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Nerwen Aldarion said:
It was a racist statement, no ifs ands or butts about it? Do I think he should be tarred and feathered? No, I think there is a tendency in our culture today to overly punish speech, even racist speech.

Kid needs to be required to take a sensitivity course and get run ragged on the field, certainly an apology is warranted but other than that?

He’s a kid, we all make stupid mistakes as kids and he should learn the consequences of being stupid but his life shouldn’t be ruined for it.
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Yes it absolutely was a racist comment, whether you want to admit it or not. And yes he should be tarred & feathered for it simply because I would be willing to bet money that if that player was white & said a similar racist comment, you wouldn’t be as forgiving & understanding and you would be singing an entirely different tune
 
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the_todd said:
Yes it absolutely was a racist comment, whether you want to admit it or not. And yes he should be tarred & feathered for it simply because I would be willing to bet money that if that player was white & said a similar racist comment, you wouldn’t be as forgiving & understanding and you would be singing an entirely different tune
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Absolutely not, for one thing I didn’t know whether the player was white or black and I don’t care. I certainly would not come down any harder on a white kid for saying the same thing. I’m very aware of a double standard right now in society and I’m firmly against it.

That’s also why I don’t think any kid who says something stupid should be destroyed for words.
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
Good thing the perp isn't a white guy. As it is, he'll be fine I imagine.
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I don't think that matters at all. This isn't the world series of evil actions or anything in the first place. My advice to him would be to issue an apology you truly mean, then move on.

If anything, I would think that once he really ponders it, it will be a bit easier for him to understand how deeply a racial slur can hit.
 
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VolInNW said:
I don't think that matters at all. This isn't the world series of evil actions or anything in the first place. My advice to him would be to issue an apology you truly mean, then move on.

If anything, I would think that once he really ponders it, it will be a bit easier for him to understand how deeply a racial slur can hit.
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How seriously this kind of thing is taken definitely correlates to the race of one who utters it, and the race of the person insulted. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. People can deny that all they want to but they know it's the truth. It's a truth people are scared to speak.
 
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The kid shouldn’t be destroyed for the words, but why Livestream yourself and make stupid comments? It’s just so stupid

He certainly deserves to be punished, but really how is he even graduating high school? I bet at most a slap in the wrist or they just let it blow over.
 
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Didn’t a QB prospect just have his scholarship offer taken away after saying the wrong thing. I think he was rapping with a certain song.

where’s the equality? Not saying the GA player should be punished the same way but it would seem fair. Or, no one should ever complain about racism ever again.

And, the GA player was actually using a word to describe the person he was talking about in a racist tone. The QB was rapping along with a song. Which seems more egregious?
 
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loggervol said:
Didn’t a QB prospect just have his scholarship offer taken away after saying the wrong thing. I think he was rapping with a certain song.

where’s the equality? Not saying the GA player should be punished the same way but it would seem fair. Or, no one should ever complain about racism ever again.

And, the GA player was actually using a word to describe the person he was talking about in a racist tone. The QB was rapping along with a song. Which seems more egregious?
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Yep, and Kasey Funderburg, several cheerleaders from various schools.. etc.. just stay off social media altogether your entire life if you know you are going to be in the public eye (I know nobody will) 😂
 
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unfrozencvmanvol said:
How seriously this kind of thing is taken definitely correlates to the race of one who utters it, and the race of the person insulted. It shouldn't be that way, but it is. People can deny that all they want to but they know it's the truth. It's a truth people are scared to speak.
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I'm not really scared to speak about anything. Maybe I should be.... :)

Keep the fight, brother. I fully realize the nearly insurmountable educational, vocational, cultural, and institutional challenges that straight, white, Christian males face on a daily basis. If only they lived in a nation and society in which they had a fair chance of some success. If only..........

#yesthatwasimmenselysarcastic
 
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VolInNW said:
I'm not really scared to speak about anything. Maybe I should be.... :)

Keep the fight, brother. I fully realize the nearly insurmountable educational, vocational, cultural, and institutional challenges that straight, white, Christian males face on a daily basis. If only they lived in a nation and society in which they had a fair chance of some success. If only..........

#yesthatwasimmenselysarcastic
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What do you have against straight, white Christians? Did you flee Tennessee to the northwest to live with all those white anarchists instead?

In any event, this has nothing to do with white people. You flip the races in this situation, and make it an oriental guy using the n-word and see what happens. Give my regards to the People's Republic of Chaz.
 
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Volsfaninva917 said:
Ching chong - Wikipedia

I guess you also try to find loopholes in using the N word because you heard it in a rap song? Obviously that's tongue and cheek but it's 2023 and you have to be smarter than that, this kid needs to learn a lesson and hopefully he can move on. It's really no different than the Marcus Stokes incident.
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Discrimatory? Yeah. Pejorative? Yep. Racist? No
 
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