free to make any outlandish comment she wants, but she's wrong. And walk away. Don't feed it anymore. That's what the conservatives have never figured out. For liberals, any press is good press. Double standard? Yes. Crying about it won't make it better.
What I can't understand is all these people keep claiming racism in these cities where the Mayor, the Chief of Police, the number two person in the police department and a good number of the officers are black. It's getting a little old, actually.
ESPN should be a case study into running a brand into the ground. It's model should be incredibly simple to execute and comes with a huge built in customer base. Show live sports and provide sports news.
A simple formula that created a billion dollar company. But over the last decade, it decided simply covering sports wasn't enough, it's programming became gradually suffused with left wing advocacy. It's just dumb on so many levels. As Michael Jordan noted," Republicans buy shoes, too" and in the case of sports consumption, make up a disproportionate share of their target demo.
SO instead of simply covering sports, they decided to politicize them. Lionize Bruce Jenner on their awards show as a hero for becoming a woman, fire employees who criticize liberal mores while protecting and defending those who attack conservatives, lionize athletes for taking liberal stands while attacking those who advocate for traditional values. I love sports and used to watch sports center on a frequent basis, now I'll only watch live coverage of games now.
I'm not alone. The rating for the Hill's anchored sportcenter are down 20% year over year. Is she in any danger of losing her job? Of course not, because virtue signaling has become the purpose of ESPN's existence, not providing sports coverage.
As far as Trump and his assortment of witless minions, appointees and henchmen are concerned, if you tacitly support fascists, and nazis there is a pretty good chance that you are one.
Truth be told, one of our national conversations should be more about class than race.
"it's a fucking duck"
And you say you are trying to have an adult discussion.......crude language does not speak of being very adult. More like someone who has nothing of any real content to say other than to resort to crude language to express themselves.
Raven Wing,
Howdy Doodle at you. Let me just pre-apologize for the times that I will use words that might cause the church crowd to blush. In defense of the usage of colorful verbiage and my cranky old self lemme just mention that I am an old woodworker. Blue collar to the bone. We tend to the colorful and cannot hep ourselves.
best your way. keep yer powder dry.
Dear Friend Tex, no apology is necessary. I am by no means a stranger to off color language, in English or other languages I have learned. Most all the men in my family going back many generations have served in the Military, and it seems that off color language is a part of being a part of the team. And I have been known to use some of it myself under some situations.
But, I do believe that there is a time and place for its use. And I never use against or in reference to anyone on a personal basis. I do take exception when someone directs it to me in a bullying or intimidating manner in order to belittle, denigrate or try to force me to accept their way of belief or thinking when that is unacceptable to me.
I am not responsible for what others say or do other than when it is directed at me, then I do have the right to express my objection. I don't personally find it necessary to use such language to have civil conversation.
However.......that is me. I don't judge what others may think or feel about it. They are an individual with their own acceptances, as am I. So as long as it is not directed at me or used in conversations with me, I have nothing to say about it. (smile)
OK this discussion is getting way to personal in nature. Please refrain from addressing each other or even referring to each other in this article. I will be handing out suspension to anyone who doesn't take heed.