Charles Barkley has been married to the same woman for over 25 years. They have one daughter who is in her mid twenties. From what I understand, he is a very good father.
I had a good father. He was an industry captain, was on the ground floor of semiconductors, was a Marine Officer. All his Marine colleagues were at his funeral at his funeral many years after he was no longer in the Marines.
He found jobs for young people constantly. No one around us didn’t have a job.
He was captain of his NCAA 1A football team as a freshman. Was invited to play for the Lions, and turned it down, saying if he got injured he’d be unhappy working a second rate job for which he’d over qualify.
Still got the letter.
He (and we) regularly visited his elderly relatives, he made sure they had things.
And (I found out later) he followed us, and had us followed on dates and when we went out.
He was a good father.
And he was normal. His behavior was common. And he would be disgusted by people putting up with, much less, defending, and admiring this weak behavior.
I miss him every day, but I am glad he doesn’t have to watch the likes of Dana Perino standing up for this, men actually debating this.
And if he had ever insulted a group of women publicly in this way, I would have been horrified, embarrassed and shunned, rightfully, in our community.
If he had defied those asking him to stifle it, the obnoxious, abuser way Charles Barkley did, I wouldn’t know who he’d become.
It wouldn’t matter how many people with low standards defended him.
Good father? Not by my standards. His kids have to live with this shame.
BLechh!!