Comments on: Leave Josh Alone http://thestartingfive.net/2008/09/22/leave-josh-alone/ Bangin’ and Scorin’ Every Trip Down the Floor Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Hacked!: Todd Palin’s Open Email to Josh Howard on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Patriots | Sports On My Mind http://thestartingfive.net/2008/09/22/leave-josh-alone/#comment-17733 Hacked!: Todd Palin’s Open Email to Josh Howard on The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Patriots | Sports On My Mind Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:45:25 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1525#comment-17733 [...] so pay very close attention because this can get tricky. Sure, you’ve received many responses from all those e-bigots, but this is much bigger than that! The truth is that you did this to yourself, and now you are [...] [...] so pay very close attention because this can get tricky. Sure, you’ve received many responses from all those e-bigots, but this is much bigger than that! The truth is that you did this to yourself, and now you are [...]

]]> By: Matthew Fudge http://thestartingfive.net/2008/09/22/leave-josh-alone/#comment-17558 Matthew Fudge Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:11:48 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1525#comment-17558 I really wish Josh would've apologized for how he came across instead of what he actually said. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-mavericks-howard&prov=ap&type=lgns I really wish Josh would’ve apologized for how he came across instead of what he actually said.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-mavericks-howard&prov=ap&type=lgns

]]> By: Eric http://thestartingfive.net/2008/09/22/leave-josh-alone/#comment-17317 Eric Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:19:50 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1525#comment-17317 The thing I find funny about all of this, is that Josh Howard, a black man, is being criticized for not "respecting" a song written by a slave owner. Only in America! The thing I find funny about all of this, is that Josh Howard, a black man, is being criticized for not “respecting” a song written by a slave owner. Only in America!

]]> By: Matthew Fudge http://thestartingfive.net/2008/09/22/leave-josh-alone/#comment-17301 Matthew Fudge Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:26:07 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1525#comment-17301 It's like DL Hughley said recently, "Free speech is a zero-sum proposition. Either you believe in it or you don't." I'd love to hear someone in a position of power in Washington, D.C. just come out and admit that there really is no such thing as free speech (pipe dream, I know). But the lie must be kept alive. It’s like DL Hughley said recently, “Free speech is a zero-sum proposition. Either you believe in it or you don’t.” I’d love to hear someone in a position of power in Washington, D.C. just come out and admit that there really is no such thing as free speech (pipe dream, I know). But the lie must be kept alive.

]]> By: Matthew Fudge http://thestartingfive.net/2008/09/22/leave-josh-alone/#comment-17300 Matthew Fudge Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:21:49 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1525#comment-17300 Temple, I don't know that perfection is the reason why. I do know that in the year 2008, it'll take a miracle of biblical proportions for black folk to come together as one regarding anything of importance. One thing I appreciate about the '60s: people of all races in this country made their leaders accountable. We protested, asked questions, didn't let people spit on us and call it rain. Fast forward to 2008. People can't spell "protest", let alone do it. It's not just black people. Americans of every race and creed have reached a level of clueless and apathy that I didn't think possible. Temple, I don’t know that perfection is the reason why. I do know that in the year 2008, it’ll take a miracle of biblical proportions for black folk to come together as one regarding anything of importance. One thing I appreciate about the ’60s: people of all races in this country made their leaders accountable. We protested, asked questions, didn’t let people spit on us and call it rain. Fast forward to 2008. People can’t spell “protest”, let alone do it. It’s not just black people. Americans of every race and creed have reached a level of clueless and apathy that I didn’t think possible.

]]> By: Temple3 http://thestartingfive.net/2008/09/22/leave-josh-alone/#comment-17299 Temple3 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:17:24 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1525#comment-17299 Dredded: I can understand you frustration...believe me I can. But...I don't think it's fair to hate on him because of the context. It's not like he used the camera phone, then called a press conference to talk about his three second blip. It was a totally impromptu moment. When he has been asked about things of that sort, in a more formal context, he spoke up. According to DZ, it cost this former ACC Player of the Year a lofty draft status and several million dollars. We ain't perfect, ain't been perfect, ain't gon be perfect, don't wanna be perfect. We have the inalienable human right to fail. And, he didn't fail...on the court or off. He's the coldest dude on his team. Weed, as any dreaded one must know, is a gift of the creator -- just like air and water, but wholly unlike Vicodin and Percoset. He said what he said...how he said it. Either he has the right to say it OR he doesn't. Dredded:

I can understand you frustration…believe me I can.

But…I don’t think it’s fair to hate on him because of the context. It’s not like he used the camera phone, then called a press conference to talk about his three second blip. It was a totally impromptu moment. When he has been asked about things of that sort, in a more formal context, he spoke up. According to DZ, it cost this former ACC Player of the Year a lofty draft status and several million dollars.

We ain’t perfect, ain’t been perfect, ain’t gon be perfect, don’t wanna be perfect. We have the inalienable human right to fail. And, he didn’t fail…on the court or off. He’s the coldest dude on his team. Weed, as any dreaded one must know, is a gift of the creator — just like air and water, but wholly unlike Vicodin and Percoset.

He said what he said…how he said it. Either he has the right to say it OR he doesn’t.

]]> By: Temple3 http://thestartingfive.net/2008/09/22/leave-josh-alone/#comment-17298 Temple3 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:12:30 +0000 http://thestartingfive.net/?p=1525#comment-17298 Matthew: The players won't do shit. They should, but they won't. Why? Because Josh Howard isn't PERFECT. Negroes have to be PERFECT in order to get the support of other Negroes. Negroes have to be PERFECT even when their rights are in danger of suppression...even when their lives are threatened. To be PERFECT, you have to be meek, docile, intelligent, sacrificial, and perceived as undeserving of a cruel fate. You cannot have any record of prior arrests, convictions, back-talking, white women, drunk driving (that's reserved for white folks like LaRussa, etc.). You cannot belong to any organizations (You know - you have to be disorganized.) No Nation of Islam, heck, no notions of Islam. You could have a preacher - but you can't be a member of the church. You have to be a lost soul who is being claimed - redeemed - like a piece of plantation property. You can't have tattoos. You can't listen to hip hop. Heavy metal is okay though. No weed (it makes white women loose - at least that's what they said in the 50's....maybe shit's changed.) You have to be perfect. No ifs, ands or blunts. It doesn't hurt if you're "not all the way Black" (Sheffield-ism). Though, we can't honestly say if that helps a whole helluva lot either. Light-skinndeddeddeddeddedness and red hair didn't save El Hajj Malik el-Shabazz from catching a hail of Mary's finest bullets. Either way, I don't think Josh can count on the support of his comrades in charms. Nope...too many strippers to hit off...too many rims to buy...too many owners who need knobs slobbed by brainless 7 footers. Matthew:

The players won’t do shit. They should, but they won’t. Why? Because Josh Howard isn’t PERFECT. Negroes have to be PERFECT in order to get the support of other Negroes. Negroes have to be PERFECT even when their rights are in danger of suppression…even when their lives are threatened.

To be PERFECT, you have to be meek, docile, intelligent, sacrificial, and perceived as undeserving of a cruel fate. You cannot have any record of prior arrests, convictions, back-talking, white women, drunk driving (that’s reserved for white folks like LaRussa, etc.). You cannot belong to any organizations (You know - you have to be disorganized.) No Nation of Islam, heck, no notions of Islam. You could have a preacher - but you can’t be a member of the church. You have to be a lost soul who is being claimed - redeemed - like a piece of plantation property. You can’t have tattoos. You can’t listen to hip hop. Heavy metal is okay though. No weed (it makes white women loose - at least that’s what they said in the 50’s….maybe shit’s changed.)

You have to be perfect. No ifs, ands or blunts.

It doesn’t hurt if you’re “not all the way Black” (Sheffield-ism). Though, we can’t honestly say if that helps a whole helluva lot either. Light-skinndeddeddeddeddedness and red hair didn’t save El Hajj Malik el-Shabazz from catching a hail of Mary’s finest bullets. Either way, I don’t think Josh can count on the support of his comrades in charms. Nope…too many strippers to hit off…too many rims to buy…too many owners who need knobs slobbed by brainless 7 footers.

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