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Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:52 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:40 pm

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:25 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:24 am Tough to “resign” and leave $60M+ on the table.

Again, the reactionary, fake, NFL knew about this for years. These emails have been floating around for a whole decade. And they were sent to owners and nfl execs. But they didn’t act until the NYT reported about it.

They don’t care about concussions and player safety. They dont care about BLM. They dont care about veterans. They don’t care about breast cancer. They don’t care about racist emails.

It’s all bs. They only care about perception. And this proves it. Once again.

PS- Lamar Jackson puts himself into the MVP lead with 500+ yards of individual offense in an OT win over the Colts.

You're surprised that a bunch of rich old white dudes who run the league and the teams don't actually care about the players and the players' causes?

FTR, Terry Pegula owns the Buffalo Bills. His wife Kim Pegula runs the Buffalo Bills. They are her team lock, stock and barrel. She is a woman born in South Korea. You may need to rethink and adjust your inbred racist stereotype.https://www.nfl.com/news/next-woman-up- ... falo-bills

He also owns a bunch of consumer subprime loan receivables he folded into Buffalo based BDC Rand Capital (I tried buying RAND a few years back with the stake owned by a family office Newt gingrich is involved with, it's a mess).

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:25 pm Interesting read/perspective on the NFL and Gruden and the WFT investigation.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... en-emails/

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:24 pm

Farfromgeneva wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:52 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:40 pm

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:25 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:24 am Tough to “resign” and leave $60M+ on the table.

Again, the reactionary, fake, NFL knew about this for years. These emails have been floating around for a whole decade. And they were sent to owners and nfl execs. But they didn’t act until the NYT reported about it.

They don’t care about concussions and player safety. They dont care about BLM. They dont care about veterans. They don’t care about breast cancer. They don’t care about racist emails.

It’s all bs. They only care about perception. And this proves it. Once again.

PS- Lamar Jackson puts himself into the MVP lead with 500+ yards of individual offense in an OT win over the Colts.

You're surprised that a bunch of rich old white dudes who run the league and the teams don't actually care about the players and the players' causes?

FTR, Terry Pegula owns the Buffalo Bills. His wife Kim Pegula runs the Buffalo Bills. They are her team lock, stock and barrel. She is a woman born in South Korea. You may need to rethink and adjust your inbred racist stereotype.https://www.nfl.com/news/next-woman-up- ... falo-bills

He also owns a bunch of consumer subprime loan receivables he folded into Buffalo based BDC Rand Capital (I tried buying RAND a few years back with the stake owned by a family office Newt gingrich is involved with, it's a mess).

And don't forget about car bumper tycoon, Shad Kahn.

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:26 pm More good questions...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... ft-emails/

seacoaster wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:48 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:26 pm More good questions...

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2 ... ft-emails/

The comments are interesting.

SCLaxAttack wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 4:52 pm Does anyone else find irony in the standards we expect from football coaches and the transparency we want from football teams compared to, say, our elected leaders and governments?

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:06 am

ardilla secreta wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:49 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:52 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:48 pm Is anyone surprised? AND you can’t call the NFL commish and the president of the US a “nervous clueless pu55y” without consequences.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytime ... y.amp.html

Jon be out of a job! Maybe he can go on Oprah and Ellen…

John rich. He be alright.

Makes him eligible to work at FOX, doesn’t it? He thrives on attention.

+1

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:19 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:06 am

ardilla secreta wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:49 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:52 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:48 pm Is anyone surprised? AND you can’t call the NFL commish and the president of the US a “nervous clueless pu55y” without consequences.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytime ... y.amp.html

Jon be out of a job! Maybe he can go on Oprah and Ellen…

John rich. He be alright.

Makes him eligible to work at FOX, doesn’t it? He thrives on attention.

+1

Breaking -- new gig for Gruden. He'll open for Chappelle.

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:19 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:06 am

ardilla secreta wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 7:49 am

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:52 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:48 pm Is anyone surprised? AND you can’t call the NFL commish and the president of the US a “nervous clueless pu55y” without consequences.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytime ... y.amp.html

Jon be out of a job! Maybe he can go on Oprah and Ellen…

John rich. He be alright.

Makes him eligible to work at FOX, doesn’t it? He thrives on attention.

+1

Breaking -- new gig for Gruden. He'll open for Chappelle.

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:06 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:59 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:44 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:04 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:06 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 4:47 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:39 am

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:00 pm https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dave- ... uxbndlbing

Dave Chappelle makes some observations that should not be just brushed off.

What do you believe his observation is?

I don't need to explain it. Mr Chappelle said it himself. Listen and judge for yourself. IMO he believes the LGBTQ community is light years ahead of black Americans on the road to being accepted. Mr Chappelle made an observation about the rapper I believed to be nothing short of brilliant. You can shoot a n****r dead and no one cares. You criticize the LGBTQ community and you quickly become a social outcast.

That’s your take? If you are black and fall into a LGBTQ classification you good?

My "take" is irrelevant. The issue is about what Dave Chappelle thinks about the issue. He made his own observations which you had no opinion on. I believe you are a fan of Mr Chappelle. What is YOUR opinion of what he said? Were you offended? Is Mr Chappelle a homophobe?

I am not offended and Dave isn’t a homophobe. I just wanted to see your understanding. Like I said, it’s probably something I have heard 100 time for groups beyond just the LGBTQ classification. Ask your friend that liked Sheriff Clarke.

My understanding was Mr Chappelle was pointing out the preferential treatment given to the LGBTQ community ignoring centuries of inequities suffered by black Americans. I actually like Sheriff Clarke. He wore one bad ass uniform. He also, judging by the FLP folks on this forum was the wrong shade of black.

Thanks for clarifying your understanding. All the best.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/10/ ... ransphobe/

Dave Chappelle Is Not a Transphobe

Dave Chappelle holds a distinction nearly unique among comics: Whenever he drops a special, it’s news. His latest Netflix offering, The Closer, immediately got him accused of “pointless transphobia and homophobia” (The Daily Beast), “Betrayal” (GQ) and “anti-LGBTQ diatribes” (GLAAD).

The Closer is not one of Chappelle’s best efforts — he has done nine of these specials, including six for Netflix, and the new one is probably the least effective among them — but in its compassion it’s the opposite of transphobic. Chappelle exhibits a lot of humanity, a lot of humility, and a lot of self-questioning as he does his best to grapple with the question of how to be respectful of transgendered people while acknowledging that in comedy, nothing should be ruled off-limits, particularly if your brand of standup is saying the unsayable. Chappelle insists on the right to continue to tell the truth as he sees it, but he isn’t interested in antagonism for its own sake. What he’s doing isn’t trolling. He genuinely doesn’t want to hurt people. He goes out of his way to clarify how important he thinks it is to be sensitive to trans folks. Saying there can be humor in transgenderism is just saying, “Welcome to humanity. Everybody’s funny.”

The centerpiece of Chappelle’s special is a long reminiscence, not really a comedy bit, about a trans performer he knew named Daphne. “Knew,” past tense, because Daphne committed suicide in October 2019. Daphne Dorman was a male-to-female standup comic whose family is defending Chappelle. Nothing in The Closer would have bothered Daphne, two family members have said.

“Daphne was in awe of Dave’s graciousness,” Dorman’s sister Becky wrote in a text to The Daily Beast. “She did not find his jokes rude, crude, off-coloring, off-putting, anything. She thought his jokes were funny. Daphne understood humor and comedy — she was not offended. Why would her family be offended?”

After Chappelle mentioned Daphne in a previous Netflix special, Dorman bragged about it on social media. Another sister, Brandy, said in a Facebook post that Chappelle “loved my sister and felt empathy towards her human experience and, yes, he makes terrible jokes that are also funny. News flash, our whole family does that. Our funerals are laughter through tears, we mourn by remembering the times we laughed together, and yes, some inappropriate humor, too. . . . As often as Dave stands up for Daphne, we will be there for Dave. This man is our tribe, and we mourn alongside him.”

Chappelle noted in that previous special, Sticks & Stones, that Daphne had laughed especially hard at the jokes he did about gender.

Becky told The Daily Beast that it’s completely wrong to blame Chappelle for the suicide. “No one knows what life was like for my siblings and I. We are products of how we were brought [up]. Dave was the biggest bright spot for Daphne; she was enamored for the first time. Blaming Dave is beyond the wrong thing to do. He helped her and let her be comfortable while talking with him. She had many demons; Dave Chappelle was NOT one of them.”

Since Chappelle is evidently full of fondness for Daphne, stamping him as a hater requires ignoring the tenor of his remarks and focusing very narrowly on just one contention, which boils down to six words: “Gender is a fact,” Chappelle stated. And he said he was on “team TERF,” meaning he agreed with J. K. Rowling that male and female are defined biological categories. (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist, a term coined by the trans movement to insult and marginalize popularly held views, followed the path of “Tory” and “Impressionist” in becoming embraced by those it was meant to denigrate.)

The trans movement would have us believe that referring to the intransigence of DNA amounts to hate speech. That’s not only wrong, it’s self-defeating. If the trans movement wants to be accepted, it should stop insisting that others must sign on to its revolutionary biology, built around the insistence that men can give birth.

“Gender is a fact” would not have been a controversial statement 20 years ago, and only a small minority would disagree with that statement even today. If saying “Gender is a fact” makes you transphobic, no matter how respectful you may be of the feelings of trans people, no matter how gracious you may be to trans people, no matter if you have (as Chappelle has) set up a trust fund for the daughter of a trans person (Daphne), then the trans movement is insisting on ruling out of bounds the views of most people. When you declare most people out of bounds, though, you’re really just marking your own position as extreme. That isn’t the path to acceptance, and the angry calls by trans activists for Chappelle’s special to be yanked strike most people as far more troubling than anything Chappelle has ever said. Whatever happened to “agree to disagree”? Chappelle is telling trans folks, “I respect you, but I disagree with you.” Trans individuals and their allies reply that disagreement is itself disrespect, and not only is it disrespect, it’s hateful and beyond the pale. It must be punished. Chappelle is one of the finest practitioners of his art in America. Shutting him down can’t be the answer to the question of how trans people can gain respect.

old salt wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 10:53 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 6:06 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:59 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:44 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sun Oct 10, 2021 5:04 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:06 pm

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 4:47 pm

Typical Lax Dad wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:39 am

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Fri Oct 08, 2021 5:00 pm https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dave- ... uxbndlbing

Dave Chappelle makes some observations that should not be just brushed off.

What do you believe his observation is?

I don't need to explain it. Mr Chappelle said it himself. Listen and judge for yourself. IMO he believes the LGBTQ community is light years ahead of black Americans on the road to being accepted. Mr Chappelle made an observation about the rapper I believed to be nothing short of brilliant. You can shoot a n****r dead and no one cares. You criticize the LGBTQ community and you quickly become a social outcast.

That’s your take? If you are black and fall into a LGBTQ classification you good?

My "take" is irrelevant. The issue is about what Dave Chappelle thinks about the issue. He made his own observations which you had no opinion on. I believe you are a fan of Mr Chappelle. What is YOUR opinion of what he said? Were you offended? Is Mr Chappelle a homophobe?

I am not offended and Dave isn’t a homophobe. I just wanted to see your understanding. Like I said, it’s probably something I have heard 100 time for groups beyond just the LGBTQ classification. Ask your friend that liked Sheriff Clarke.

My understanding was Mr Chappelle was pointing out the preferential treatment given to the LGBTQ community ignoring centuries of inequities suffered by black Americans. I actually like Sheriff Clarke. He wore one bad ass uniform. He also, judging by the FLP folks on this forum was the wrong shade of black.

Thanks for clarifying your understanding. All the best.

Thoughtful analysis of Chappelle's latest from behind the NR+ paywall :

https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/10/ ... ransphobe/

Dave Chappelle Is Not a Transphobe

Dave Chappelle holds a distinction nearly unique among comics: Whenever he drops a special, it’s news. His latest Netflix offering, The Closer, immediately got him accused of “pointless transphobia and homophobia” (The Daily Beast), “Betrayal” (GQ) and “anti-LGBTQ diatribes” (GLAAD).

The Closer is not one of Chappelle’s best efforts — he has done nine of these specials, including six for Netflix, and the new one is probably the least effective among them — but in its compassion it’s the opposite of transphobic. Chappelle exhibits a lot of humanity, a lot of humility, and a lot of self-questioning as he does his best to grapple with the question of how to be respectful of transgendered people while acknowledging that in comedy, nothing should be ruled off-limits, particularly if your brand of standup is saying the unsayable. Chappelle insists on the right to continue to tell the truth as he sees it, but he isn’t interested in antagonism for its own sake. What he’s doing isn’t trolling. He genuinely doesn’t want to hurt people. He goes out of his way to clarify how important he thinks it is to be sensitive to trans folks. Saying there can be humor in transgenderism is just saying, “Welcome to humanity. Everybody’s funny.”

The centerpiece of Chappelle’s special is a long reminiscence, not really a comedy bit, about a trans performer he knew named Daphne. “Knew,” past tense, because Daphne committed suicide in October 2019. Daphne Dorman was a male-to-female standup comic whose family is defending Chappelle. Nothing in The Closer would have bothered Daphne, two family members have said.

“Daphne was in awe of Dave’s graciousness,” Dorman’s sister Becky wrote in a text to The Daily Beast. “She did not find his jokes rude, crude, off-coloring, off-putting, anything. She thought his jokes were funny. Daphne understood humor and comedy — she was not offended. Why would her family be offended?”

After Chappelle mentioned Daphne in a previous Netflix special, Dorman bragged about it on social media. Another sister, Brandy, said in a Facebook post that Chappelle “loved my sister and felt empathy towards her human experience and, yes, he makes terrible jokes that are also funny. News flash, our whole family does that. Our funerals are laughter through tears, we mourn by remembering the times we laughed together, and yes, some inappropriate humor, too. . . . As often as Dave stands up for Daphne, we will be there for Dave. This man is our tribe, and we mourn alongside him.”

Chappelle noted in that previous special, Sticks & Stones, that Daphne had laughed especially hard at the jokes he did about gender.

Becky told The Daily Beast that it’s completely wrong to blame Chappelle for the suicide. “No one knows what life was like for my siblings and I. We are products of how we were brought [up]. Dave was the biggest bright spot for Daphne; she was enamored for the first time. Blaming Dave is beyond the wrong thing to do. He helped her and let her be comfortable while talking with him. She had many demons; Dave Chappelle was NOT one of them.”

Since Chappelle is evidently full of fondness for Daphne, stamping him as a hater requires ignoring the tenor of his remarks and focusing very narrowly on just one contention, which boils down to six words: “Gender is a fact,” Chappelle stated. And he said he was on “team TERF,” meaning he agreed with J. K. Rowling that male and female are defined biological categories. (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist, a term coined by the trans movement to insult and marginalize popularly held views, followed the path of “Tory” and “Impressionist” in becoming embraced by those it was meant to denigrate.)

The trans movement would have us believe that referring to the intransigence of DNA amounts to hate speech. That’s not only wrong, it’s self-defeating. If the trans movement wants to be accepted, it should stop insisting that others must sign on to its revolutionary biology, built around the insistence that men can give birth.

“Gender is a fact” would not have been a controversial statement 20 years ago, and only a small minority would disagree with that statement even today. If saying “Gender is a fact” makes you transphobic, no matter how respectful you may be of the feelings of trans people, no matter how gracious you may be to trans people, no matter if you have (as Chappelle has) set up a trust fund for the daughter of a trans person (Daphne), then the trans movement is insisting on ruling out of bounds the views of most people. When you declare most people out of bounds, though, you’re really just marking your own position as extreme. That isn’t the path to acceptance, and the angry calls by trans activists for Chappelle’s special to be yanked strike most people as far more troubling than anything Chappelle has ever said. Whatever happened to “agree to disagree”? Chappelle is telling trans folks, “I respect you, but I disagree with you.” Trans individuals and their allies reply that disagreement is itself disrespect, and not only is it disrespect, it’s hateful and beyond the pale. It must be punished. Chappelle is one of the finest practitioners of his art in America. Shutting him down can’t be the answer to the question of how trans people can gain respect.

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:51 pm

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:25 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:24 am Tough to “resign” and leave $60M+ on the table.

Again, the reactionary, fake, NFL knew about this for years. These emails have been floating around for a whole decade. And they were sent to owners and nfl execs. But they didn’t act until the NYT reported about it.

They don’t care about concussions and player safety. They dont care about BLM. They dont care about veterans. They don’t care about breast cancer. They don’t care about racist emails.

It’s all bs. They only care about perception. And this proves it. Once again.

PS- Lamar Jackson puts himself into the MVP lead with 500+ yards of individual offense in an OT win over the Colts.

You're surprised that a bunch of rich old white dudes who run the league and the teams don't actually care about the players and the players' causes?

No, I'm saying they don't care about the causes they SAY they care about.

cradleandshoot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:40 pm

NattyBohChamps04 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:25 pm

kramerica.inc wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:24 am Tough to “resign” and leave $60M+ on the table.

Again, the reactionary, fake, NFL knew about this for years. These emails have been floating around for a whole decade. And they were sent to owners and nfl execs. But they didn’t act until the NYT reported about it.

They don’t care about concussions and player safety. They dont care about BLM. They dont care about veterans. They don’t care about breast cancer. They don’t care about racist emails.

It’s all bs. They only care about perception. And this proves it. Once again.

PS- Lamar Jackson puts himself into the MVP lead with 500+ yards of individual offense in an OT win over the Colts.

You're surprised that a bunch of rich old white dudes who run the league and the teams don't actually care about the players and the players' causes?

FTR, Terry Pegula owns the Buffalo Bills. His wife Kim Pegula runs the Buffalo Bills. They are her team lock, stock and barrel. She is a woman born in South Korea. You may need to rethink and adjust your inbred racist stereotype.https://www.nfl.com/news/next-woman-up- ... falo-bills