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December 11, 2012

Jason Whitlock's Pretty Sure That Broccoli Is Racist
— Ace

Crying racism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

By his own admission, Whitlock made a "mistake" in comparing the NRA to the KKK. But anyone else who notices that mistake is a "racist" for doing so.

O'Reilly invited him on to his show, Whitlock refused, and then O'Reilly knocked him as a coward. You can say whatever you like about this tactic of O'Reilly's -- but it's clearly not racist. He does it to everyone.

But Whitlock reaches for that Special Card.

But it appears I was summoned to testify before Speaker of The Big House Bill OÂ’Reilly, the FOX News entertainer. OÂ’Reilly is fixated on the mistake I made on the Tom Joyner show. OÂ’Reilly spent part of his Tuesday show telling his viewers that I was afraid to come on Â“The FactorÂ” and discuss my views on the NRA, the Second Amendment and gun culture.
IÂ’m a grown-ass man and itÂ’s 2012. I donÂ’t have to shuffle off to the Big House when summoned. OÂ’Reilly is not Boehner, Pelosi or Obama. HeÂ’s a TV entertainer who has spent the weeks after the election crying about the end of Â“white establishmentÂ” America, the end of the days when an upstanding white man felt entitled to summon whomever he wanted whenever he wanted to the Big House to dance.
I donÂ’t dance.

Racism is the new Ladies' Troubles. A general excuse for not doing stuff you don't want to do, and a sort of icky area no one's going to probe too deeply about.

Jason Whitlock may not dance, but apparently he plays tennis, goes horseback riding, and walks along the beach.

"That Broccoli Is Racist" is an old Andrew Breitbart joke, by the way. He suggested that as a name for a show starring Toure. The concept was that Toure would just point out random objects and accuse them of being racist. I imagine the credits would begin with him accusing the broccoli.

Posted by: Ace at 06:05 AM | Comments (154)
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1 Yes new thread

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:07 AM (uFY4s)

2 The old thread went bad

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:07 AM (uFY4s)

3 Real fast

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:07 AM (uFY4s)

4 Jason Whitlock may not dance, but apparently he plays tennis, goes horseback riding, and walks along the beach. --- Have you seen Whitlock? The closest that fat fuck gets to doing anything active is watching Dwayne Bowe celebrate in the end zone in KC.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 06:07 AM (e0xKF)

5 Whitlock not dancing dispels that stereotype.

Posted by: MrCaniac at December 11, 2012 06:07 AM (Zd/NW)

6 I liked Juan. Williams for a second because of his response to this bitch

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:08 AM (uFY4s)

7 "Jason Whitlock may not dance, but apparently he plays tennis, goes horseback riding, and walks along the beach." what are you saying...that he's living out a tampon commercial?

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 06:08 AM (GVxQo)

8 Al sharpton is racist

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:09 AM (uFY4s)

9 I donÂ’t dance.

/appreciative nod

Posted by: flooring joists everywhere at December 11, 2012 06:09 AM (1sinL)

10 >>>Jason Whitlock may not dance, but apparently he plays tennis, goes horseback riding, and walks along the beach. well I was trying to make a tampon commercial joke but point taken.

Posted by: ace at December 11, 2012 06:09 AM (LCRYB)

11 7 you win

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:09 AM (uFY4s)

12 Jason Whitlock can't swim.

Posted by: Butters at December 11, 2012 06:10 AM (NIZHJ)

13 10 I see more catheter commercials than tampkn commercials

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:10 AM (uFY4s)

14 13 butters you know what you are......../

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 06:10 AM (GVxQo)

15 Who the hell is Jason Whitlock? and who gives a shit?

Posted by: Roy at December 11, 2012 06:10 AM (VndSC)

16 Oh he dances alright...best 'Hustle' I've ever seen.

Posted by: billygoat at December 11, 2012 06:11 AM (AdHyU)

17 Oh, for goodness sakes. Everything is racist. My chair is racist. Oxygen is racist. Calling an idiot out on an imbecilic racist comment is racist. Suddenly invite = summon. What a mule.

Posted by: chique d'afrique on her phone at December 11, 2012 06:11 AM (6zgse)

18 For such a loud fat fuck, Whitlock has a history of being a pussy when called out on his bullshit.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 06:12 AM (e0xKF)

19 Jesse Jackson is racist

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:12 AM (uFY4s)

20 Whitlock, a floating turd, finally reaching a specific gravity lighter than H2O and is thus noticed by the world, clearly believes in "No Guns for Negroes": http://preview.tinyurl.com/ku4onf

Posted by: Thorvald at December 11, 2012 06:12 AM (1V6Pv)

21 Ladies troubles aren't fake though.

Posted by: SarahW at December 11, 2012 06:13 AM (LYwCh)

22 No need to knock Kansas City because a dumb ass writes there.

Posted by: RioBravo at December 11, 2012 06:14 AM (eEfYn)

23 from wiki glory days: Whitlock was an all-state offensive lineman at Warren Central High School in Warren Township in the eastern part of Indianapolis, and he blocked for quarterback Jeff George, who later became the first overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft. He played offensive line at Ball State because of thyroid issue that developed when he was 20 years old.

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 06:15 AM (GVxQo)

24 Jason need his own zapruder film

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:15 AM (uFY4s)

25 I'll base your ass on my fist...face..ass.. shut up.

Posted by: Jason Whitlock, Fucktard Emertius at December 11, 2012 06:15 AM (KZi9D)

26 Jason Whitlock?? I guess I'm out of the loop. Never heard of the guy. Speaking of which, the next major election cycle is in 2014. I'm pretty confident Jason Whitlock won't be on a ballot anywhere.

Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at December 11, 2012 06:16 AM (r2PLg)

27 You know what the most racist thing of all is? (Besides white republicans and republicans of color?) Melanin.

Posted by: chique d'afrique on her phone at December 11, 2012 06:16 AM (6zgse)

28 Jason Whitlock is one big ass windbag. He is still trying to remain relevant after his ass was "summoned to the Big House" and fired from ESPN. He is a pathetic, sexist, racist pig. And yes...he is anti-Christian as well. Have I missed anything? Why he still has a job with Fox Sports is beyond me.

Posted by: I Be That Chick on Her Blackberry at December 11, 2012 06:16 AM (7TwHV)

29 Ace, your up early

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:17 AM (uFY4s)

30 http://tinyurl.com/bka5uvz maybe he can comment on Caroline Wozniacki

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 06:17 AM (GVxQo)

31 "IÂ’m a grown-ass man and itÂ’s 2012. I donÂ’t have to shuffle off to the Big House when summoned. OÂ’Reilly is not Boehner, Pelosi or Obama."

So he'd "shuffle off to the Big House' if summoned by a government official?

Interesting.......

Posted by: Tami at December 11, 2012 06:17 AM (X6akg)

32 He forgot to add Massa. Go to The Big House when Massa called.

It's clearly what he's referring to.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 11, 2012 06:17 AM (ccXZP)

33 Why he still has a job with Fox Sports is beyond me. --- There's apparently a serious lack of talented sportswriters out there. No other way to explain how incompetent douchebags like him and Peter King are still employed.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 06:17 AM (e0xKF)

34 tami he seems to have issues

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 06:18 AM (GVxQo)

35 IÂ’m a grown-ass man Then grow the fuck up and quit hiding behind the race card. That card is maxed out and has been declined and we have been instructed by the card issuer to retain the card and cut it up.

Posted by: rickb223 Let. It. Burn. at December 11, 2012 06:18 AM (GFM2b)

36
"If OÂ’Reilly wants to talk, heÂ’s more than welcome at my little house. IÂ’d love to tape a podcast with him discussing the Second Amendment, gun culture and his fears about the end of white establishment America."

Podcast.

Define punching down.....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at December 11, 2012 06:18 AM (kdS6q)

37 Grown - ass. It's like Hemingway has come back to life.

Posted by: LASue at December 11, 2012 06:19 AM (gjIQF)

38 32 don't forget the hillyness, the zoo, the fountains, and the downtown

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:19 AM (uFY4s)

39 He may not dance, but he sure does a good impression of jumping around like a Kansas City faggot.

Posted by: Taggart at December 11, 2012 06:19 AM (86/8G)

40 Jason Whitlock? I thought that was Stephen A. Smith had some sort of allergic reaction after undergoing two weeks of chemo. -

Posted by: BumperStickerist at December 11, 2012 06:19 AM (RuUvx)

41 For such a loud fat fuck, Whitlock has a history of being a pussy when called out on his bullshit.

He can only dream of being awesome as pussy.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 11, 2012 06:20 AM (/kI1Q)

42 he seems to have issues

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 10:18 AM (GVxQo)

His issues have issues.

Posted by: Tami at December 11, 2012 06:20 AM (X6akg)

43 According to Democrats everything is racist, except Democrats.

Posted by: Vic at December 11, 2012 06:20 AM (YdQQY)

44 38 everything has its own gravitational field

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:20 AM (uFY4s)

45 @42 "Oh, Stewardess! I speak jive."

Posted by: Thorvald at December 11, 2012 06:21 AM (1V6Pv)

46 i just want to make clear right here and right now.... i love george brett

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 06:21 AM (GVxQo)

47 Guns are RACIST!

"The rates of firearms deaths in the U.S. vary significantly by race and sex. The U.S. national average was 10.2 deaths per 100,000 population in 2009. The highest rate was 28.4/100,000 for African-American males, more than quadruple the rate of 6.3/100,000 for white males. (CDC, 2009)"

Posted by: RioBravo at December 11, 2012 06:21 AM (eEfYn)

48 Hi Vic

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:21 AM (uFY4s)

49 Not knowing every word ever written by PJ O'Rourke?

Racist.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 11, 2012 06:21 AM (da5Wo)

50 39 tami he seems to have issues --- MAJOR issues. I've been looking for a specific story I remember about him for a while now, but can't find it. It was him being an asshole to a KC-area coach and getting it shoved back in his face, then coming up to the guy afterward and talking about how it was "hurtful" for the guy to do that to him. I want to say the situation was him asking former Kansas football coach Mark Mangino why good athletes would want to play for such a fat bastard of a coach and Mangino, who doesn't suffer fools well, let him have it.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 06:21 AM (e0xKF)

51 Hi

Posted by: Vic at December 11, 2012 06:22 AM (YdQQY)

52 Indon't watch sports so this blows under my feet

Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 06:22 AM (uFY4s)

53 He can only dream of being awesome as pussy.

Posted by: HeatherRadishÂ™ needs a beer at December 11, 2012 10:20 AM (/kI1Q)

Congrats. You win the internet.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 11, 2012 06:22 AM (da5Wo)

54 OPEN Race issues thread?

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:23 AM (uFY4s)

55 So he'd "shuffle off to the Big House' if summoned by a government official?

If they asked him to come lick their ass, he'd pay for his own plane ticket.

Guy throwing around "Massa" as a metaphor for a private citizen's opinion can't wait to be used by fascists. Huh.

Posted by: HeatherRadish™ needs a beer at December 11, 2012 06:23 AM (/kI1Q)

56 The highest rate was 28.4/100,000 for African-American males, more than quadruple the rate of 6.3/100,000 for white males.

Somehow I doubt that's the "gun culture" Whitlock wants to talk about on his Very Special Podcast.

Posted by: Waterhouse at December 11, 2012 06:23 AM (1sinL)

57 Matters, it does not.

Posted by: eman at December 11, 2012 06:23 AM (9gcmf)

58 Had no idea who Whitlock was until reading his NRA comments on AoSHQ last week. Had no idea he was black until reading this article today. So does that make mean I'm not racist because I assumed that a babbling idiot was white, or am I racist because I assumed that any professional writer-commentator-or-whatever-the-hell-he-is must be white? Oh, right now I remember. I'm racist because I'm white.

Posted by: Dante at December 11, 2012 06:23 AM (NWLVJ)

59 How does one handle getting these people off the air?

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:24 AM (uFY4s)

60 I never even heard of Jason Witlock until Costas mentioned him. And I liked it better that way.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 11, 2012 06:24 AM (79ueO)

61 Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 10:17 AM (e0xKF) I would add Bill Simmons and Rick Reilly to that list as well. I think what pisses me off the most about Jason Whitlock is that he assumes to be the authority on all things sports, especially in the black community. Everything is racist and the white man's fault.

Posted by: I Be That Chick on Her Blackberry at December 11, 2012 06:24 AM (6gk77)

62 Jason Whitlock? Never heard of him.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at December 11, 2012 06:25 AM (jucos)

63 Boycott fox sports

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:26 AM (uFY4s)

64 Oh broccoli is totally racist. Remember, George H W Bush hated broccoli and banned it from the White House. Obviously, that was because racism.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with bacon cheddar fries. at December 11, 2012 06:26 AM (VtjlW)

65 JB1000, I guess giving your opinion on one guy's opinion of a meaningless entertainment would kind of be a good definition of unimportant...

Posted by: Jenny tries too hard at December 11, 2012 06:26 AM (b+8h9)

66 Boycott all organizations that hire race baiters

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:27 AM (uFY4s)

67 Turkey: Israel is playing with fire President Abdullah Gul warns Israel against pursuing E1 settlement construction plans. 'Israel has become a burden to its allies,' he says Hum? I wonder what Ally he is talking about and when obama told him that? And a big thanks to all my liberal Jew relatives for voting for the bastard.

Posted by: Nevergiveup at December 11, 2012 06:27 AM (79ueO)

68 I feel obligated to post dozens of inane things on every thread.

Posted by: Alex of shut the fuck up at December 11, 2012 06:27 AM (I7O5y)

69 Jason can't come out and play today. He has a case of the vapors.

Perhaps if he knew just a little bit more about black history, he would know that blacks considered gun rights paramount during the KKK heydays. Self defense was quite in vogue during those times.

Now though, just racist.

Posted by: GnuBreed at December 11, 2012 06:27 AM (ccXZP)

70 All this crying wolf. If racism ever really did happen to this kid, no one would believe him.

Posted by: lauraw at December 11, 2012 06:27 AM (ESX3x)

71 I would add Bill Simmons and Rick Reilly to that list as well. I think what pisses me off the most about Jason Whitlock is that he assumes to be the authority on all things sports, especially in the black community. Everything is racist and the white man's fault. --- Don't forget Whitlock's distaff counterpart at ESPN, Jemelle Hill.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 06:27 AM (e0xKF)

72 26 from wiki

glory days:

Whitlock was an all-state offensive lineman at Warren Central High School in Warren Township in the eastern part of Indianapolis, and he blocked for quarterback Jeff George, who later became the first overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft. He played offensive line at Ball State because of thyroid issue that developed when he was 20 years old.

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 10:15 AM (GVxQo)

Wow, so Jeff George wasn't the biggest douchebag in his high school.

Posted by: MrCaniac at December 11, 2012 06:28 AM (Zd/NW)

73 a couple of weeks ago there was a sports station on in the back ground and some white man was interviewing a black man and the black man was upset because if a white coach has a bad season or 10 they keep getting chances to pull it together and get to keep their job...but if a black man is coaching he gets on or two seasons at best to prove himself and then he is fired...and that is representative in the racism in the nfl.....all i could think of is how many women coaches are there? what about the handicapped cripple asians? i never see them getting a chance to coach.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 06:28 AM (GVxQo)

74 Why he still has a job with Fox Sports is beyond me. No, it's not. Admit it. It's the same reason an obnoxious, talentless clown like Stephen A. Smith -- who, as far as I can tell from his commentary, doesn't actually watch any sports, ever -- continues to make more money in a year than most of us will ever see in a lifetime.

Posted by: VJay at December 11, 2012 06:28 AM (q5NFp)

75 You want a racist green vegetable, try some Arugula.

Posted by: Jenny tries too hard at December 11, 2012 06:28 AM (b+8h9)

76 Jonsa si a ibg udamsbs.

Posted by: alex the dyslexic at December 11, 2012 06:28 AM (uFY4s)

77 73 Turkey: Israel is playing with fire President Abdullah Gul warns Israel against pursuing E1 settlement construction plans. 'Israel has become a burden to its allies,' he says --- Israel may be playing with fire, but the Palestinians are the ones slinging around cans of gasoline. Let's see who ends up burned worse in this situation.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 06:28 AM (e0xKF)

78 >>>Jason Whitlock may not dance, but apparently he plays tennis, goes horseback riding, and walks along the beach. well I was trying to make a tampon commercial joke but point taken. Preparation H commercial. (Penny's Commercial on Big Bang Theory) Because he's such a pain in the ass.

Posted by: rickb223 Let. It. Burn. at December 11, 2012 06:29 AM (GFM2b)

79 rickb223 that was one of the funniest episodes

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 06:29 AM (GVxQo)

He may not dance, but he sure does a good impression of jumping around like a Kansas City faggot.

Care to enlighten me? What is a Kansas City faggot?

Posted by: jewells45 at December 11, 2012 06:29 AM (l/N7H)

81 I donÂ’t dance. He does, however, speak jive.

Posted by: dick cheese at December 11, 2012 06:30 AM (QupBk)

82 Happy Birthday, John Kerry, you communist treacherous racist!

Posted by: and irresolute at December 11, 2012 06:30 AM (DBH1h)

83 Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 10:27 AM (e0xKF) I totally forgot about that one. She is another one...just like Stephen A. Smith. I try to avoid ESPN at all costs, especially after they went full in the tank for Obama.

Posted by: I Be That Chick on Her Blackberry at December 11, 2012 06:31 AM (C3KwS)

84 It's the same reason an obnoxious, talentless clown like Stephen A. Smith -- who, as far as I can tell from his commentary, doesn't actually watch any sports, ever -- continues to make more money in a year than most of us will ever see in a lifetime. --- I cut Screamin' Stephen A. Smith a tiny bit of slack. He was one of the only people who was calling Isaiah Thomas out for incompetence when he was GM of the New York Knicks, back before it became en vogue to trash him for it.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 06:31 AM (e0xKF)

85 86 He may not dance, but he sure does a good impression of jumping around like a Kansas City faggot.

Care to enlighten me? What is a Kansas City faggot?

Posted by: jewells45 at December 11, 2012 10:29 AM (l/N7H)

Blazing Saddles reference.

Posted by: Tami at December 11, 2012 06:31 AM (X6akg)

86 Grown-ass man. Really. Talk like that makes you sound like a dope. That isn't racist. Even though I know you would call it that.

Posted by: blaster at December 11, 2012 06:32 AM (xaxJV)

87 Care to enlighten me? What is a Kansas City faggot?

Posted by: jewells45 at December 11, 2012 10:29 AM (l/N7H)

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watch?v=gTNJwRTjmJM at You Tube

Posted by: RioBravo at December 11, 2012 06:32 AM (eEfYn)

88 14 10 I see more catheter commercials than tampkn commercials Posted by: alex, captain obvious at December 11, 2012 10:10 AM (uFY4s) Wait until the flood of vaginal mesh and vaginal sling class action commercials come your way.

Posted by: RWC at December 11, 2012 06:32 AM (fWAjv)

89 Hoo ray for MI!
I do take pleasure in watching union thugs sweat.
One of these days we'll get the tables turned on the racists. The more they abuse this false claim, the sooner they will defeat themselves!

Posted by: carolina at December 11, 2012 06:32 AM (/M0gK)

90 Never mind... I think I'm gonna go do something productive.

Posted by: jewells45 at December 11, 2012 06:33 AM (l/N7H)

Â“Now, that is pure racism Â— nothing else,Â” OÂ’Reilly said of WhitlockÂ’s response.

That. Right. There. If it seems a tad over-the-top, that's how the game is played. When the Congressional Black Caucus called a news conference and tolld the country the GOP is racist for opposing Susan Rice, Republicans muttered and stared at their shoes.

No more. Say it with me: "False charges of racism will be treated as racism."

This is political war. One side is using nukes and we're practicing a unilateral freeze. Take offense. FAKE offense, if you have to. But don't let the Left play racial politics without paying a price. They don't like having to defend their allegations, and frankly the MFM doesn't like exploring them. Push back.

Posted by: CJ at December 11, 2012 06:33 AM (9KqcB)

92 Who's I7O5y?

Posted by: alex at December 11, 2012 06:33 AM (uFY4s)

93 he blocked for quarterback Jeff George, who later became the first overall pick in the 1990 NFL Draft That's a hell of a nonsequitur. I was once knocked to the ground by Bear Bryant. I'll have to add that to my obit.

Posted by: dick cheese at December 11, 2012 06:33 AM (QupBk)

94 >>But it is not exactly the prime location to be a sportswriter

It actually is better than you surmise. NASCAR and IRL do make stops at the Kansas Speedway, which is on the outskirts of Kansas City. In addition, the city is home to the College Basketball Hall of Fame. It doesn't have NHL or NBA, but its MLS team is excellent.

Posted by: angler at December 11, 2012 06:33 AM (SwjAj)

95 The KKK has always been an instrument of the Democrats. They created it, they supported it, they own it.

Posted by: John the Libertarian at December 11, 2012 06:34 AM (oshol)

96 O'Reilly nailed the bastard. He's yellow to the tits. Simple as that.

Posted by: maddogg at December 11, 2012 06:34 AM (OlN4e)

Racism is the new Ladies' Troubles. A general excuse for not doing stuff you don't want to do, and a sort of icky area no one's going to probe too deeply about.

I'd say that, in politics, Racism is the new Communism. Even false allegations can tip elections, prey on fear and ruin careers.

Posted by: CJ at December 11, 2012 06:34 AM (9KqcB)

98 I don't dance. I do, however, jiggle somewhat rhythmically on the way to the fridge when I am "doing research" for my job writing about elite athletes and the racial problems that millions of dollars just can't cure...because White Gun Culture keepin' us down.

Posted by: Jason Whitlock, Fucktard Emertius at December 11, 2012 06:34 AM (KZi9D)

Whitlock is clearly an asshole, but Kansas City is great.

For years every Christmas we would host a dinner at the Plaza III restaurant for customers. Excellent meals, good times. Christmas shopping in Country Club Plaza is as stress-free as it comes.

Posted by: jwest at December 11, 2012 06:35 AM (ZDsRL)

100 86 They had St. Louis faggots in Blazing Saddles IIRC.

Posted by: Butters at December 11, 2012 06:35 AM (NIZHJ)

101 Wait until the flood of vaginal mesh and vaginal sling class action commercials come your way.

Posted by: RWC at December 11, 2012 10:32 AM (fWAjv)

No shit!!!! I can barely even have the tv on around my kids anymore. And it's the commercials instead of the shows I have to worry about.

Posted by: BCochran1981 at December 11, 2012 06:35 AM (da5Wo)

102 It doesn't have NHL
-----
Does anyone really have NHL?

Posted by: RioBravo at December 11, 2012 06:35 AM (eEfYn)

103 Yay Shitlock is back and he's talking about race. I also just found out that water is wet. Jason is a fat schlub AA hire who went to Ball State and has a down-low love affair with Jeff George. If you ask him in the right way he'll even admit it.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at December 11, 2012 06:35 AM (ZOf1l)

104 The Patriots must be racist because those two white boys teamed up to kick the hell out of my Texans.

Posted by: polynikes at December 11, 2012 06:36 AM (m2CN7)

105 Crying "Racism" is the FIRST refuge of the scoundrel

Posted by: Ambrose Bierce at December 11, 2012 06:37 AM (V70Uh)

106 Funky Frog post up.

Posted by: dick cheese at December 11, 2012 06:38 AM (QupBk)

107 its MLS team is excellent.

Now there's a boast you don't hear very often.

Posted by: Waterhouse at December 11, 2012 06:38 AM (1sinL)

108 Jamie Foxx says he loves to kill white people in the movies, but it's O'Reilly who is racist.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at December 11, 2012 06:39 AM (HDgX3)

109

There are any number of ways he could have responded. That he chose to go with race is not just lazy thinking and writing, it also shows a man with an empty life.

I can't imagine going through this world thinking everyone who sees things differently than I does so for one reason only. What a sorry, sad world you live in, when that's all you see: people who agree with you on this issue, and those who don't.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 11, 2012 06:39 AM (TOk1P)

110

I miss Breitbart. I only wish someone would (or could) step up and fill the media space he occupied. Unlike most faces and voices on the Right, he spoke to everyone, left, right, and in-between, not just the like-minded true believers, and he did it with humor, verve, and style. If it was done once, it could be done again. He or she is out there, I'm sure. We just haven't found them yet.

Here's the thing: Breitbart got it. He understood that culture is the key and he also understood that when you come at the bad guys, you come at them with a smile.

'That broccoli is racist!' lol. Personally, I don't have a sense of humor--I rarely laugh or smile, I can't tell a joke, and I don't get jokes most of the time, which is itself an endless source of amusement to my children, but I can appreciate its power.

Posted by: troyriser at December 11, 2012 06:39 AM (vtiE6)

111 Heh. I've heard of Whitlock, but never knew or cared his skin color till now. These type people are making me racist, whether I want to be or not.

64 Had no idea who Whitlock was until reading his NRA comments on AoSHQ last week. Had no idea he was black until reading this article today. So does that make mean I'm not racist because I assumed that a babbling idiot was white, or am I racist because I assumed that any professional writer-commentator-or-whatever-the-hell-he-is must be white?

Oh, right now I remember. I'm racist because I'm white.

Posted by: Dante at December 11, 2012 10:23 AM (NWLVJ)

Posted by: Pyrocles at December 11, 2012 06:40 AM (cv5Iw)

112 Oh, for goodness sakes.

Everything is racist. My chair is racist. Oxygen is racist. Calling an idiot out on an imbecilic racist comment is racist.

Suddenly invite = summon. What a mule.

Posted by: chique d'afrique on her phone at December 11, 2012 10:11 AM (6zgse)

That's exactly it. Whitlock and people like him cry racism for everything and think that they can hid behind it.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at December 11, 2012 06:41 AM (1Jaio)

113

This made me laugh from Whitlock:

ThatÂ’s what I do. And I do it without giving much thought to which politically partisan group IÂ’m pissing off. When Taylor was senselessly murdered, I lambasted the primarily black "gangsta" culture that preys on black people the way the KKK once did.

Now, which Â“politically partisan groupÂ” would be pissed off by a writer lambasting the gangsta culture? What does it say about 21st century America, one of the two major political parties relies so heavily on deviant culture that it would take offense to criticism of the culture?

Posted by: CJ at December 11, 2012 06:42 AM (9KqcB)

114

I posted this on HA not long ago when JW went after the NRA. It applies to this article too:

Here is the skinny. I grew up with Jason Whitlock. I knew him having played football with him (Jeff George was our quarterback). He was a year ahead of us at Stonybrook JH and Warren Central HS. He grew up without racism, conflict or poverty. We were a middle class community with a pretty good school system and a representative cross section of races in eastern Indianapolis suburbs. He was an ok guy with moderate intelligence who never really faced any controversies he didnÂ’t create.

What is really tragic and somewhat despicable is that for the past 15 years or so he has decided to morph into a race-baiter akin to JJJR and Rev Al. ItÂ’s how he makes his money. Having never actually experienced any real racial issues of his own makes what he peddles even more repulsive.

Remember to read his Â“piecesÂ” through the prism of truth about JW. He is just another snake oil salesman. Ironically, he wrote a good piece about the black quarterback culture which puts those average quarterbacks into untouchable protective bubbles (see Rush) of which they ALWAYS burst and crash. JW doesnÂ’t understand (or maybe he does which is worse) that HE is the beneficiary of the same favoritism and untouchable status from the politically correct media complex based entirely on his color, not his mediocre talent.

Read your own work Jason. Learn it. You already live it.

Brian_AL on December 4, 2012 at 10:22 AM

Posted by: Brian_AL at December 11, 2012 06:42 AM (P1yc+)

115 79 a couple of weeks ago there was a sports station on in the back ground and some white man was interviewing a black man and the black man was upset because if a white coach has a bad season or 10 they keep getting chances to pull it together and get to keep their job...but if a black man is coaching he gets on or two seasons at best to prove himself and then he is fired...and that is representative in the racism in the nfl.....all i could think of is how many women coaches are there? what about the handicapped cripple asians? i never see them getting a chance to coach.....

Posted by: phoenixgirl at December 11, 2012 10:28 AM (GVxQo)

This is true because Romeo Crennel never got a second chance. Or Lovie Smith. Or Tony Dungy. Or Dennis Green. Or Herm Edwards. Or Ray Rhoades. And Marvin Lewis gets fired every season for the Bungles having a bad season.

Posted by: MrCaniac at December 11, 2012 06:43 AM (Zd/NW)

116 My long-standing loathing of Whitlock has been again confirmed and reinforced.

Posted by: filbert at December 11, 2012 06:44 AM (NaNKB)

117

I would add Bill Simmons and Rick Reilly to that list as well.

Don't read Reilly all that much, but Simmons used to be pretty decent. He would throw in the occasional 'political' comment, but it wasn't all the time and was at least usually funny.

Once he moved to L.A. to write for Kimmel, things got noticably worse (I assume to impress all the cool kids). All the usual fucktard left-wing talking points were much more prevalent. Which I wouldn't mind all that much, but they weren't even funny anymore.

Posted by: Lurking Canuck at December 11, 2012 06:44 AM (BrQrN)

118

His sites are still doing the exact same work. The only difference is they haven't done any of the headline grabbing stunts that Breitbart did to gain broad attention. I think that is the only difference.

Posted by: CJ at December 11, 2012 06:45 AM (9KqcB)

119 Posted by: MrCaniac at December 11, 2012 10:43 AM (Zd/NW)

And since we are so fucking stupid and always have been, we'll be sure to give ole Romeo another chance.

Posted by: Your Kansas City Chiefs at December 11, 2012 06:46 AM (ZOf1l)

120 I think that is the only difference.

Posted by: CJ at December 11, 2012 10:45 AM (9KqcB)

That's a big difference, and my point.

Posted by: troyriser at December 11, 2012 06:46 AM (vtiE6)

121 On the bright side, at least Jason Whitlock won't be pulling his gats and going all "Django" on our asses.

Posted by: Fritz at December 11, 2012 06:47 AM (/ZZCn)

122 And the correct Blazing saddles quote is, "I hired you people to get a little track laid, not jump around like a bunch of Kansas City faggots".

Posted by: rickb223 Let. It. Burn. at December 11, 2012 06:48 AM (GFM2b)

123 On the bright side, at least Jason Whitlock won't be pulling his gats and going all "Django" on our asses.

Just hide behind him, he won't be able to find you.

Posted by: Samuel Adams at December 11, 2012 06:49 AM (ZOf1l)

124 If you've seen this dope, he IS a grown-ass man; his ass has grown exponentially compared to the rest of his body

Posted by: MoeRon at December 11, 2012 06:50 AM (yWDpP)

125 Maybe they can use that name when Lies Like A Rug Warren reclaims the name Chiefs for her people.

Posted by: Butters at December 11, 2012 06:50 AM (NIZHJ)

126

Posted by: troyriser at December 11, 2012 10:46 AM (vtiE6)

Yes, big difference. But fortunately not insurmountable, which would be the case if his sites were just losing momentum and petering out.

Posted by: CJ at December 11, 2012 06:51 AM (9KqcB)

127 phoenixgirl/rickb223: "Sitting Pretty....."

Posted by: Ktgreat at December 11, 2012 06:52 AM (FJFZw)

128
I cut Screamin' Stephen A. Smith a tiny bit of slack.

He was one of the only people who was calling Isaiah Thomas out for incompetence when he was GM of the New York Knicks, back before it became en vogue to trash him for it.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at December 11, 2012 10:31 AM (e0xKF)

I give him a pass too because when Skip Bayless called Mike Shanahan a racist for using a 4th round draft choice on Kirk Cousins in the NFL draft, Smith defended Shanahan for the pick. This after Shanahan traded the Redskins' 2012 1st and 2nd round draft choices, 2013 1st round draft choice, and 2014 1st round draft choice to move up 4 spots to draft RG3.

Posted by: MrCaniac at December 11, 2012 06:53 AM (Zd/NW)

129 I have to be racist to get a head. Damn watermelons and cauliflowers keep invading my turf.

Posted by: Broccoli at December 11, 2012 06:54 AM (eHIJJ)

130

Exactly who the fuck is Jason Witlock and why the fuck was Bob Costas quoting him like the Dali Lama?

Posted by: Jollyroger at December 11, 2012 06:54 AM (t06LC)

131 Thankfully we can apparently still allow for small dick Asian jokes without any repercussions in this world...as long as its Jason Whitlock that's making them.

Posted by: H Badger at December 11, 2012 06:56 AM (n/0Nw)

132

You want to talk about racism? Check out coldfury.com today. Mike Hendrix absolutely destroys some whiny little prick named David Sirota complaining about Rove "using the race card."

No linky because I don't know how.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 11, 2012 06:57 AM (zF6Iw)

133 IÂ’m a grown-ass man pussy ass bitch and itÂ’s 2012. I donÂ’t have to shuffle off to the Big House when summoned.

Fixed that for him. I should be his editor.

Posted by: Spad13 at December 11, 2012 06:58 AM (1kSKA)

134 13 butters
He can't swim? Look at him. I don't see how he could SINK.

Posted by: JohnInOhio at December 11, 2012 07:01 AM (aPfC6)

135 "Crying racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"??

I dunno. Lately it's been seemingly like the first...

Posted by: JeremiadBullfrog at December 11, 2012 07:02 AM (nnQdU)

136 Treating a 900 pound sports writer like the Oracle at Delphi because of his hue is racist. Calling a woman who if you read her rulings is mildly retarded a Wise Latina is racist. This is the racism of anybody but a cracker. Dora the Explorer is racist hate speech. There are no adult white people in any position of power on that show.

Posted by: Butters at December 11, 2012 07:02 AM (NIZHJ)

137 Has anyone said this yet? Whitlock sucks.

Posted by: Gabriel Syme at December 11, 2012 07:08 AM (g84Si)

138

The highest rate was 28.4/100,000 for African-American males,
more than quadruple the rate of 6.3/100,000 for white males.

Work in progress. We need to get those numbers up, people!

Posted by: Todd Bridges, first to go bad, last to go down at December 11, 2012 07:15 AM (qL20/)

139 I think I read a piece by Ace where he warned about punching down.

In this case I think the same concept could apply. I'll call it reaching down. Costas "reached down" to Whitlock's incoherent piece to give his own point of view some credibility...and emotion on TV. But by reaching down to Whitlock, he linked himself to a race hustler and lost control of his own image.

Now Whitlock calls the NRA the embodiment of the KKK, whatever, but Costas is still linked to this mess because he dredged him up into the limelight after most responsible sports guys were staying away from Whitlock after the Jeremy Linn/asian comments.

I'm sure Costas is cringing with every new comment from Whitlock and is greatly regretting the "shout out."

I would continue to go after Costas and as him about everything Whitlock does. This tactic worked well for the Obama following the Akin comments. Pin this story on Costas, keep Whitlock in the news - this is a political story. Ask Costas if he thinks Bill O is a slave master. These are the little cultural battles we conservatives have been losing for years. Time to turn it around.

Posted by: Tocquevillian at December 11, 2012 07:17 AM (iuY0Y)

140

Clouds are racist (white!).

Salt is racist (white!.

Newsprint is racist (off-white!).

Rain is racist (white! no? uh, uh . . .it's dark. And depressing. And people hate it. It means they hate dark men! Racist!)

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at December 11, 2012 07:17 AM (zF6Iw)

141 Well, he's a grown Ass Man. That clears it up.

Posted by: BlueStateRepub at December 11, 2012 07:18 AM (7ObY1)

142 138 No linky because I don't know how. http://bit.ly/W2WJg4

Posted by: Rob McNeece at December 11, 2012 07:20 AM (hNXHo)

143 I hadn't heard that Breibart joke. I love it. I imagine he had that old SNL skit with Tracy Morgan playing animal lover Brian Fellows in mind. Great line from that skit - a French poodle comes on the show, and Brian Fellows says "Why does that dog hate America?"

The dog was racist, too.

Posted by: BetaPhi at December 11, 2012 07:22 AM (ArRFO)

144

Steven A Smith is a fan of Mark Levin, sometimes he's a guest on Levin's radio show.

For what it's worth.

Posted by: Damn Sockpuppet at December 11, 2012 07:34 AM (YmPwQ)

145 These are the little cultural battles we conservatives have been losing for years. Time to turn it around.

Posted by: Tocquevillian at December 11, 2012 11:17 AM (iuY0Y)

Excellent idea and astute analysis, but you do know those in a position to execute such a tactic would necessarily be right-of-center or conservatives, right? And since when have we been able to use such tactics to our advantage? The ham-handed awkwardness of most of our media efforts at nearly every level is incredibly frustrating. When it comes to agitprop, issue reframing, media manipulation and messaging, we're like a monkey playing the kazoo.

Posted by: troyriser at December 11, 2012 07:37 AM (vtiE6)

146 nood one up above

Posted by: fixerupper at December 11, 2012 07:53 AM (nELVU)

147 All those folks holding up the race card have never noticed that it is actually a mirror.

Posted by: Lessons from the Ceramic Throne at December 11, 2012 08:03 AM (ze9yk)

148 Comment 59 for threadwinner as far as I'm concerned

Posted by: Bill at December 11, 2012 08:07 AM (WsINk)

149 No question about it; Bill O'Reilly is emphatically not a racist!
He is in many things; mainly a blowhard, bully, and dumb ass; but not a racist.

Posted by: kraki at December 11, 2012 08:09 AM (ylLDT)

150 ck. my blog for Half-Whitlock's meeting with Bill

Posted by: Edward Cropper at December 11, 2012 08:10 AM (Lt3vg)

151

"Crying racism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."

Yes, but it's the FIRST refuge when Jason Whitlock needs to write a new column. Whitlock is the sporting world's equivalent of Al Sharpton. His STANDARD column is about racism in sports. He is, literally, the boy who cried "racism."

Oops, sorry, just trying to make a fairy tale allusion. Didn't mean to call a black man a "boy." My bad.

Oh, well, there's another column for Jason.

Posted by: Dave H at December 11, 2012 08:21 AM (k85z0)

152 9. I used to dance, but the clubs don't use a thick enough pole anymore. Shame. I could use the tips.

Posted by: richard mcenroe at December 11, 2012 10:42 AM (YT91R)

153 People who use the word racist randomly might be sort of retarded. Think about it. Jason Whitlock, Chris Matthews, Maureen Dowd... So be understanding and kind to them. Maybe with a bat to the legs if it comes to that. But no broken bones. Bruise the hate away.

Posted by: Cackfinger at December 11, 2012 01:18 PM (CCHli)

154 Hey! Watch how you say "last refuge of a scoundrel" there, dick. (check the link)

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde, NC Chapter at December 12, 2012 12:40 AM (xa1/W)

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