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theknowledge said:

SFGbob said:

I'm surprised they were camping given the fact that we've been told National Parks are racist against black people.


Btw, have you watched the HBO Documentary on Tiger Woods? The only reason there was a media feeding frenzy regarding Tiger's infidelities was because we live in a racist society that tears down black people. Had nothing to do with his celebrity status it was on account that he was black.

If Tom Brady was caught on multiple recordings soliciting ugly Buzz Inn waitresses for sex and then was caught on camera drunk, crashing his car and being beat by Giselle with a pair of his football cleats that would be a huge, huge fucking story. Brady is basically Woods. An American, epic champion with a famous foreign wife. The Woods story was all about how far he fell because he was the greatest winner of his generation, universally loved and seen as a good, clean marketable guy. TB12 would be the same. So stupid.

Woods was also a bigger celebrity at his peak than Brady ever was an a lot of that had to do with him being a "black" guy (it's funny because he doesn't call himself black) in what is seen as a white sport. Woods was so fucking good that he attracted a lot of people to the sport of golf who weren't even golf fans. I know that I'd watch Tiger in a tournament on a Sunday if he was in contention and I never watched golf at all prior to Tiger.

Like it or not Tiger's skin color helped him obtain a bigger following and higher Q rating than nearly anyone in sports other than maybe Jordan. What made the Tiger story so interesting to the press and public was due to the fact that it was such a huge contrast to what his public image was prior to that. The sordid details of his affairs also didn't hurt when it came to public/press interest. But of course a 2020 documentary on Woods has to blame white racism for the media interest. It's such a tired and lazy form of commentary.

RaceBannon said:

My only issue with Woods is how he was treated by Billy Payne. I agree with Bryant Gumble on that one.

The feeding frenzy was inevitable but I didn't like it. But the scandal and the injuries allowed Tiger to almost be human. Ultimately he's stronger and more popular.

There was some good Ray Donovan work on that scandal. The local anchor saying Elin had to rescue him from his car with a 9 iron was classic.

I also agree with the guy that said Tiger never should have issued that bad corporate apology and just told everyone to fuck off

All in all I thought it was a fair documentary

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I thought the documentary was fair I just thought the bullshit from Gumble about the feeding frenzy having something to do with tearing down a black man was garbage.

I don't know anything about Payne other than what I heard him say on the documentary. It's didn't seem out of line to me given the emotional investment many people had in Tiger and his success. Woods wasn't being paid hundreds of millions of dollars just because he was a good golfer. He'd crossed over into a celebrity status and cultural figure with a squeaky clean public image. I would imagine that due to the fact many of those people first got to know Tiger when he was still in his early 20s there might have been some kind parental feeling from Payne.

What did you object to? Him saying that Tiger was shitty role model for kids who needed to regain their trust? Yeah, maybe not really his position to be saying that but what he said wasn't false.

We have enjoyed watching “Goliath” on Prime Video. It has 3 seasons and a 4th is in production.
“Big Sky” on ABC is a good series.

SFGbob said:

theknowledge said:

SFGbob said:

I'm surprised they were camping given the fact that we've been told National Parks are racist against black people.


Btw, have you watched the HBO Documentary on Tiger Woods? The only reason there was a media feeding frenzy regarding Tiger's infidelities was because we live in a racist society that tears down black people. Had nothing to do with his celebrity status it was on account that he was black.

If Tom Brady was caught on multiple recordings soliciting ugly Buzz Inn waitresses for sex and then was caught on camera drunk, crashing his car and being beat by Giselle with a pair of his football cleats that would be a huge, huge fucking story. Brady is basically Woods. An American, epic champion with a famous foreign wife. The Woods story was all about how far he fell because he was the greatest winner of his generation, universally loved and seen as a good, clean marketable guy. TB12 would be the same. So stupid.

Woods was also a bigger celebrity at his peak than Brady ever was an a lot of that had to do with him being a "black" guy (it's funny because he doesn't call himself black) in what is seen as a white sport. Woods was so fucking good that he attracted a lot of people to the sport of golf who weren't even golf fans. I know that I'd watch Tiger in a tournament on a Sunday if he was in contention and I never watched golf at all prior to Tiger.

Like it or not Tiger's skin color helped him obtain a bigger following and higher Q rating than nearly anyone in sports other than maybe Jordan. What made the Tiger story so interesting to the press and public was due to the fact that it was such a huge contrast to what his public image was prior to that. The sordid details of his affairs also didn't hurt when it came to public/press interest. But of course a 2020 documentary on Woods has to blame white racism for the media interest. It's such a tired and lazy form of commentary.

I'm a terrible racist, I guess, cause I never GAF about Tiger's race or ethnicity. The kid was a seriously great golfer at a ridiculously young age.

I don't understand why that isn't enough in today's world, when that's exactly how it went down as it was happening.

Until Fuzzy Zoeller shot off his racist mouth about fried chicken and collard greens. Now that, right there, was a racist comment that earned Fuzzy the disrespect he deserved.

Truth is, things were better back then than they are today.

SFGbob said:

RaceBannon said:

I don't think it was his position and Tiger made the Masters far bigger than when he found it.

I agree, probably wasn't his position but if you knew someone since they were kid and you watched them grow up before your eyes you might have a more parental response to them trashing their lives. I don't know, it didn't strike me as out of line and "racist" as what Gumble was trying to make it.

Gumble had his own cheating scandal and a white wife. Probably identified with Tiger and blamed it all on whitey.

LebamDawg said:

Too much of anything in sports has to do with race - it is the media's way of making sure we always have racial issues in this country - and Europe and Canada. western civilization.
It is like the media is shaming us. He is not a good golfer he is a great black golfer. He is the first BLACK .... , name the sport and if the player is black it is historic whatever he does.

I guess it bleeds into all aspects of life, but I have yet to hear Kamala Harris is the first black cunt to be VP

Class me with the domestic terrorists.

So Calvin Pete and Chi Chi Rodruigez can just fuck off, cause they don't count in the racial diversity sweepstakes?

Course, they might've liked Trump, so they ain't black. Or brown.

NorthwestFresh said:

alumni94 said:

I think Tiger was happy that the cheating with pornstars was the thing he was getting attacked on, because the real issue that got pushed under the rug was that he was on steroids. A good article came out, and then bam, he is fucking everyone, and no one talked about the juice any more.

I think it was HGH. He got bigger, but not anabolic bigger.

NorthwestFresh said:

alumni94 said:

I think Tiger was happy that the cheating with pornstars was the thing he was getting attacked on, because the real issue that got pushed under the rug was that he was on steroids. A good article came out, and then bam, he is fucking everyone, and no one talked about the juice any more.

I think it was HGH. He got bigger, but not anabolic bigger.

It was a banned substance, it flew under the radar because he was banging chicks. Also, I heard he learned how to “get the ladies” from Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley.