Warren Sapp fired by NFL Network following arrest for soliciting prostitutes, assault

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

A better question would be, why is race even involved in the conversation? Al wasn't mentioned in the article, nor is there any type of protest. Is this the new standard? If the person is black, the race card can be played, but only by white people? Can someone explain this?

Marvin asks why race comes up in a conversation rofl

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I guess I should have said it's been a while since I heard a Thailand story.

It reminded me of someone here who used to tell good Thailand stories.

gotcha. was gonna say, that was a pretty bland 'story'. for thailand.

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This last 16 inches was adding insult to injury. We just got through with 3 feet, then this. And we've got tywo more storms coming later in the week. One on Sunday could be another foot. You sure you wanna do this?

Honestly? It's a job, you know. And a civil service one at that. It's hard to get in the door nowadays. If this is what it takes to get in, I'm there. I got contract jobs calling left and right, but GS is the way to go.

Maybe he has an entire business dedicated to alerting the world to the dangers of blackness... Team LIB in action...

I'll wager this is exactly what it's like, except he does it alone. You know just in case, he gets too "excited".

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Marvin asks why race comes up in a conversation rofl

pretty relevant question, considering how often marvin gets accused of injecting race into everything and yet it's rarely marvin who injects race in the conversation. just because race is brought up flippantly doesn't mean it's not being brought up.

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Marvin asks why race comes up in a conversation rofl

I wonder. Since I've been gone, how many times has race come up? Who brings it up when Janelle and myself are absent?

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pretty relevant question, considering how often marvin gets accused of injecting race into everything and yet it's rarely marvin who injects race in the conversation. just because race is brought up flippantly doesn't mean it's not being brought up.

I suppose because it's always brought up when there is ZERO evidence of race bing a factor. See Ferguson. See Sanford. See Queens. None of those scenarios had one thing to do with raace except the 2 people involved were different races in each of them. So I guess if race can get dragged in to those situations, why not a conversation about some washed up NFL player that got busted paying for some azz?

[JohnR! 5,495]

You better clarify this was a rhetorical question, lest you get an evasive non-answer answer...

I wonder. Since I've been gone, how many times has race come up? Who brings it up when Janelle and myself are absent?

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I suppose because it's always brought up when there is ZERO evidence of race bing a factor. See Ferguson. See Sanford. See Queens. None of those scenarios had one thing to do with raace except the 2 people involved were different races in each of them. So I guess if race can get dragged in to those situations, why not a conversation about some washed up NFL player that got busted paying for some azz?

But in the case of Warren Sapp, who brought it up? Not Sapp, nor is anyone claiming racism about his arrest. Not him, not Sharpton or Jackson, nor Obama or even Holder. This case has nothing to do with with racism at all, but Lib's response was because he's black.

Face it, the folks here that are obsessed about race aren't the black people.

[LostInAK 43]

But in the case of Warren Sapp, who brought it up? Not Sapp, nor is anyone claiming racism about his arrest. Not him, not Sharpton or Jackson, nor Obama or even Holder. This case has nothing to do with with racism at all, but Lib's response was because he's black.

Face it, the folks here that are obsessed about race aren't the black people.

It hasn't been brought up... yet. It's not a stretch to think that it might be consdiering past incidents.

I'd say when it comes to folks obsessed about race around here, you and LiB are on pretty equal footing, albeit on opposite sides of the argument.

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I suppose because it's always brought up when there is ZERO evidence of race bing a factor. See Ferguson. See Sanford. See Queens. None of those scenarios had one thing to do with raace except the 2 people involved were different races in each of them. So I guess if race can get dragged in to those situations, why not a conversation about some washed up NFL player that got busted paying for some azz?

i don't believe we live in a 'post racial' america, and in all three examples you gave race was a factor (not THE factor, because obviously the main factor is excessive force used by law inforcement) before al sharpton ever showed up. race is not a factor for most white people, ever. me personally, i'll talk about race whenever the hell i want. but i'm not reading from a script. constantly bringing up al sharpton - verbatim script.

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i don't believe we live in a 'post racial' america, and in all three examples you gave race was a factor (not THE factor, because obviously the main factor is excessive force used by law inforcement) before al sharpton ever showed up. race is not a factor for most white people, ever. me personally, i'll talk about race whenever the hell i want. but i'm not reading from a script. constantly bringing up al sharpton - verbatim script.

As far as I can tell race was NOT a factor in any of those situations. At least it was never proven. The only folks that made it about race were AL, Jesse, and their cohorts at CNN amd MSNBC, who were all in it for ratings and noteriety. It's just more "sky is falling" B.S. At some point (soon I hope) people will starting tuning this garbage out.

Point is, if they take those cases and make them about race, they can d@mn sure take this guy getting fired and make it about race. I'll actually be surprised if race isn't blamed by folks for this firing.

Think about it? Assault a cop and try to take his gun and end up dead? Well that must be racism

Beat some guy within an inch of his life and end up dead? Must be racism.

Rinse, repeat. CNN has their crisis of the month, Al and his race baiter cohorts get their air time. Obama can go on TV and yak about how racism is still alove and well, all the while dividing the races even further. All that BS d@mn sure isn't doing anything to help. I think this country is more racially polarized than it's been in my lifetime and it aint because of Darren Wilson or George Zimmerman, that's for sure.

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Spot on. I don't believe we live in a post racial world. You need not go far to see how much racially charges posts are made by other so-called ethnic minorities.

Being racist is not the main problem. The problem really is what people do with it. The problem begins when people act on their racism and oftentimes don't realize they are the same color as the kettle...

i don't believe we live in a 'post racial' america, and in all three examples you gave race was a factor (not THE factor, because obviously the main factor is excessive force used by law inforcement) before al sharpton ever showed up. race is not a factor for most white people, ever. me personally, i'll talk about race whenever the hell i want. but i'm not reading from a script. constantly bringing up al sharpton - verbatim script.

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It hasn't been brought up... yet. It's not a stretch to think that it might be consdiering past incidents.

I'd say when it comes to folks obsessed about race around here, you and LiB are on pretty equal footing, albeit on opposite sides of the argument.

And you'd be dead wrong. First of all, I don't lead any post talking about how jacked up white people are. A crime is a crime, no matter the color or religious affiliation. Do a thread count on my last 10 topics, and see how many are race involved, then compare that with Lib's last 10. Let me know what you come up with.

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As far as I can tell race was NOT a factor in any of those situations. At least it was never proven. The only folks that made it about race were AL, Jesse, and their cohorts at CNN amd MSNBC, who were all in it for ratings and noteriety. It's just more "sky is falling" B.S. At some point (soon I hope) people will starting tuning this garbage out.

Point is, if they take those cases and make them about race, they can d@mn sure take this guy getting fired and make it about race. I'll actually be surprised if race isn't blamed by folks for this firing.

Think about it? Assault a cop and try to take his gun and end up dead? Well that must be racism

Beat some guy within an inch of his life and end up dead? Must be racism.

Rinse, repeat. CNN has their crisis of the month, Al and his race baiter cohorts get their air time. Obama can go on TV and yak about how racism is still alove and well, all the while dividing the races even further. All that BS d@mn sure isn't doing anything to help. I think this country is more racially polarized than it's been in my lifetime and it aint because of Darren Wilson or George Zimmerman, that's for sure.

no, those are the people who profited off of these situations. they didn't dictate the circumstances of the events. none of these events happened 'to them'. cnn and msnbc only? please. fox news eats it all right up and puts it's own spin on it to appeal to their base.

i think about it quite a bit actually and i don't share your view. at all. plain and simple.

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And you'd be dead wrong. First of all, I don't lead any post talking about how jacked up white people are. A crime is a crime, no matter the color or religious affiliation. Do a thread count on my last 10 topics, and see how many are race involved, then compare that with Lib's last 10. Let me know what you come up with.

Who brought the biggest race story of the last few years into the conversation ? The zim gets mentioned all the time .. you people cannot let him go .