The NBA age restriction was always premised on the paternalistic bullshit that young, black men would not be well prepared to deal with the big money and fame they would receive at a nascent adult age. A retrograde argument contradicted by the fact that the NHL (and its many owners who also control NBA franchises)…

How the fuck are the living going to stand a snowball’s chance in hell against the ice zombies?

Those aren’t dogs in the instagram clip, any dog under 20 pounds is a cat and cats are pointless.

I’m not sure, I’m gonna need to hear Michael Rappaport’s thoughts on this as well. 

Maybe next time he will pretend his fake attackers were illegals?

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No. We know what happened. Everyone knows what happened. And if he does come forward and admits it. Where is all the apologies. Hypocrites. Everyone on these sites.

The virtue of victimhood. 

No, you aren’t. But the writers here really wanted it to be true.

“When Okposo went down, rather than let his head bounce off the ice, the Rangers player grabbed onto his opponent’s sweater to stop the fall”

Since when do facts matter to most readers of the Root? They immediately jump on the side of the black “victim”, regardless of facts.

Literally NOBODY is saying the story is fabricated “because he’s gay”. They’re saying it because IT’S CRAP! 2 AM, subzero windchill, and these “MAGA” guys are just out walking around with a half-assed noose and bleach, hoping to run into... who? A cast member of a hip hop soap opera who they recognize on sight?

I honestly don't recall anyone saying that he made it up because he's gay. It was more so his facts surrounding the attack that were almost too good to be true. The only logical conclusion to his facts would be that he was stalked because nobody is carrying around a noose and some bleach on the off chance that Jussie…

At least you admit that facts don’t matter. And, by the way, the two people who were arrested are black and one was an extra. His story is a lie.

New York just lost a billion dollars annually in taxes and a $5 billion dollar investment....you just lost bro, cause like a brave new world, corporations don’t even need to kill unions and workers anymore - they just ignore you and leave for cities that want them there. Good job, cause those were jobs and investments…

“I kinda feel like you are missing some reasons why some people are skeptical lying and creating fake news.” 

Racism. The word you’re looking for is Racism.

This was one of the dumbest articles I have ever read.  No one intelligent believed Smollett from the start because his story was unbelievable and because it promotes a narrative that both Hollywood and the media have a vested interest in.  Next you don’t have a clue what happened with the reporting from ABC and CBS. …

this game is going to replace Kursk as the greatest tank battle in history

(If we’re being honest,I think half of the people who take issue with this do so because of the race of the other woman). Either way,as you said,there is no abuse or harm or secrecy involved here,and everyone is an adult,so I’m good with it.