my point was, making comments in the privacy of your own home, against making the comments publicly.
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my point was, making comments in the privacy of your own home, against making the comments publicly.
And the hits just keep on coming!
Donald Sterling: Magic Johnson ‘should be ashamed of himself’ for having HIV
Donald Sterling: Magic Johnson ‘should be ashamed of himself’ for having HIV
A couple of things came to mind in the Anderson Cooper interview.
The first is that it was ill advised to do the interview, especially with Cooper who is notorious for framing and editing things to his own political or 'journalistic' advantage. A lot of what he said rang true. He WAS set up by his girlfriend. The whole thing has become grossly inflamed and disproportionate to the offense because it deals with race. Compare this to the response to Kobe Bryant's vicious rape of hotel worker, which barely made a ripple in the NBA and drew a sympathetic response for his tepid and contrived 'apology'.
I thought Sterling made for a sympathetic character. Not for the fact that he blamed his girlfriend.. or tried to distract the conversation to Magic Johnston's promiscuous behaviour that resulted in his own, and likely many other HIV infections.. that was bound to be seen as somewhat hypocritical for an 80 year old in a embarrassing relationship with a woman 50 years his junior. But because he's become a scapegoat for deep seated guilt in U.S. race history.
It also highlighted for the me the emotional meltdown that comes with old age. The psychic condition becomes fragile and vulnerable to perceived betrayals (based an Magic's initial private gestures of support, then his manoevering to buy the Clippers with other associates). Sterling isn't senile, but he is an old man, out of his depth and out of his time.
Charles De Gaulle said it best. Old Age is a Shipwreck.. viewed as wooden tall ship, being smashed against the rocks, stoved in, its masts collapsing in on itself, it's sails flapping in the storm. It'll come to all of us, although not in such a public spectacle.
Sterling's mistake was trying to reason with a LYNCH MOB.. with Cooper as its ringleader. It's not worth the effort. The verdict was already in and kangaroo court had adjourned to the streets with a rope.
The first is that it was ill advised to do the interview, especially with Cooper who is notorious for framing and editing things to his own political or 'journalistic' advantage. A lot of what he said rang true. He WAS set up by his girlfriend. The whole thing has become grossly inflamed and disproportionate to the offense because it deals with race. Compare this to the response to Kobe Bryant's vicious rape of hotel worker, which barely made a ripple in the NBA and drew a sympathetic response for his tepid and contrived 'apology'.
I thought Sterling made for a sympathetic character. Not for the fact that he blamed his girlfriend.. or tried to distract the conversation to Magic Johnston's promiscuous behaviour that resulted in his own, and likely many other HIV infections.. that was bound to be seen as somewhat hypocritical for an 80 year old in a embarrassing relationship with a woman 50 years his junior. But because he's become a scapegoat for deep seated guilt in U.S. race history.
It also highlighted for the me the emotional meltdown that comes with old age. The psychic condition becomes fragile and vulnerable to perceived betrayals (based an Magic's initial private gestures of support, then his manoevering to buy the Clippers with other associates). Sterling isn't senile, but he is an old man, out of his depth and out of his time.
Charles De Gaulle said it best. Old Age is a Shipwreck.. viewed as wooden tall ship, being smashed against the rocks, stoved in, its masts collapsing in on itself, it's sails flapping in the storm. It'll come to all of us, although not in such a public spectacle.
Sterling's mistake was trying to reason with a LYNCH MOB.. with Cooper as its ringleader. It's not worth the effort. The verdict was already in and kangaroo court had adjourned to the streets with a rope.
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Who other than Donald Sterling is responsible for this exchange?
Donald Sterling On Magic Johnson "What has he done? He's got AIDS" Anderson Cooper - YouTube
You don't need to play any tricks on this guy. He just comes right out and says this stuff openly. The guy has a very warped view of himself and the people around him.
interesting that he would have an interview, and do an apology 'to the whitest guy on earth', which
was the comment on late night talk shows last night.
was the comment on late night talk shows last night.
At least he didn't get the giggles.......
Anderson Cooper Has Another Giggle Fit on Live TV! - YouTube
Anderson Cooper Has Another Giggle Fit on Live TV! - YouTube
senile + a gold digger = pathetic
she has an agenda, he has an agenda
THEY are pathetic
OooooooooooMGosh we agree on something (mostly, sort of)
You forget that he lied in his teeth about Johnson, who has given millions to charities.