jimjohn, I do not care if you are a black guy.
I am not viewing this event through that lens, I am viewing it through a Maoist lens.
The public persecution and humiliation has been going on a long time, just more subtly than when Mao’s Red Guard first came into existence. But the template is the same...to fundamentally transform the country. Whether is shouts of racism, homophobia, war on women, a Christian business refusing to bake wedding cakes.... or the CEO of Mozilla being forced to resign over contributions to a political position.
Holy Smokes Batman, do we not see the history train heading into that long dark Winston Tunnel?
Yes, anyone over the age of 50 has heard a lot worse spew forth from the mouths of racists. But they needed someone to make an example of...and make it stick. Put the fear of god in him and us.
I am sorry, but today in my journal of life, today is a turning point day. A day when many still refuse to see where we are going.
Good. I don’t care either. Let me also state that his words don’t bother me at all. Primarily because I choose not too. For the record, I’ve been spending the day with the guys at work saying that if I was Sterling’s lawyer, I could present one heck of a case in his defense.
For starters, I’m pretty sure that $2.5 million fine will never get paid.