Posted on 03/12/2021 10:54:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
An Oklahoma basketball announcer who was caught on a hot mic calling members of an all-girl high school team the N-word for kneeling during the national anthem is now blaming the outburst on his diabetes.
“I will state that I suffer Type 1 diabetes and during the game, my sugar was spiking,” the announcer, Matt Rowan, told TMZ Sports.
Rowan claimed, “it is not unusual when my sugar spikes that I become disoriented and often say things that are not appropriate as well as hurtful.”
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He should have gone with the Tourette’s Syndrome alibi.
I’m sure if he had called them treasonous, woke virtue-signalers he would been just fine.
Well, White Sugar for sure. You would have to consult with Mick Jagger about Brown Sugar.
I agree with your intent, not with your words.
...and for the rest of us, “Always assume there is a camera or mic nearby recording everything you are doing and saying.”
He could just say that he was repeating some rap lyrics. Some of the most popular rappers have songs filled with similar sentiments.
There are material reasons why we can’t seem to get that word out of our vocabulary. The incidence of its use had fallen dramatically over my lifetime ... until the Antifa and Black LIES Matter riots of 2020.
Now it’s back with a vengeance, and I don’t wonder.
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