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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion about the Don Sterling thing
I don't follow every media outlet, but amid all of the commentary on this man's interesting racial opinions, has there been a word about the perhaps more immediate sexist context in which these comments were made?
Maybe I don't know the whole backstory, but this guy's treatment of women seems more directly abusive than any effect his attitudes may have had on his employees.
On edit: and no, I am not inviting nor making a "what's worse" comparison. I'm merely surprised that the well-roundedness of his odious character is being lost in the emphasis on one strand of it.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)He was demanding who she associates with. He even told her 'who' she can have sex with. His wife, she knows he has mistresses. But, they all seem to not mind it cause he has money. Not giving him a free pass but yucch .
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)He did say she could have sex with anyone she wanted.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Typical older Republican. If you are not a white male - you are beneath and inferior to him.
undeterred
(34,658 posts)a beautiful young woman would give him the time of day.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)His remarks (the ones I have seen) were directed at one whole group of people en masse and his comments/actions of a sexist nature were focused more on one or two people.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)His hitherto not well concealed attitudes towards others where directed a whole group of people, although his posture toward whom he tolerates having sex with his mistress is considerably more broadminded than, I would suppose, many people here would be under similar circumstances.
I haven't quite decoded what "wife", "estranged wife", "girlfriend" and "mistress" are meant to convey in the various reports I have seen about his personal relationships, such as they are.
But proceeding on the original "girlfriend" characterization, what sort of racist doesn't care who his "girlfriend" is screwing?
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)If his comments had been 'women' as a group than I would see the sexism in it (same as if he said jews/men/etc would be directing comments at a whole group).
I haven't seen all his comments so perhaps I missed the ones relating to all women vs his actions towards a few women (his girlfriend/wife/etc).
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)She is paid to make him look good.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I always shit next to the flowers so my turds look good.
tkmorris
(11,138 posts)What's worse is that none of this was a secret. It's odd that this tape is making people act like they just found out what a jackass he is. People who had any idea who he was prior to this knew EXACTLY what he was like. It's been documented nine ways from Sunday.
Some of the background on this guys long history of being a waste of DNA can be found here. http://www.sbnation.com/2014/4/28/5660150/donald-sterling-la-clippers-racist-comments-tmz-adam-silver and here http://www.vox.com/cards/donald-sterling/what-other-awful-things-has-sterling-done-in-the-past .
Dorian Gray
(13,496 posts)and I think most of the sports audience just found out.
People are saying it was an open secret his behaviour. But the media never reported on it as they are now.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Donald Tokowitz (legally added Sterling as his last name as an adult)
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)Anglicisation or anglicization is the process of converting anything to more "English" norms.
Spiro Agnew - Spiro Theodore Anagnostopoulos
Woody Allen - Allen Konigsberg
Lauren Bacall - Joan Perske
Jack Benny - Benny Kubelsky
Albert Brooks - Albert Einstein
George Burns - Nathan Birnbaum
Elvis Costello - Declan Patrick McManus
Snoop Dogg - Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr.
Dr. Dre - Andre Romelle Young
Dr. Drew - David Drew Pinsky
Kirk Douglas - Issur Danielovitch Demsky
Audrey Hepburn - Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston
John Forbes Kerry - family name Kohn
Larry King - Lawrence Harvey Zeigler
Benjamin Netanyahu - family name Mileikowsky
Micheal Savage - Michael Alan Weiner
Gene Simmons - Chaim Witz
Gene Wilder - Jerome Silberman
Natalie Wood - Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
Got a lame name - change it.
trublu992
(489 posts)everyone else. But since we have built a culture of money worship he's encouraged.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)It sounded like an senile old man and his nurse.
Old Man: Don't bring black people to the game.
Nurse: would you like some orange juice honey?
She trolled him soooo bad.
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I knew people were into that, but didn't know it was a religion
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)There are few versions of Hell like the one where you check into a hotel and find out they are having a convention there.
But I guess it is some variation on "All Dogs Go To Heaven"
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Sterling regularly places full page ads in the LA Times about speaking engagements and awards he has arranged for himself, and various real estate projects. The real estate ads generally have one or more young women in scanty attire. You are right, he is shallow all the way down.