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Old 07-26-2021, 7:20am   #21
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Short answer is, yes. I avoid it for that reason and that reason only.
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Lots of news stories - but not from NBC, imagine that - about how the TV ratings have plummeted this year. The opening ceremony had the lowest rating in over 30 years. People are fed up.

In a related sports story, Cameron Champ won the PGA event yesterday. NBC fawned all over him because he's "one of the few black golfers on the PGA tour." Yeah, he's black.
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Lots of news stories - but not from NBC, imagine that - about how the TV ratings have plummeted this year. The opening ceremony had the lowest rating in over 30 years. People are fed up.

In a related sports story, Cameron Champ won the PGA event yesterday. NBC fawned all over him because he's "one of the few black golfers on the PGA tour." Yeah, he's black.

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He doesn't look like one of Obama's sons.
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He doesn't look like one of Obama's sons.
His mom is white. His dad is 1/2 black. So Cameron is black. That's liberal logic.
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I am under the assumption that, like the general population, those showing their ass is only about 1% of the total. I really don't know. I think it is a shame that some have.
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I don't watch because I have lost all interest in any kind of competition. Don't know why.
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His mom is white. His dad is 1/2 black. So Cameron is black. That's liberal logic.
He's actually a quadroon, if we want to get technical, but given the historical norm of anyone partially black being deemed black, then yes, dude's black. Goes back to the 'one drop rule.'

That's just one of those quirks that seems to have stood the test of time...both the left and right agree on that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadroon
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Lots of news stories - but not from NBC, imagine that - about how the TV ratings have plummeted this year. The opening ceremony had the lowest rating in over 30 years. People are fed up.



In a related sports story, Cameron Champ won the PGA event yesterday. NBC fawned all over him because he's "one of the few black golfers on the PGA tour." Yeah, he's black.

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If he's black then Elizabeth Warren is Indian. (Feather not dot)
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Simon Bikes and other Americans who are not pushing an agenda deserve our support.

I have turned off soccer and basketball because of their political bullshit.
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Simon Bikes and other Americans who are not pushing an agenda deserve our support.

I have turned off soccer and basketball because of their political bullshit.
It would be interesting to see if one station carried non woke Olympic sports and advertised as such. Wonder what the rating differences would be ?
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I don't watch the Olympics only the curling. By far the most talented athlete's in the world.

Do they have curling in the Summer Olympics?
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Simon Bikes and other Americans who are not pushing an agenda deserve our support.

I have turned off soccer and basketball because of their political bullshit.
Simone Biles would be one I'd watch because of her dedication and work ethic, but it's too hard to figure out when individuals will be on.

The good soccer right now is Gold Cup, so no Olympics.
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He's actually a quadroon, if we want to get technical, but given the historical norm of anyone partially black being deemed black, then yes, dude's black. Goes back to the 'one drop rule.'

That's just one of those quirks that seems to have stood the test of time...both the left and right agree on that.

Quadroon - Wikipedia
Okay, he's black because he is 1/4 black. So, by that logic, Collin Morikawa, who has a Japanese mother and is therefore 1/2 Asian, is an Asian golfer, right? But no, he doesn't claim to be Asian nor do any of the TV stations fawn over how he's an Asian golfer. Xander Schauffele is 1/2 Asian because his mom is from Taiwan, but again he doesn't claim he's Asian and TV networks don't call him an Asian golfer.

Apparently if you're 1/4 black, you're completely black but if you're 1/2 Asian you're not Asian. Weird...
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Okay, he's black because he is 1/4 black. So, by that logic, Collin Morikawa, who has a Japanese mother and is therefore 1/2 Asian, is an Asian golfer, right? But no, he doesn't claim to be Asian nor do any of the TV stations fawn over how he's an Asian golfer. Xander Schauffele is 1/2 Asian because his mom is from Taiwan, but again he doesn't claim he's Asian and TV networks don't call him an Asian golfer.

Apparently if you're 1/4 black, you're completely black
but if you're 1/2 Asian you're not Asian. Weird...
The above bolded has been that way for a Looooooooong time. FWIW there is a big difference between black and other cultures. Just watch the news or read the papers you can easily see that!
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Okay, he's black because he is 1/4 black. So, by that logic, Collin Morikawa, who has a Japanese mother and is therefore 1/2 Asian, is an Asian golfer, right? But no, he doesn't claim to be Asian nor do any of the TV stations fawn over how he's an Asian golfer. Xander Schauffele is 1/2 Asian because his mom is from Taiwan, but again he doesn't claim he's Asian and TV networks don't call him an Asian golfer.

Apparently if you're 1/4 black, you're completely black but if you're 1/2 Asian you're not Asian. Weird...
Don't shoot the messenger. I'm just explaining the peculiarity of the American experience. Both left and right have just accepted what I said as matter of fact.

Note: That only applies to folks being partially black, not any other combo mix. Is it right? Wrong? Who knows, but it's just the way it has always been. I agree it's a strange way to view things.
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Simone Biles would be one I'd watch because of her dedication and work ethic, but it's too hard to figure out when individuals will be on.

The good soccer right now is Gold Cup, so no Olympics.
https://www.glamour.com/story/simone...k-lives-matter

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Simone Biles is the most decorated—and arguably the most popular—gymnast in history. She's often been known to use her massive platform to speak out on the issues that matter the most to her. Right now that includes the Black Lives Matter movement and the killings of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery.

In a new interview with Vogue, Biles opened up on the current state of affairs across America and the racial justice protests.

“We need change,” she said. “We need justice for the Black community. With the peaceful protests it’s the start of change, but it’s sad that it took all of this for people to listen. Racism and injustice have existed for years with the Black community. How many times has this happened before we had cell phones?”

“With everyone speaking up and the traction that Ahmaud and George are getting,” Biles said on what would have been Taylor's 27th birthday, “Breonna will be remembered. She’s going to find justice. They’re already reopening her case. I’m happy for that. But I just don’t understand. She was sleeping. How do you feel threatened when you’re a police officer and they’re sleeping? Come on now.”

“We tried peaceful protesting. Then Colin Kaepernick—he lost his job. He lost his career. They took his whole entire career away from that poor man. And look at us now,” she continued, discussing how some were debating the techniques used by protestors. “It’s working. You just have to be the first and people will follow.

This isn't the first time Biles has publicly supported Kaepernick, the former NFL quarterback who has been without a job since he was criticized for kneeling during the national anthem in protest of police violence against Black people. When then newly installed USA Gymnastics president, Mary Bono, criticized Nike for including Kaepernick in a campaign in a now deleted tweet—Biles was quick to call her out. (Bono eventually resigned.)
Note her use of "we." Note her use of first names, like she was personal friends with the girlfriend of a drug dealer, personal friends with a lifetime drug addict felon who attacks women, like she was personal friends with a serial burglar. We.

She identifies with criminals, going as far as intimating that they're all part of the same group, even though nothing could be further from the truth.

Biles, who worked hard and rose to prominence through meritocracy, has nothing in common with the people she expresses such familiarity with, but she chooses to be tribalistic......having matching skin colors makes them all homies, I guess.

When I see white criminals and thugs, I don't see any kind of familiarity with them. I don't feel any connection to them. Biles has chosen....another way.




Simone is down with the blm cause. Sorry to disappoint. That doesn't take anything away from her athletic accomplishments...she's a genuine super star.
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Simone is down with the blm cause. Sorry to disappoint. That doesn't take anything away from her athletic accomplishments...she's a genuine super star.
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Note her use of "we." Note her use of first names, like she was personal friends with the girlfriend of a drug dealer, personal friends with a lifetime drug addict felon who attacks women, like she was personal friends with a serial burglar. We.

She identifies with criminals, going as far as intimating that they're all part of the same group, even though nothing could be further from the truth.

Biles, who worked hard and rose to prominence through meritocracy, has nothing in common with the people she expresses such familiarity with, but she chooses to be tribalistic......having matching skin colors makes them all homies, I guess.

When I see white criminals and thugs, I don't see any kind of familiarity with them. I don't feel any connection to them. Biles has chosen....another way.




Simone is down with the blm cause. Sorry to disappoint. That doesn't take anything away from her athletic accomplishments...she's a genuine super star.
...and now she's gone.

I have this weird ability to separate accomplishment and political stance. Just sayin'
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Okay, he's black because he is 1/4 black. So, by that logic, Collin Morikawa, who has a Japanese mother and is therefore 1/2 Asian, is an Asian golfer, right? But no, he doesn't claim to be Asian nor do any of the TV stations fawn over how he's an Asian golfer. Xander Schauffele is 1/2 Asian because his mom is from Taiwan, but again he doesn't claim he's Asian and TV networks don't call him an Asian golfer.

Apparently if you're 1/4 black, you're completely black but if you're 1/2 Asian you're not Asian. Weird...
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I don't watch the Olympics only the curling. By far the most talented athlete's in the world.

Do they have curling in the Summer Olympics?
No, but the women's teams practice by sweeping the kitchen floor daily.
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No, but the women's teams practice by sweeping the kitchen floor daily.



I can think of a pink headed women that needs to stfu and get back in the kitchen.
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