philosophizer75

Yeah Oregon's floor has been that way for years. Not a fan.

He looks so much like Adam Levine to me in that picture.

LSU's trajectory under Orgeron reminds me of the Cubs trajectory under Theo, without the historical ineptitude aspect. -Rise to the very pinnacle of the sport -Seem to have the pieces to establish a dynasty -Proceed to underperform for years playing without the spark that drove the initial success

Literally exactly the same for me. I have a Rizzo away jersey and a Javy alternate. Thinking I might get a Hendricks home one to finish the set sometime.

Alright, I think I get it now. The "joke" is saying what he did with the implication that Seaver would never have worn one so Brenly was just making fun of Stroman for wearing one and the racial issue follows. I was taking his phrase literally, without the implication and was really confused.

My intention wasn't ever to defend Brenly. I was 10 when he was doing his thing here for the Cubs and the only context I had for any of his past was the story I read earlier with comments from Aramis. I was confused about where the anger was stemming from with regards to his current comment about the durag. It didn't strike me as anything but a dumb joke, but if Stroman took offense to it then that's what matters.

There are people calling for him to be fired for this. Aramis literally said he should be fired for this. I'm not saying we should wave away microtransgressions. I'm saying I don't understand how this particular instance even clears that bar.

This whole thing does just smack of hypersensitivity to me. I'm not going to try to discount systemic racism or stand here and pretend that race isn't a colossal issue for our country and for the world to try and hurdle. But I also don't think calling a hair net a durag is indicative that someone is a full blown, outed racist. Even in the video from Survivor that CL Smooth posted, it just seems like a guy calling a hair piece a durag. Maybe all I'm doing here is proving myself to truly be blind to my own privilege despite years of feeling like I'm pretty self aware about things of such a nature. But this situation right here still strikes me as ridiculous to be upset about. Like NOLA said, I believe these sorts of reaches distract from more serious instances of racism.

Long story short: Brenly was using “durag” as a derogatory comment since wearing a durag is conceived by unintelligent racist white people as something a poor black person wears. Jamal from Survivor breaks it down better than I could. Watch the video I posted. I watched the video and I get it, well I get that I don't get it with regards to the privilege I have. I dunno, it still just seems like conjecture to me to conclude that someone using the word durag is automatically subconsciously putting the black man beneath themselves. Growing up the only thought I can remember with regards to them is that I thought durags looked cool.

Not gonna lie, I really really don't get how what Brenly said can be taken as racist unless you're just looking for something to be upset about... It just seems like a dumb joke? Maybe I'm just oblivious to how it is being construed in such a way as to piss people off. Is the word du-rag a slur?

Not much rooting interest here, but these officials have made 3-4 calls, miscalls and spots now just blatantly in the favor of the Packers.

Keep on keepin on Cubs!

:hello: :good: Vic had himself a night. Cubs had themselves a series. Brewers have been slippin' up a bit. Think I read somewhere that Yellich might not be playing at 100%.. Seems to me like this is a perfect opportunity to bury them and in doing so, hopefully pass the Cardinals. :clapping: C'mon Cubs! Make it happen! :clapping:

Why thank you sir, I'll have another.

One down. Lets keep it going Cubs!