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re: Jake Fromm and “elite whites”

Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:16 pm to
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27297 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:16 pm to
So do you think LeBron is held "accountable" for what he said?

If not,why not?
Posted by bigman334
Member since Jul 2013
2417 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:20 pm to
show me what he said.. just saw your post. yes, he should be as well
This post was edited on 8/9/20 at 1:22 pm
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27297 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:21 pm to
quote:

Well there is that pesky history of whites treating blacks horribly in this country that gives him reason to not want anything to do with whites


And then there's that pesky history of blacks aquiring more wealth,more political
power and more economic power in America than any other country in the world.

Yes,poor LeBron.Such a VICTIM
Posted by J2thaROC
Member since May 2018
13009 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:22 pm to
quote:

So do you think LeBron is held "accountable" for what he said?



He had at least an argument for justification for what he said. Fromm had no justification for what he said.
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25568 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:24 pm to
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We tend to do this too much! Whenever someone says something that “could” be deemed racist, we want to say it’s a “joke” instead of labeling what it is. I don’t know Fromm personally but the elite whites part is not something I wanna say is a joke. Fromm deserved the backlash for it and the girl is trash for posting it 2 years later.


He had LOL in the text. There was no seriousness in the texted message.

Was it bad? Yes.
Is he paying a price? Yes.
Does he want silencers only available for elite whites? God no. It was a joke. It doesnt excuse him from a bad joke. But it doesnt make him out to be worse than someone who told a bad joke.
Posted by J2thaROC
Member since May 2018
13009 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:26 pm to
quote:

And then there's that pesky history of blacks aquiring more wealth,more political power and more economic power in America than any other country in the world.



Irrelevant.

They are still not treated as full equals in this country. Just because you can point out an anecdotal instance where it’s “worse” for them doesn’t mean it’s equal for them here. You can always point out a place where any group “has it worse off” than in another place. That still doesn’t mean they are treated fairly in that place.

Try again.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
11363 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:27 pm to
You must be a real winner if you think waiting two years to post something said in jest, privately, right after the draft. Is ok. You are one backwards mother fricker.

The girl and family are the worst kind of trash.
Posted by Mithridates6
Member since Oct 2019
8220 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:30 pm to
What has happened in his life to make Lebron afraid of ypipo?
Posted by J2thaROC
Member since May 2018
13009 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:32 pm to
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He had LOL in the text. There was no seriousness in the texted message.


“Lol” isn’t a free pass from consequences.

For instance, you can’t say something like
“Hitler was right. Those Jews got what they deserved. Lol”

That look like a good statement to you? Does the “lol” somehow make that statement less vile?
Posted by J2thaROC
Member since May 2018
13009 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:33 pm to
quote:

You must be a real winner if you think waiting two years to post something said in jest, privately, right after the draft.



As I pointed out earlier, she may have been paid to do that. That’s capitalism. Don’t like it? Well you might be living in the wrong country.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
11363 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:34 pm to
You just put it in text, now all someone has to do is pull up your post and make it go viral if you ever become famous. See how it works....
Posted by J2thaROC
Member since May 2018
13009 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:35 pm to
quote:

What has happened in his life to make Lebron afraid of ypipo?


You’d have to ask him.

Also, see my Labrador retriever analogy.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
11363 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:35 pm to
That's not capitalism, you could rationalize anything that way. Hell capitalism got 3/4 of prisoners locked up by your view.
Posted by RB10
Member since Nov 2010
43793 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:36 pm to
quote:

Well there is that pesky history of whites treating blacks horribly in this country that gives him reason to not want anything to do with whites.

Look at it like this. If Labrador retrievers had a history of biting only white people, would you want a Labrador retriever?





Saying you want nothing to do with :insert race here: is the literal definition of racist.
Posted by Roger Klarvin
DFW
Member since Nov 2012
46505 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:37 pm to
Meh, if all of us had personal conversations we had with friends from ages 18-22 made public we’d all have something to be embarrassed about.

Saying/texting stupid but harmless shite as a college student shouldn’t be the basis ob which we try and ruin someone’s life.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
11363 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:37 pm to
I think people who apply race where it should be irrelevant are the racist.
Posted by RB10
Member since Nov 2010
43793 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

Lol” isn’t a free pass from consequences.


Being black gives you a free pass to be racist though?

Ok then.
Posted by J2thaROC
Member since May 2018
13009 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

You just put it in text, now all someone has to do is pull up your post and make it go viral if you ever become famous. See how it works....



I’m fine with that because the rest of my life history can easily refute anything that anyone can do with that post. Also it’s very clear within that post what the context is.

If Fromm’s conversation could be better clarified by the rest of the conversation within the texts, he could easily have gotten a transcript of it from his cellphone service provider. He did not do that for some reason.
Posted by lewis and herschel
Member since Nov 2009
11363 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:41 pm to
So could Jake's, he has made it to the NFL playing with people of all races.
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27297 posts
Posted on 8/9/20 at 1:41 pm to
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your post. yes, he should be as well


Doesn't really bother me.

I put far more stock in someone's actions other than his words.

I don't recall Lebron ever treating people
poorly because of their race.Could be wrong though.
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