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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSan Antonio Spurs Coach Greg Popovich called out Richard Petty & NASCAR:
I just heard a comment this morning from a NASCAR owner and from Mr. Petty that just blew me away, just blew me away. Where the owner described the fact that he would get the Greyhound bus tickets for anybody to leave and theyd be fired, and Mr. Petty who said people who act the way we saw on Sunday, They should leave the country.
Thats where I live. I had no idea, that I lived in a country where people would actually say that sort of thing. Im not totally naive, but I think these people have been enabled by an example that weve all been given. And youve seen it in Charlottesville and on and on and on. Thats not a surprise, get over it. What do we do to get it done? To go to the grassroots and not allow this to happen again?
Our countrys an embarrassment in the world. This is an individual that actually thought that when people held arms during the games that they were doing it to honor the flag. Thats delusional. Absolutely delusional, but its what we have to live with.
So you got a choice; we can continue to bounce our heads off the wall with his conduct, or we can decide that the institutions of our country are more important, that people are more important, that the decent America that we all thought we had and want is more important, and get down to business at the grassroots level and do what we have to do.
On Trump rescinding the Warriors invitation to the White House:
Well, I thought it was comical that it was rescinded, because they werent going anyway. Its like a sixth-grader whos gonna have a party in his backyard and he finds out somebody might not come so he disinvites him.
But again I think, the behavior, although its disgusting, its also comical.
On Patty Millss decision to resign with the Spurs because of the teams culture:
Well, if weve done anything to widen peoples cultural or intellectual horizons, I guess thats great. We dont have the answers, I just think being aware is important basketball is our job, but we have lives. We have children and grandchildren and friendships and ups and downs in all of our lives, and I think that its important for our players to understand that the word they live in is complicated, especially today for all the reasons that we know. So whatever we can do to make players aware of their emotions, their feelings, and consequences thereof, I think its part of our responsibility.
SunSeeker
(51,657 posts)Last edited Mon Sep 25, 2017, 08:36 PM - Edit history (1)
Yes, the worst possible example: Trump.
underpants
(182,868 posts)The drivers make up to $22M a year
LenaBaby61
(6,976 posts)Who said that I hated HIM and white people because I said that NASCAR fool Petty was racist ass. Then this poster tried to sell me on Petty not being racist by posting a picture of a black guy Petty hired to his crew:
Like that's gonna make Petty less of an old, farty racist ass
I then asked him why Strom Thurmond had a black daughter even though that orange pig was a racist segregationist. He said that had nothing to do with Petty.
Yes, there are Liberals who don't "get it."
I'm part Native American (Late Dad's side), and MANY of my late-mother's family members and a sibling served proudly in the US Military, and so that means that I don't have to go one got damn place. Petty's an ignorant racist asshole who needs to go straight to HELL and go Fuck himself, and that dimwitted poster from yesterday defending Petty needs to grow some brains.
It's too late though ....
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