Nazis and the upper limit of free speech

[CF DolFan]

Charles Barkley should run for office.

----  he wouldn’t waste energy on people who would never like him, and he asked of counterprotesters, “What did they think was gonna happen?” He said counterprotesters “whipped up” the energy that quickly became deadly, and he was disappointed that counter-protesters even showed up. “If you go up to meet idiots, idiotic things are going to happen.”

---- said that Black people need to stop protesting and killing police officers. He said that there was enough blame “to go around.” He often says that Black people need to worry more about making their communities better.

----That's wasted energy," the NBA legend said.

"I'm not going to waste my time screaming at a neo-Nazi who is going to hate me no matter what. And I'm not going to waste my time worrying about these statues," Barkley said.

"I've always ignored them," Barkley said of the Confederate statues. "I'm 54 years old. I've never thought about those statues a day in my life. I think if you ask most black people, to be honest, they ain’t thought a day in their life about those stupid statues."

"What we as black people need to do is we need to worry about our education. We need to stop killing each other. We need to try to find a way to have more economic opportunity in things like that," he said.

[pondwater]

"What we as black people need to do is we need to worry about our education. We need to stop killing each other. We need to try to find a way to have more economic opportunity in things like that," he said.[/i]

Yet those things are dismissed and instead lets worry about a statue of a guy that died hundreds of years ago. Some people have fucked up priorities in their lives. 

[Sunstroke]

Agree with some of what he says...and some of it kind of misses the point. Charles Barkley usually occupies a high ranking on my "stupidest celebrities of all-time" list, so the fact that he got a couple of things right there makes me want to rethink his ranking.

...he wouldn’t waste energy on people who would never like him

Was he advising the protesters here...or the President? 

[CF DolFan]

Was he advising the protesters here...or the President? 

hahaha  ... actually good advice for all sides.

More things he has said:
---- I can't screw up Alabama... We are number 48 in everything and Arkansas and Mississippi aren't going anywhere.
About running for governor of Alabama, on Campbell Brown, CNN, October 27, 2008.

---- Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last fifty years... and they are still poor

[pondwater]

---- Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last fifty years... and they are still poor

Then they'll be poor for the next 150 years. Because according to LBJ, they'll be voting dem for 200 years, LMFAO.

[Spider-Dan]

Guys, Nazis and the KKK are tiny fringe groups that don't have any real power and can't take over this country.
What we really need to be worried about is ISIS landing on the shores of Maryland, occupying the Capital, and instituting Sharia law across the republic.

wait I think I mixed up which fringe terrorists we are supposed to care about

[Spider-Dan]

Charles Barkley should run for office.

If you ever need a black person to tell you why black people are terrible and useless, Chuck is your man.

[pondwater]

Guys, Nazis and the KKK are tiny fringe groups that don't have any real power and can't take over this country.
What we really need to be worried about is ISIS landing on the shores of Maryland, occupying the Capital, and instituting Sharia law across the republic.

wait I think I mixed up which fringe terrorists we are supposed to care about

Yes because a few thousand pretend Nazis and KKK members shouting mean words is the same as people who currently behead people, crash airplanes, and blow up shit. The lefts silly rhetoric about the current crop of wannabe Nazis is nothing more than a scare tactic. These so called Nazis aren't a threat to take over anything. In fact, the liberals are more of a threat to this country than this small fringe group. 

If you ever need a black person to tell you why black people are terrible and useless, Chuck is your man.

Why? Decause he doesn't care about a statue of a guy that died 200 years ago. Because he doesn't cry about people that don't like him. Because he doesn't worry about people that say mean things about him.

Sounds to me like he has something called self esteem. Sounds to me like he has something called priorities. Sounds to me like he has a life. I didn't see him call anyone terrible or useless.

[CF DolFan]

If you ever need a black person to tell you why black people are terrible and useless, Chuck is your man.

I get it. He's an Uncle Tom marching to the beat of white people because Chuck is all about appeasing people. HAHAAHA In fact ... all black people who sees anything closely to white people is a sell out Uncle Tom ... just like George Foreman who supports Trump and is absolutely against kneeling during the National Anthem.   Funny how that is. 

[Sunstroke]

Why? Decause he doesn't care about a statue of a guy that died 200 years ago. Because he doesn't cry about people that don't like him. Because he doesn't worry about people that say mean things about him.

I get it. He's an Uncle Tom marching to the beat of white people because Chuck is all about appeasing people. HAHAAHA In fact ... all black people who sees anything closely to white people is a sell out Uncle Tom ... just like George Foreman who supports Trump and is absolutely against kneeling during the National Anthem.   Funny how that is. 

Charles Barkley is an industrial-strength asshole, and has been since long before anyone started talking about statues. He's on TV now that his playing career is over for one reason...He's obnoxious and gets people riled up.

[DaLittle B]

I didn't really want to wade into this topic,I've known for a loooong time that I'm surrounded by hate groups (Just living here it's obvious,5 minutes in a local walmart store,but through work,and being a general redneck,they aren't hard find.) This was to Strokes point about the hate groups,was tweeted by a Local newspaper journalist from the K.C star.

@KCStar: Missouri has more hate groups than Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska combined https://t.co/D9Vjk8I8LQ
http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article168937367.html

The old man that shot up the Jewish center near K.C., was from a small town just south of town.

IMO The Neo nazi,hate groups are similar to in the Muslim community that say they aren't extremist,but turn a blind eye when extremest with similar views do bad things.

[CF DolFan]

IMO The Neo nazi,hate groups are similar to in the Muslim community that say they aren't extremist,but turn a blind eye when extremest with similar views do bad things.

While I'm sure some areas are worst than others ... I honestly haven't found that to be my experience. I work with lots of good ole boys who would just assume smack a skin head as they would ISIS. It's become normal to see guys who live in Winter Garden (a town that that used to have a sign that said "Don't let the sun set on your black ass" as the 70s) calling people out. I think the biggest issue now is that you have new hate groups coming out and it brings out the vocal minority of the opposite. There's a lot of great people in between those two extremes and where the majority of society falls. Obama could never have been easily elected, twice even, if the country were as racist as the news would have you believe. 

[CF DolFan]

It's kind of funny to me ... in the 90s I knew a few "rednecks"  whose goal it was to sleep with a black girl and I now know a couple who are married to black women including family members. 

[Sunstroke]

I think the biggest issue now is that you have new hate groups coming out and it brings out the vocal minority of the opposite. There's a lot of great people in between those two extremes and where the majority of society falls.

With all due respect, it seems counter-intuitive to infer that your highly localized group of friends is the silent majority, while referring to the rest as the vocal minority. Perhaps the people in your social circle actually constitute the silent minority, while the majority is being emboldened by this administration to be as vocal as possible.

Obama could never have been easily elected, twice even, if the country were as racist as the news would have you believe.  

I've never needed the news to tell me about people...I've got two eyes, two ears, 53 years and residency at some point in 17 different states in America. I've seen more than enough to make my own decision on racism in this country.

[DaLittle B]

While I'm sure some areas are worst than others ... I honestly haven't found that to be my experience. I work with lots of good ole boys who would just assume smack a skin head as they would ISIS. It's become normal to see guys who live in Winter Garden (a town that that used to have a sign that said "Don't let the sun set on your black ass" as the 70s) calling people out. I think the biggest issue now is that you have new hate groups coming out and it brings out the vocal minority of the opposite. There's a lot of great people in between those two extremes and where the majority of society falls. Obama could never have been easily elected, twice even, if the country were as racist as the news would have you believe. 

That has to be the most White person living in their their little subdivision answer I hear CONSTANTLY,from white people (and most of the area I live) It's not in my backyard,I don't see it, it's not a problem,or it's not that big of a deal.....and it's complete and udder fucking Bullshit....Sorry but that just doesn't fly....

I get it from both sides on a regular basis,the Black guy's around me,and the skin heads,redneck guy's with stars and bars tattoos,flags,and stickers.Luckily, I don't have to deal with both sides at work anymore, just the rich white people at work, that keep spouting,what is the fuss? This isn't that big of a deal....