Posted on 05/04/2017 6:04:25 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd
The Boston Red Sox have had enough of the racial slurs being thrown around Fenway Park and are beginning to take action.
According to a team press release on Wednesday, a fan has been permanently banned from Fenway Park after being caught directing a racial slur toward another person during Tuesday night’s game.
The Boston Globe reported the incident happened immediately following the national anthem, which has been performed by a Kenyan woman. The report states a Red Sox fan wearing a team hat and T-shirt uttered a racial slur to describe the woman’s rendition of the anthem.
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Throwing stuff on the field is a crime, and so is public drunkenness to the point of disorderly conduct. Small crimes that only get fines, but still crimes. And if he gets hit with those it helps their case for banning him if he tries to fight it.
Jackson
Grad Ole Miss 1981
Lived in Taylor one year
Still had the catfish nite back then
And it was a muddy red clay road out past the fire tower at Thacker mountain
A hill
I was just there last sunday
Things have been tough this year, but I see them improving.
Saw a good post by a Giants fan on Facebook the other day saying this is the kind of season where you REALLY savor the wins, and I think that’s a great attitude.
I imagine there are limits to this. For example they probably wouldn’t get away with:
- Banning a transgender person for wearing the “opposite sex clothing”
- Banning a gay couple who kissed, or even who spoke rudely to others around them who complained.
- Banning a person wearing a T-shirt they objected to, unless it was a Trump T-shirt.
If they now crack down and ban for life EVERY person who is heard making fun of someone else, maybe they could get away with it, but they also would end up with no fans.
If they don’t, the fan could probably sue them for their selective punishment of his right to have a conversation with a friend at the ballpark without others eavesdropping and reporting them.
But imagine if, after throwing out some white guy for saying the n-word, they let the next 20 black people get away with it. that would be asking for a race discrimination suit.
“Yeah, it’s just a shame those damned Yankees passed those Jim Crow laws.”
You mean like the Black Codes of Lincoln’s home state of Illinois that you evidently know nothing about?
http://interactive.wttw.com/a/main.taf-p=76,4,3,4.html
http://www.lib.niu.edu/1996/iht329602.html
listen, I am tired of arguing with you guys.
Obviously Blacks were always treated perfectly in the North and still are, according to you.
End of discussion.
Since I’m on your side I have no idea what that post is supposed to mean.
oh sorry, I misunderstood you response.
I was just sick of this conversation.
Taylor Grocery, just beyond where “Temple Drake” caught the bus. After a good catfish dinner with Jimmy Faulkner, I wrote on the left wall towards the back just across from the juke box, “love me, love my dog”, our initials and date. Good memories of a long time passed.
Oh dear. Accidentally posted from “taxmanguy”, who is my husband, and who seldom posts here. This, to say the least, made my comment sound weird! The dinner at Taylor happened many years before I met my husband. Still friends with Jim’s dear family. May he rest in peace.
That’s alright dear
I lived in the house immediately to the left of Taylor grocery if you’re facing it
A little brown two bedroom joint
They tore it down for parking I think
Taylor road from campus and Bickerstaffs where I also lived my last year ran right in front
I was there in Taylor 1978
I ran with Rusty Faulkner myself..and his little brother who’s name escapes me
Rusty looked like his famous uncle a good bit
Pointy chin and hawk nose
Rusty’s brother is nicknamed Buddy. You also probably remember baby sister, Meg. There were Tennessee Walkers and Dobermans and a whole succession of cats named “Pistol”... a lively household.
Last time we tried to drive around Oxford, I couldn’t believe the traffic and new structures. We hit at rush-hour and couldn’t get out of the bumper-to-bumper to reach St. Peter’s. Glad we knew it pre-Grisham, when it still had the drowsy, unselfconsciously Southern vibe going.
I believe I’ve seen your former Taylor residences in photos by Jack Cofield. Glad to receive recollections and news about good old Oxford. I always enjoy your posts.
“Anti-social behavior isn’t a crime.”
Not yet.
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