People who said he should have done this in a better way still haven’t given us any of those ways yet

No, but it is a white thing to try and make black protest into a question of tone rather than the actual issues at play. If white Americans had expended 1/10 of the energy they’ve used to decry black protest on fixing the things being protested,we’d be in a frickin utopia.

wait, you think Brazil is the one looking bad here? lol ok

He’s from the generation that didn’t talk about feelings, and didn’t discuss social issues like this. They “kept it quiet” for the sake of propriety.

You can be married to a black woman and still be a racist. It happens a lot. Viewing an entire racial or ethnic group as inherently inferior while simultaneously viewing them as sexualized fetish objects is a basic component of racism. Just ask Thomas Jefferson.

It’s this weird thing that some people compartmentalize? I think that’s the word, damn I don’t know, it’s late and I’ve had wine, but it could be a case of his thinking that she wasn’t like “the others” ie the other blacks. hmp. Yep. That happens more often than you’d think. Stuck on a stereotype of an idea of what a…

I never mentioned the word “fear.” That came from you. I also didn’t equate getting hit by a bike with the seriousness of getting hit by a car. You gotta chill with the strawmen.

He’s probably not a regular cyclist.

True. Not like he didn’t throw a punch until the knockout, but I think HamNo’s point is still valid. Lying on the ropes against that guy, at that period of his career, is still incomprehensible.

Because black lives matter, like the nazis, are calling for a complete eradication of anyone who doesn’t look like them. Or, you know, not. They are seeking fair treatment under law. BLM are only nazis in some ridiculous white nightmare.

OKAY SO I texted my mom who is a doctor about this issue.

What an elitist thing to say. We rent. We rent a house in a nice neighborhood with decent schools, and as is often the case, we pay more than a homeowner, as well as maintain the yard. Totally worth it when the economy takes a turn for the worst and it affects property values and interest rates. We don’t have to pay…

It wasn’t one of those moments where you are feeling insecure and then a group of people laugh as you walk by, possibly about something completely different, but then it eats away at you because you think they were laughing AT you? What was the joke? You called it a joke and not a rude comment, so it must actually…

YOU MEAN BLACK PEOPLE DO OTHER STUFF AND JUST LIKE LIVE THEIR LIVES AS BEST THEY CAN LIKE EVERYONE ELSE?

You definitely use clips for this amount of weight. His two issues were (1) ego lifting and (2) using bad equipment. In competitons, either OLY/Strongman/Powerlifting, a clip or clamp is always used to secure the weight. This guy had no chance in hell of squatting this even if it had stayed on.

I’m not trying to impugn LeBron, more ask the question “When is enough enough?”

If human beings were logical, we wouldn’t prioritize sports over education and science, yet that’s the world we live in. For a lot of people, the news or politicians saying something doesn’t matter, but their favorite athlete saying it does. Failing to recognize that reveals true naivete.

That’s exactly what’s wrong with this country (and humanity as a whole) - the idea that money is more valuable than doing the right thing. LeBron has made enough to support himself and the next ten generations of his family from ever having to work again. Would he like to earn more? Undoubtedly, but never playing…

“Most of the respondents were young, white married men who are worried that the presence of women in their small teams could create complications in their home life, sexual harassment or affairs. They believe the risk could affect the family-like trust of the group.”

It’s a false comparison. I don’t think we should ignore Trump because he’s bad, I think we should ignore Trump because his power *ONLY* comes from his media presence. Shitstains like Westboro Baptist and Isis and whateverthefuck else actually have ideologies and deeply held religious beliefs, however twisted and…