Wayne Arnold Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 good, than keep that idiot Kaepernick off the field, tell Michael Bennett he owes money for slandering LV, tell the whole lot of the idiots that they will loose out on game checks for their nonsense. How's that for starters? Yeah! Make sure those boys know their place! how is it racially insensitive unless you characterize blacks as inmates? Only a racist would do that. We must have missed all of the white players kneeling for racial equality...
klos63 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 McNair said something stupid, but the players are overreacting. Agreed It sounds like McNair was sincere in his apology. Vincent accepted it.
Kelly the Dog Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 Why is it sad though? How does it effect you? Am I the only one that just doesn't care about this stuff? I keep seeing these threads get started on a weekly basis and 75% of you guys just talk in circles. I don't watch or follow football for it's politics. I also don't care if the players kneel. I don't care if there are flyovers. I watch football to be entertained by the sport, not by it's fans and their political persuasions. It's not like I don't have my own ideologies, but lately I have tried as hard as I can to separate them entirely from watching football. Good post. I feel similar but compartmentalize it. The entire issue has absolutely zero affect on watching the team or games or NFL football. Zero. Regardless of who is right or wrong. I don't mind talking about the social issues, individual actions or comments, and conversing/arguing with idjits.
fridge Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 lol what? I didn't say he shouldn't be playing, I said that his words and actions have consequences. Even if those consequences are unfair. You know what, never mind. I'm backing slowly away from you and will not engage again. My bad. You're remind me of someone I once knew who was a blithering idiot. Not that I'm comparing you to him, of course. I would never do that. Nope. Wouldn't do it. Absolutely walk away. It's the only solution when you get that sort of a response.
klos63 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 the more common saying is inmates running the asylum. isn't it the lunatics are running the asylum?
Kmart128 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 Really? Grown men today are total babies... should go back to elementary school. It was a figure of speech. And player like Michael Bennett is proof that it is a pretty accurate one. Not good to walk out on the guy signing your checks
Kelly the Dog Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 isn't it the lunatics are running the asylum?You know, if we would just let the lunatics run the prisons, and the inmates run the asylums, the world would be a better place. Granted, some would say that's already the case.
4merper4mer Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 isn't it the lunatics are running the asylum? I think both of them were thwarted but when the lunatics and inmates combined forces, the asylum fell.
blitzboy54 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) OK, just for the record. There is not nor has there ever been an expression (or figure of speech) that "the inmates are running the prison". He bastardized the phrase "inmates running the asylum" It's not a huge difference except in the context of a meeting about social justice and race, it implies he sees the employees as property or prisoners. It doesn't take a genius to understand that the leagues players are mostly black and that community is subject to much higher rates of incarceration than white people. This is the exact point of the protests to begin with. The reason that matters is Asylum implies crazy, this does not have a racial component to it as mental health care basically sucks for everyone. Prison does. Now if he had said it correctly nobody bats an eyelash. It does have a Freudian slip feel to it. Edited October 27, 2017 by blitzboy54
Kmart128 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 McNair said something stupid, but the players are overreacting. Was it tho? Michael Bennett broke the law and then lied to the world claiming he was abused by a police officer. He is one of the key figures in the "protest". So its not like the comment is way off base. And the analogy of people at the bottom controlling people at the top is very true.
The Wiz Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 isn't it the lunatics are running the asylum? Yea but just make sure the Rams owner doesn't say that to Robert Woods.
klos63 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 Dumb. 1. It's a figure of speech, although technically I think it goes "inmates running the asylum" 2. How horrible of McNair not wanting his employees staging protests on company time on company property. I totally respect the players right to protest anything they want, but do it on your own time in a public place. The teams and networks don't owe anyone that forum. I'm gonna say ownership assumes players under contract are always on company time, this is why their off the field behavior can get them in trouble with the organization. I still go back to the fact that this is a 45 second statement, done peacefully, and usually not even on TV, before the game starts. I used to get so annoyed at players praying during games, but never made a big deal out of it. Didn't like them demonstrating about their religion during 'my time' watching the game. I remember the full Bills team praying at mid field. Why was that ok?
BadLandsMeanie Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 Consider application of the law. It's not that people shouldn't be punished, but they aren't punished proportionately. Non-violent offenders are more likely to go to jail if they are a minority. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Prisoner_Demographics.svg Equality doesn't mean we all have the same everything, it means we're all treated the same regardless of what we look like or how much money we make. That has never been achieved, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't strive for it. Take the money out of it and see what happens to that statistic. I say a well to do person of any color is less likely to go jail than a working class person of any color.
4merper4mer Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 This never happens on turf fields so the Bills should be ok. It starts on the grass and spreads.
RoyBatty is alive Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 You know, there are an awful lot of racist NFL fans. No kidding. And a lot of racist NFL players, of both colors, so what is your point?
The Wiz Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 Yeah! Make sure those boys know their place! We must have missed all of the white players kneeling for racial equality... You did. Not a lot but there are white players kneeling as well.
bobobonators Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 Its not just the racial insensitivity of the remark, which is pretty obvious, especially for the large number of player who grew up in the South. Its the idea of the owners having the same sort of power relationship over the players as a prison warden over the inmates. The NFL talks a lot about its partnership with the players, and this flies in the face of that. You hit the nail on the head here.
BuffaloHokie13 Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 He should have said the clowns are running the circus. Then the only the redheads would be upset.
mannc Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) Was it tho? Michael Bennett broke the law and then lied to the world claiming he was abused by a police officer.Bennett broke the law? Really? I have not heard that anywhere. Do you have inside information here or are you just making stuff up? And tell us again how he lied? Edited October 27, 2017 by mannc
26CornerBlitz Posted October 27, 2017 Posted October 27, 2017 @AaronWilson_NFL Duane Brown is extremely passionate about these issues and deeply offended by Texans owner Bob McNair's 'inmates' comments @AdamSchefter Expectation now is all Texans, including Hopkins, will be with team Saturday, when it is scheduled to leave for Seattle. But we’ll see.
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