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Inside the Mind of Jason Whitlock

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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,496 Standard Supporter
    SFGbob said:

    Nobody has been harder on Colin Kaepernick than you — what do you say to his supporters today?

    Whitlock: What was he right about? That police brutality is bad? I’ve never met anyone who believes police brutality is good. Police brutality is a societal issue that impacts all demographics. Police brutality is an abuse of power and authority. Racializing the discussion of police brutality prevents us from framing the discussion properly and framing it in a way that moves us toward progress. It’s a mistake to trivialize the heinous crime that happened to George Floyd by making it a discussion about a quarterback who used the issue to promote his Nike brand and a signature gym shoe.

    That's some pretty good shit right there. Of course we're white people are not allowed to say this.

  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188

    SFGbob said:

    Nobody has been harder on Colin Kaepernick than you — what do you say to his supporters today?

    Whitlock: What was he right about? That police brutality is bad? I’ve never met anyone who believes police brutality is good. Police brutality is a societal issue that impacts all demographics. Police brutality is an abuse of power and authority. Racializing the discussion of police brutality prevents us from framing the discussion properly and framing it in a way that moves us toward progress. It’s a mistake to trivialize the heinous crime that happened to George Floyd by making it a discussion about a quarterback who used the issue to promote his Nike brand and a signature gym shoe.

    That's some pretty good shit right there. Of course we're white people are not allowed to say this.

    Even black people who say it won't go unscathed.
  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    That is powerful stuff throughout that interview. That guy is locked and loaded. Great interview.
  • Bendintheriver
    Bendintheriver Member Posts: 7,173 Standard Supporter
    edited June 2020
    Whitlock is a breath of fresh air. When social media started, I had a friend tell me that it would be the end of rational thought, facts and free speech. Facts now get you shamed on social media. My friend was on the money and reminds me of it often.

    This part of the article was worth repeating:

    Social media, its primary influencers, the blogosphere and the mainstream media all seem determined to promote irrational fear. They seem to want all people emotional and irrational. Irrational and emotional people surrender their rights more easily than rational and non-emotional people. Irrational and emotional people, especially when 40 million of them are newly unemployed, will choose rioting, violence and looting rather than a strategic response to injustice. Irrational and emotional people will unwittingly allow themselves to be used as cover for the violent, destructive behavior of anarchists. Irrational and emotional people will more easily buy propaganda spewed by communist countries trying to destabilize America.
  • SFGbob
    SFGbob Member Posts: 33,188
    dnc said:

    SFGbob said:

    SFGbob said:

    Nobody has been harder on Colin Kaepernick than you — what do you say to his supporters today?

    Whitlock: What was he right about? That police brutality is bad? I’ve never met anyone who believes police brutality is good. Police brutality is a societal issue that impacts all demographics. Police brutality is an abuse of power and authority. Racializing the discussion of police brutality prevents us from framing the discussion properly and framing it in a way that moves us toward progress. It’s a mistake to trivialize the heinous crime that happened to George Floyd by making it a discussion about a quarterback who used the issue to promote his Nike brand and a signature gym shoe.

    That's some pretty good shit right there. Of course we're white people are not allowed to say this.

    Even black people who say it won't go unscathed.
    Whitlock has paid a heavy price for such opinions before.
    Yeah, I know. Shows what a lie the left's claim about "diversity" really is.
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,561 Standard Supporter
    Has it nailed.