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Alhena (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:46 PM Original message |
Black athletes should boycot West Virginia and Kentucky ... |
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ej510 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. They won't though because of television. It's a great opportunity to play in the big east and |
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bowens43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
2. We need to unite the country not further divide it. |
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DeaconBlues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. Oh, oh, Kentucky. You have now joined the list of pariah states |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. dont act like you speek for anybody in state. |
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DeaconBlues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Umm, what the fuck are you talking about? |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah, and white athletes could boycott South Carolina and Mississippi |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Kentucky had an African American men's head basketball coach |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. "Nobody called the UK athletic program racist." Wow - THAT'S a DUzy if ever there was one. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. How so? Are you saying it WAS/IS racist? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Easy there frothy-mouthed one. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. You're the one who said the statement was a DUzy. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. You making up shit out of thin air doesn't constitute an issue that needs to be addressed. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. So it should be easy to come up with specifics. Right? |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Some memorable quotes from the great Adolph Rupp |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. I really don't know why the poster bothered keeping that losing convo going. |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. "Nobody accused Dracula of being a bloodthirsty creature of the night" |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. hahahaha! |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I should have added "LATELY." |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. I'm still waiting for something more recent than Adolph Rupp ... |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Is Tubby Smith still coaching at Kentucky? |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. They don't do affirmative action in basketball |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Good one! It's called the Good old boys club. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. The exceptions are waaaaaay too numerous to post. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. You have to go all the way back to Rupp to find something? |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Kentucky basketball has been one of the most criminal of Division I programs for the last 60 years |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Oh, right. More corrupt than Tark the Shark ... |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. No, they absolutely should not. |
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atufal1c (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
9. Boycott doesn't seem to make sense, but |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Go to W.Va. to play football; go to KY to play basketball. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
11. I can understand the feelings behind this post, but I have to disagree. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. we arent all racist, stop trying to go that route |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. I'm surprised you're surprised, Alhena. n/t |
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locker13 (185 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
15. hmmm no |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. no, we want MORE connections between people, not fewer. |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. That's why his followers are so ready to write off everyone else as racist. |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. that is absurd |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Yes, such an easy victory for Obama in S.C. since he's black and all those blackity-black voters |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. "blackity-black" HAHAHAHA!!! |
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moobu2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Duh |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Before OBAMA used race as a wedge? |
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SCantiGOP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #25 |
44. fredscuttle, are you making sense? |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I'm still waiting to hear how Obama used race as a wedge in S.C. |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I think it's much more complex than that |
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Texas Hill Country (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. go ahead and chalk up the whole thing to the entire states and all the people in them are racists |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. Does this really belong in GDP? |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. ## DON'T DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
35. Better yet ... why don't they boycott the SEC entirely? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
40. I Think They Should Boycot New York |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
45. Black athletes should boycot |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
47. May I ask, in which state do you live? Or what is your home state? |
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jsmirman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
48. I actually was kind of thinking the same thing. The WVU folks sure embrace their black athletes |
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theHandpuppet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
52. Is this a hit and run thread? |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
53. Because racism exists only in Kentucky and West Virginia... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-16-08 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
54. I rather doubt that will shame them out of their racism. |
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