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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:50 PM Original message |
Did anyone hear the football commentator state that the player's father was |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. hard to see how that would be relevant to the game |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. I agree...but I may have misheard it (although, who I was watching the game with heard it too). nt. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. no more racist than you assuming the player was black if you think about it.. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That may be true and I'll admit to that if it is so. But given the state of racism today, I |
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OneTenthofOnePercent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
31. Playing the odds is not racist. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:25 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Yes. It is racist. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. A player having to deal with hardship at home adds to the drama? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
4. "4 or 5" doesn't narrow things down very much, since America has lots of time zones. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Oh, sorry. Eastern. nt. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. I think it is racist to assume the player is black |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Presumably the poster saw the player on teevee, and hence isn't assuming it. |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Except in the OP it says |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:58 PM Original message |
Well yah. Except for that part. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I didn't see the player actually. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oh. That's really too bad, then. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. roflmao, this post is the best skewer i think ive seen on DU |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. lol! There was just nowhere else to go. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. i dont think the OP is racist, but its that old line about having the right to remain silent |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:59 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Well, like I said above, I won't deny that my assumption may be based on |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Dude go to sleep |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. No, that's not what I wanted to say. |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. dude you have the right to remain silent, id go to bed and forget this ever happened |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Meh, perhaps you're right. I'm still curious about it though. |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Wilson |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'm not that big of a sports watcher so, no. |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. I don't think that's quite it. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I will admit that is closer... |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. they used to mention that about Adrian Peterson's father when AD was at Oklahoma |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Interesting. We weren't really watching the game up until that point so |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. As I recall, they never hesitated to mention the legal problems Steffi Graf's father had, either. |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Can you supply maybe one iota of evidence of racism when you post this stuff? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-26-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I tried to find anything about it on Google but came up short. So I thought I'd see if |
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Recovered Repug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
30. I'm guessing that you're refering to this |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. That's it. Thanks. nt. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. So you don't know what game was on |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
33. The only thing that's racist is the fact that you assumed the player was black. |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
36. I Recall The Same Thing Always Said About Woody Harrelson |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
37. yes the player involved is black. and no, mentioning his dad's incarceration was not racist |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Thanks for the info. We thought there might |
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