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Mark Steyn: Donald Sterling’s remarks were bad, but what the NBA is doing is much worse
National Post ^
| April 30, 2014
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 04/30/2014 4:25:45 PM PDT by rickmichaels
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To: Verginius Rufus
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:27:27 PM PDT
by
blam
To: JLS
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:42:54 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Richard Warman censors free speech.)
To: boop
> I’m sickened because this guy was SECRETLY recorded, then punished for what he said in private.
It was recorded for profit and I wonder how much MJ paid his girlfriend to set him up.
To: rickmichaels
Everyone seems to agree that Sterling is a racist and always has been: He said he wouldnt rent apartments to blacks because they smell; and he has referred to the players of his Los Angeles Clippers as niggers. All this has apparently been widely known for years, although not so well known that the NAACP hasnt lavished multiple awards on him, including his now hastily canceled Lifetime Achievement Award. Which seems odd. Sad to see Steyn dealing in rumors and consensus, too, so he can pile on the bandwagon.
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:51:35 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: rickmichaels
...although not so well known that the NAACP hasnt lavished multiple awards on him,...
Doesn’t Steyn mean to say “has” rather than “hasn’t”, and what’s with all the other incorrect words in the article?
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posted on
04/30/2014 7:53:38 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Verginius Rufus
This morning on "Fox & Friends" they discussed a tweet from someone at
GQ magazine to the effect that Don Sterling could get a show at Fox.
Of course Sterling is a Democrat and a billionaire, but the intended message was that Fox and conservatives generally are racists.
Of course FNC is not really conservative, but the fact that they include some conservatives in their lineup means that the mainstream media and the Democratic Party regard them as conservative.
To: TheOldLady; Rummyfan; Howlin; riley1992; Miss Marple; Dane; sinkspur; steve; kattracks; ...
Mark Steyn ping.
Freepmail me, if you want on or off the Mark Steyn ping list.
Thanks for the ping Slings and Arrows.
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posted on
05/02/2014 8:52:25 AM PDT
by
JLS
To: Haiku Guy
If they are going to set themselves up as arbiters of the appropriateness of everything said in private moments by executives and owners of NBA teams, they are going to wind up handing down an awful lot of fines. That would be true if the NBA enforced their new thought-crime policies in an even manner. But they won't.
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posted on
05/02/2014 9:13:12 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: JLS
The precedent set by this is rather alarming. They chose Sterling, whose statements on record prior to this make it very hard to defend him.
The question is who is next? There are hints of going after Amazon for publishing non goodthink books. I also expect other exec’s to be purged, and for it to drop down to the lower levels (which means most of us here).
If they can take your privately owned business from you for private statements, we are no longer a free capitalist system.
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posted on
05/02/2014 9:33:57 AM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: sickoflibs; Liz
Let us accept for the sake of argument that racism is bad, that homophobia is bad, that Islamophobia is bad, that offensive utterances are bad, that mean-spirited thoughts are bad. So what? As bad as they are, the governments criminalizing all of them and setting up an enforcement regime in the interests of micro-regulating us into compliance is a thousand times worse.
ping
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:29:42 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: abb; MrB
Let us accept for the sake of argument that racism is bad, that homophobia is bad, that Islamophobia is bad, that offensive utterances are bad, that mean-spirited thoughts are bad. So what? As bad as they are, the governments criminalizing all of them and setting up an enforcement regime in the interests of micro-regulating us into compliance is a thousand times worse.
ping
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:31:51 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: GOPJ
None of those “bad” things have the legal use of deadly force to back them up.
Anything the gov’t does has the legal use of deadly force behind it.
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:33:17 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: MrB
Anything the govt does has the legal use of deadly force behind it. Yes... did you hear about parking meter maids (what we call them in Florida) wanting their own SWAT Teams? Seems they're tired of citizens saying they were just about to put the quarter in the meter...
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posted on
05/02/2014 4:28:44 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: blam
I hate you...
/s
Did I need to shut that off?
Should I call my attorney?
Should I write another one sentence paragraph?
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posted on
05/03/2014 7:15:53 AM PDT
by
metesky
(My investment program is holding steady @ $0.05 cents a can.)
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