It's a total strawman argument. Sterling has been a racist for his entire tenure as owner of the Clippers. Two things changed: 1) Society has less tolerance for racism 2) His recorded remarks were made public.

Any owner stupid enough to cross a line of this magnitude AGAIN is stupid enough that the league wouldn't…

No he didn't. He tweeted "I agree 100% with Commissioner Silvers findings and the actions taken against Donald Sterling."

TMZ gets the assist.

Exactly. How is exposing yourself to the possibility of lifelong pain "healthful" when you have a perfectly good vaccine that can lessen that risk.

The kids probably won't be able to sue their parents for not getting them the vaccine when they get shingles later in life, but they most definitely will curse their names.

THANK YOU for explaining why the fire burning scene flashed on my screen just before the game came back. I didn't see whole ad, just a snippet.

You should stick to their sister site, Earnestineabelle.

This is the part I'm missing. She got on the plane and stowed her bag above.

You are that guy aren't you?

Planes only stay up in the air because of collective delusion. Don't stop believin'!

Weird. I'm not aware that getting on a plane and taking your seat after stowing your bag constitutes asshole behavior.

It sounds more like people are highly and strongly defensive about hearing about someone being shamed about their hateful behavior and prejudice.

Here's a hint, any time you say "someone deserved it"…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorazepam

Nope. The most obvious reason for him to say nasty things under his breath is that fat people are treated as less than human. I think you need to trust people when they tell you their experience and not devalue it or try to reframe the reality they inhabit every day.

Unless YOU ARE THAT GUY, in which case, just fess…

Grace is the key for sure in a temporary situation where you're all forced to inhabit the same space. Thanks for being a mensch.

Right? On a plane. "His space".

Wow, after reading the comments it's like the guy on the plane is everyone here who is like "YOU'RE PROJECTING SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP YOU DESERVED IT."

This guy's behavior was not normal. He felt justified in abusing someone he considered beneath him, for just existing, and did it deliberately if passive…

It's a plane. You share a row with other people. Normal non-asshole humans do this graciously. Because they're on a plane where you have to get up to allow people in and out of their seats.

And most people can tell when someone is being an unprovoked dick.

Thanks for the pro tip :)

Humans have other methods of communicating besides using words. In fact most of our communication is non verbal. Is that really news to you?

I just want to say that this piece is great and thanks for writing it. So readable! And yes, I want a damn movie just to see her house alone. Hollywood - make this happen!