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The NFL Might Ban the Use of the N-Word on the Field
New York Magazine ^
| 2/23
| Delia Paunescu
Posted on 02/23/2014 11:39:07 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Will a Negro player calling another Negro player by that epithet be fined? No, academics have said that black people can't be racist.
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posted on
02/23/2014 12:33:40 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
To: a fool in paradise
I wonder if the Nauga dolls sold well?
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posted on
02/23/2014 12:35:02 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: a fool in paradise
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posted on
02/23/2014 12:38:46 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: GeronL
I don’t know.
Ask Google, What’s Up Nauga?
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posted on
02/23/2014 12:39:33 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
To: nickcarraway
Of course they'll do the same things to the players that say "effing cracka pansy ass".......
*rolls eyes*
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posted on
02/23/2014 12:41:56 PM PST
by
Lakeshark
(Mr Reid, tear down this law!)
To: nickcarraway
Yet punching out your girlfriend is apparently okay to them.
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posted on
02/23/2014 12:43:38 PM PST
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: nickcarraway
yo, you a f'ing nigga
.. yo mama's a nigga ho
.you don't even know who yo daddy is, you stooped niggga. I'ma gonna f you up nigga
since the above is using the rachel jenteal approved version of the work, I don't think it should be removed by the moderator
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posted on
02/23/2014 12:52:17 PM PST
by
jrg
To: albie
Would you call a chigger a chigro?
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posted on
02/23/2014 12:54:58 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: nickcarraway
What would be the refs’ hand-signal for this infraction? I’m having trouble thinking of one.
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:05:33 PM PST
by
Mr. Dough
(Who was the greater military man, General Tso or Col. Sanders?)
To: Mr. Dough
Not sure about the signal but the refs will use a black flag with a picture of Caliph Baraq in addition to the yellow one.
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:08:00 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: nickcarraway
So after they kick out about a dozen black players and the NAACP threatens to sue then what?
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:13:50 PM PST
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I go to sign up for the American Revolution 2014 and the Crusades 2014?)
To: nickcarraway
BTW my first thought when I heard this was “Hey Ref, that nasty Tom Brady called me a n* again!”
peyton Manning, Drew Brees etc getting ejected during the 1st quarter of every game. Every player being mic’d to monitor against this abuse as it escalates.
And what happens if the caller a nd callee are on the same team?
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:14:07 PM PST
by
Mr. Dough
(Who was the greater military man, General Tso or Col. Sanders?)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:17:28 PM PST
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: Bryanw92
"Wassup N-Word-A?" ...Term of Endearment, No Penalty.
"I own yor ass, N-Word-ER!" ...Tweeeet!, 15 Yards!
To: logi_cal869
A penalty is a ban?Ridiculous. Everyone knows it's a tax.
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:18:02 PM PST
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: Bryanw92
That’s exactly why this rule won’t last long. When the penalty falls disproportionately on black players, they’ll have to get rid of it.
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:18:55 PM PST
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: albie
But honkey, whitey and cracker are still encouraged!How come it's considered OK for black folks to use the n-word among themselves, but we can't use any of the above to refer to ourselves or each other?
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:20:27 PM PST
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: nickcarraway
Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome, who serves on the league's competition committee said, "We did talk about it, I'm sure that you saw near the end of the year that Fritz Pollard (Alliance) came out very strong with the message that the league needs to do something about the language on the field. So we did discuss over the last three days."
Doesn't sound like a ringing endorsement.
It may happen, but is it really "expected" to happen?
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:22:32 PM PST
by
x
To: nickcarraway
When the bloom comes off this latest fiasco, the ‘thought police’ would take over.
Players could go to the Ref and say
“That guy got mad when I tackled him and I know he is thinking a bad thing about me and would probably call me that if he knew he wouldn’t get tossed out”.
“That LT keeps winking at me and licking his lips so since I know for a fact that he is straight, he is really calling me a fag”.
“Ever since I came out, a couple of my team mates and some of the opposition refuse to talk to me or even acknowledge I am in the room. This is making me very uncomfortable”.
Just like the real world, TALK to some people and they want to dissect EVERY word to find some kind of slight or insult OR if you don’t talk to them, they accuse you of having a hostile work place.
Like the man says, we may as well sit down, bend over and kiss our collective asses goodbye.
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:23:27 PM PST
by
xrmusn
(6/98 --When you have them by the short hairs, the minds and hearts soon follow.)
To: unixfox
In Dr. No, Ian Fleming calls the lackeys working for Dr. No, “Chigroes”. He even describes them in an unflattering way. I bet newer printings leave this out.
Also, Agatha Christie’s book, “And Then There Were None” was originally titled, “Ten Little N———”, They then changed it to “Ten Little Indians” before the last change.
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posted on
02/23/2014 1:34:39 PM PST
by
yarddog
(Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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