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Originally Posted by blacknbluebikes
Denver was the message sent by Roger Goodell for these teams to get their dogs back on the porch.
Its tough to have sympathy for a situation they had the power to not let happen.
11-30-20, 09:29 PM
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12-03-20, 09:48 AM
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Man, what a mess. The Thanksgiving night game was finally played this Wednesday at 3:45 pm. This is only going to get worse. During a half time interview the commentator ask Goodell if they might end the season early. Of course he said "no", while touting how effective the NFL Covid protocols are. Huh? You could have fooled me.
12-03-20, 03:05 PM
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Sunday or Monday we should be seeing if any of the Steelers got sick. If any if them do and I was a Steeler, I'd be pissed. The Ravens clearly have not master protocols that work.
This is football, not the Paris-Roubaix. They need little more than the 100 yard field to play. If in your city it is impossible to stay healthy, move the team to some place where you can. Also the NFL should simply record COVID can-not-play events as losses to that team. (I'll leave it up to others to decide haw to deal with the team that stays clean but cannot play. A win? A tie? One fewer games played? Now you have real money incentive for players to stay healthy. The Steelers who have walked the walk to stay healthy should not have to risk getting sick to play a team that cannot get their act together, never mind having a scheduled game rescheduled three times.
This is football, not the Paris-Roubaix. They need little more than the 100 yard field to play. If in your city it is impossible to stay healthy, move the team to some place where you can. Also the NFL should simply record COVID can-not-play events as losses to that team. (I'll leave it up to others to decide haw to deal with the team that stays clean but cannot play. A win? A tie? One fewer games played? Now you have real money incentive for players to stay healthy. The Steelers who have walked the walk to stay healthy should not have to risk getting sick to play a team that cannot get their act together, never mind having a scheduled game rescheduled three times.
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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
Sunday or Monday we should be seeing if any of the Steelers got sick. If any if them do and I was a Steeler, I'd be pissed. The Ravens clearly have not master protocols that work.
This is football, not the Paris-Roubaix. They need little more than the 100 yard field to play. If in your city it is impossible to stay healthy, move the team to some place where you can. Also the NFL should simply record COVID can-not-play events as losses to that team. (I'll leave it up to others to decide haw to deal with the team that stays clean but cannot play. A win? A tie? One fewer games played? Now you have real money incentive for players to stay healthy. The Steelers who have walked the walk to stay healthy should not have to risk getting sick to play a team that cannot get their act together, never mind having a scheduled game rescheduled three times.
This is football, not the Paris-Roubaix. They need little more than the 100 yard field to play. If in your city it is impossible to stay healthy, move the team to some place where you can. Also the NFL should simply record COVID can-not-play events as losses to that team. (I'll leave it up to others to decide haw to deal with the team that stays clean but cannot play. A win? A tie? One fewer games played? Now you have real money incentive for players to stay healthy. The Steelers who have walked the walk to stay healthy should not have to risk getting sick to play a team that cannot get their act together, never mind having a scheduled game rescheduled three times.
12-08-20, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Oldairhead
I was a lifelong Niners fan until Kaepernick went from Football Player to Activist. I haven't watched a game since, any game! Thanks Krapernick!
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12-08-20, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Mogens
Racism.... This isn’t the best place to discuss it.
12-08-20, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldairhead
Yet you brought it up.
12-08-20, 07:35 PM
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^^^^ the WHITE quarterback god with the cowboy stage name Montana asking for a R E S P E C T seeking black man to wash his car aint no more racist than a Klan rally ..... and the jerry rice false equivalency is straight outta of the FOX NEWS grab bag of WHITE distortions .... Come On Man it's the NFL > Not For Liberals
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12-08-20, 08:16 PM
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Crummy QB washing a great QB car? That is what see no matter what race they are. My family calls me Burro because I pick up heavy things and set them down. Beast of Burden rebellion .....
12-08-20, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Mogens
That meme is racist, in case you didn’t realize. This isn’t the best place to discuss it, PM me if you’re interested.
I saw that meme and didn't think about race. I saw an accomplished 49ers qb with many rings who has criticized kaepernick's talent on the field telling that much less accomplished 49ers qb to wash his car as an insult.
The meme is meant as a power move, but I took it as the power is with the more talented and accomplished qb. I didnt take it as the power is with the white person.
Interesting how the same pic can be interpreted so differently.
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12-09-20, 11:32 AM
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You literally have a meme where a white qb commands a black qb as if he were a slave and you don't think there's anything racist about that? I think it's obvious. I'm not here to attack anyone, we have all grown up in a racist society. I'm just trying to do something about that by questioning the meaning that's underneath things and then doing my best to call it out. Because I would like racism to end in this generation.
12-09-20, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by jack pot
^^^^ the WHITE quarterback god with the cowboy stage name Montana asking for a R E S P E C T seeking black man to wash his car aint no more racist than a Klan rally ..... and the jerry rice false equivalency is straight outta of the FOX NEWS grab bag of WHITE distortions .... Come On Man it's the NFL > Not For Liberals
12-09-20, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Mogens
You literally have a meme where a white qb commands a black qb as if he were a slave and you don't think there's anything racist about that? I think it's obvious. I'm not here to attack anyone, we have all grown up in a racist society. I'm just trying to do something about that by questioning the meaning that's underneath things and then doing my best to call it out. Because I would like racism to end in this generation.
You say you think its obvious, yet it certainly wasnt obvious to me. I tell my kids constantly that if they are looking to be offended, then they will be easily offended. Same thing here- if you look for it to be about race, then yeah its racist. But if you look at it from an accomplishment perspective, then no it isnt.
I am not saying this isnt a racist meme. It very well may be. Im just saying it isnt as obvious as you think and there is a very reasonable alternate interpretation.
12-09-20, 11:58 AM
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Like I said, we have all grown up in a racist society. It takes some self examination to realize that to be a white guy (which I am) is to have some racist ideas in your head. I sure do. But I am trying to learn how to recognize them and flag them when I see them. I'm obviously not doing this to be popular 
I'm not looking to be offended, nor am I offended. I have spent most of my life letting stuff like this pass, inwardly rolling my eyes when my uncle made racist jokes, etc. And what has been very clear is that all that does is to allow racism to continue. So I'm done with that, I want racism dead and gone. You say it wasn't obvious to you, that's literally why I posted. I want people to think about these things more than they do. I can't speak to the meme creator's intent and I don't think it matters. All he's doing (I think we can assume it was a 'he') was reflecting a racist culture. On that note, I need to get back to work!
I'm not looking to be offended, nor am I offended. I have spent most of my life letting stuff like this pass, inwardly rolling my eyes when my uncle made racist jokes, etc. And what has been very clear is that all that does is to allow racism to continue. So I'm done with that, I want racism dead and gone. You say it wasn't obvious to you, that's literally why I posted. I want people to think about these things more than they do. I can't speak to the meme creator's intent and I don't think it matters. All he's doing (I think we can assume it was a 'he') was reflecting a racist culture. On that note, I need to get back to work!
12-09-20, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Mogens
Like I said, we have all grown up in a racist society. It takes some self examination to realize that to be a white guy (which I am) is to have some racist ideas in your head. I sure do. But I am trying to learn how to recognize them and flag them when I see them. I'm obviously not doing this to be popular I'm not looking to be offended, nor am I offended. I have spent most of my life letting stuff like this pass, inwardly rolling my eyes when my uncle made racist jokes, etc. And what has been very clear is that all that does is to allow racism to continue. So I'm done with that, I want racism dead and gone. You say it wasn't obvious to you, that's literally why I posted. I want people to think about these things more than they do. I can't speak to the meme creator's intent and I don't think it matters. All he's doing (I think we can assume it was a 'he') was reflecting a racist culture. On that note, I need to get back to work!
I'm not looking to be offended, nor am I offended. I have spent most of my life letting stuff like this pass, inwardly rolling my eyes when my uncle made racist jokes, etc. And what has been very clear is that all that does is to allow racism to continue. So I'm done with that, I want racism dead and gone. You say it wasn't obvious to you, that's literally why I posted. I want people to think about these things more than they do. I can't speak to the meme creator's intent and I don't think it matters. All he's doing (I think we can assume it was a 'he') was reflecting a racist culture. On that note, I need to get back to work!Something is racist if enough people claim it to be.
Again, all this is based on perspective and not intent of use, since we dont know intent of use. You perceive it to be racist because you focus on the skin color and/or culture of the two characters involved. Others perceive it to be about accomplishment because they focus on stats and the rings in the pic.
I am a white guy and am on the board as well as involved in a local teen non-profit mentorship program that works with a lot of racial and cultural minorities. What you discuss above is something I work on constantly- implicit bias, how to phrase things so they allow for inclusivity instead of exclusivity, etc etc. If you are correct and the meme is obviously racist, then I clearly have a lot more work to do.
So if it were a black QB with rings 'saying' the same thing, would it still be racist? Kap is still being told to do the same thing, which is why you said its racist. Im guessing that wouldnt be racist and it would just be viewed as insulting.
12-09-20, 06:04 PM
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It’s clearly not a cut and dry kind of thing. A thing that is insulting can take on racist undertone if there’s context, history, etc. for it. Here’s an example that I don’t think anyone wouldn’t understand: if I joked that someone should stick their head in an oven it would clearly take on a different meaning if that person were Jewish.
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
As an Eagles fan, suspension is looking good right now.
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12-09-20, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Mogens
It’s clearly not a cut and dry kind of thing. (yes it is 
) A thing that is insulting can take on racist undertone if there’s context, history, etc. for it. 
Here’s an example that I don’t think anyone wouldn’t understand: if I joked that someone should stick their head in an oven it would clearly take on a different meaning if that person were Jewi***** .
) A thing that is insulting can take on racist undertone if there’s context, history, etc. for it. Here’s an example that I don’t think anyone wouldn’t understand: if I joked that someone should stick their head in an oven it would clearly take on a different meaning if that person were Jewi***** .
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12-09-20, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Oldairhead
I was a lifelong Niners fan until Kaepernick went from Football Player to Activist. I haven't watched a game since, any game! Thanks Krapernick!
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Originally Posted by Mogens
It’s clearly not a cut and dry kind of thing. A thing that is insulting can take on racist undertone if there’s context, history, etc. for it. Here’s an example that I don’t think anyone wouldn’t understand: if I joked that someone should stick their head in an oven it would clearly take on a different meaning if that person were Jewish.
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Originally Posted by jack pot
...the context is ameriKa today and it IS a CUT & DRIED & OBVIOUS & SIMPLISTIC & CRUDE example of WHITE race humor in the context of today's fractured ameriKa ... no need not to call it it offensive to "some" because it is only not offensive to the smug cracks & Klanners who got there jollies MEMEing Obama and family under the white hood of free speech ... satire & entendre come with style & thought, the posted memes are intended for dumb whites to show how superior they are to any black man that aint measuring up to the WHITE man's game
- Why do you keep using 'small a and the letter 'K' in America? I dont understand the motivation or reference.
- I have said the meme's meaning is not obvious, so it appears you are referencing me in this rant since you specifically use the word 'obvious'. Here is where the alleged ignorant white racist justifies they arent racist.
- I have never posted a meme of Obama, or his family, or his Administration, or his policies.
- I have never posted a meme that makes fun of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or really anything remotely close to protected classes.
- I did not vote for Trump.
- I dont find the Montana meme to be funny. But I also dont interpret it to mean black people dont measure up to white people in football. <---that is how I interpret your last sentence. I may have misinterpreted it though because it is confusing and vague.
Please do let me know why you spell America in the way you do.
You seem to enjoy painting with a very broad brush.
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I hate all humans. Disgusting creatures they are. If it is beautiful the first thing they will do is kill it. Dallas Cowboys are horrible 
12-10-20, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Hondo Gravel
........................... Dallas Cowboys are horrible
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Originally Posted by mstateglfr
Since I have been the one responding about the meme and your post above is referencing my comments, Ill respond.
- Why do you keep using 'small a and the letter 'K' in America? I dont understand the motivation or reference.
- I have said the meme's meaning is not obvious, so it appears you are referencing me in this rant since you specifically use the word 'obvious'. Here is where the alleged ignorant white racist justifies they arent racist.
- I have never posted a meme of Obama, or his family, or his Administration, or his policies.
- I have never posted a meme that makes fun of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or really anything remotely close to protected classes.
- I did not vote for Trump.
- I dont find the Montana meme to be funny. But I also dont interpret it to mean black people dont measure up to white people in football. <---that is how I interpret your last sentence. I may have misinterpreted it though because it is confusing and vague.
Please do let me know why you spell America in the way you do.
You seem to enjoy painting with a very broad brush.
- Why do you keep using 'small a and the letter 'K' in America? I dont understand the motivation or reference.
- I have said the meme's meaning is not obvious, so it appears you are referencing me in this rant since you specifically use the word 'obvious'. Here is where the alleged ignorant white racist justifies they arent racist.
- I have never posted a meme of Obama, or his family, or his Administration, or his policies.
- I have never posted a meme that makes fun of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or really anything remotely close to protected classes.
- I did not vote for Trump.
- I dont find the Montana meme to be funny. But I also dont interpret it to mean black people dont measure up to white people in football. <---that is how I interpret your last sentence. I may have misinterpreted it though because it is confusing and vague.
Please do let me know why you spell America in the way you do.
You seem to enjoy painting with a very broad brush.
you can call a white icon guy asking a black activist guy to do a menial task a politically neutral NFL meme and post that ever since Kap opened his mouth you aint watching ameriKa's favorite game > why, because Kap didn't' wash a car... if it is NOT a WHITE racist meme what is it ??? you may think you are race neutral but guys like you might as well wear sheets in public because there aint a black man in America who would think that the Montana or Rice memes are not exactly what i said they are : white hate humor ............................... old white folks rarely get it because it was mostly them that caused it ................ as for "ameriKa" if you aint got it by now it's too late to start
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