I heard a local sports reporter talk about when Rasheed was a Blazers and he threatened that if the reporter didn't stop asking asking he'd smack em in the face, he wasn't taking questions at all. Then last week I hear Rasheed crying about they are just doing their job and shouldn't be talked to disrespectfully or threatened, and how would you (listeners) like it if someone did that to you while on the job. Hypocritical? or is a sports reporter asking key blazer questions, part of a job? Yes on both.
Should the fan be punished? Absolutely. I don't like that racism immediately gets brought up. There are plenty of reasons for Boston fans to not like Kyrie without racism being involved at all.
Im sure he has matured and I believe everyone has been a hypocrite at some point in their lives (including me).
Were there any racial slurs heard or actions noticed? If not, then it shouldnt be a factor and to bring it up without validation undermines the importance of ridding society from true racism.
Racism isn't the only reason for fan misbehavior, but you can't get around the fact that the NBA players are overwhelmingly Black, and fans, especially in expensive seats, are mostly white. I know this is opinion but I wonder if these fans at some level consider it's more OK to act like that to a Black athlete.
Yes, to Ja Morant's family. Racist and sexist. And while I agree that misbehavior at a sporting event is not up there with police murder, voter suppression, economic inequality etc. it is still "real".
Sure, but it shouldn't be brought up unless there's clear evidence it was racially motivated. The dude has a history in Boston, his team just crushed their team, and he disrespected their logo. There was PLENTY of motivation for misbehavior without needing to throw race into it.
Based on English language and grammar, this is comparative language - so yes, you did in fact compare the two actions and came to the conclusion that “both are classless acts.” As mentioned above, you compared them, undoubtedly and undisputedly. That may have not been your intention, but you clearly did. And by even mentioning them in the same breathe, it’s a cop out to say “well shouldn’t have stomped on a logo if you didn’t want someone to assault you.”
My take. Some fans are just entitled assholes, but if Black athletes think fan misbehavior is racially motivated it's not for me to tell them they don't know what they are talking about.
You can’t see it in that video but he actually jumps up and tries to touch the rim before he’s tackled.
I was saying neither of them should have done what they did. I wasn't saying the bottle throwing was warranted because he stomped on the logo. I wasn't saying they are the same thing, not at all. I was just saying they are and were both classless. And, that remains true.
The fans are a direct reflection on America. Anyone been watching the country the last few years? There is nothing whatsoever surprising about any of this other than it has taken so long to get to this point.
Social media and Donald Trump have promoted being an asshole into an entire culture. I used to roll my eyes back in the 90's when Republicans would go on about family values and personal accountability and all that. Now I really miss those days. It seems like certain categories of Americans just feel entitled to be assholes whenever they want.
And when those people are called out for rude, racist and obnoxious behavior, they melt into a puddle of tears and call it “cancel culture”. The main problem with half of America is that they don’t want to hold themselves accountable…..or to be held accountable by others. It’s scary how many Americans have an inaccurate and/or incomplete understanding of what the Constitution actually stands for………and the Right has been exploiting that ignorance for decades……if not centuries. Everyone has a right to be an asshole. But it doesn’t mean the rest of us have to accept it.
