Barry Bonds is a racist!!!

Holy crap - how could any reasonable person be upset by this. Who the hell are you people? What won't you whine about - worry about yourselves and you will be much happier people.

They aren't dying - they changed their name to the Christian Right. Now they have included muslims, gays, jews, and women's rights in their hate message. At least they have expanded their hate message to others.

You're thinking is very immature, you should stop now while you are behind.[/quote]

YOU HYPOCRITE!!!

You are one of those bleeding heart, blow hard, liberal bitches who is all up in arms about discrimination and people's rights, unless they are Christian.

I'm just going to speculate that you've been burned too many times in your life. Were you abused by daddy or by one of your ex boyfriends? or both??

I disagree with this entirely. You're right in one thing; the media is driven by profits. But, it won't run a black man is a racist story because society doesn't want it, but because of the backlash of a very few who will scream from rooftops.

If Sports Illustrated did a Rocker type article on Barry Bonds, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be screaming from the top of their lungs how racist SI is. They would call for a boycott of anyone who advertises in SI. The media would give Jackson and Sharpton all the coverage they wanted. It would look like they represent all of America when, in fact, they represent the voice of a very small majority. But, because they the liberal media wants their message out, they will give them plenty of coverage. It's not because that is what society wants, it's because they press is VERY politically correct.

The LAST thing a corporation wants is negative publicity. But, because Jackson and Sharpton are given a place to spew their racism, the corporations will back off from advertising in SI. That is what makes SI not run a story on Bonds' racism like they did with Rocker. Believe me, Si will not run a Rocker type story on Bonds because they don't think it will sell. They are afraid of the backlash and millions of dollars they would lose from scared advertisers. If the advertisers and SI just stood up to Jackson and Sharpton and called them what they are, they would shrink to irrelevency.

Remember when Martha Burk tried to force Agusta to accept women? What did the club say? They stood up and said, you aren't forcing us to do anything we don't want to do. I don't care if we lose advertisers, which they did. There were only a few protesters (at the height of their protest, the number of press there to cover it actually outnumbered Burk's people), yet the press covered it like every one in America was behind her. Yet, what happened? Agusta stood up to her, didn't care what advertisers they lost and came out on top. Heard anything from Burk since? Nope. The Masters is still playing every year, advertisers are there like they always were and Burk had to run off with her tail between her legs.

So, refusing to run a Bonds story has nothing to do with what society wants to hear. It has everything to do with a liberal, politically correct press blowing stories way out of proportion and making a white man look like he is a bigot, racist and sexist.

In the first paragraph, I meant they represent the voice of a very small minority, as in a number, not race. Sorry about that.

Good post can't argue with that.

From the Census:

% of each race in the US

White 75.1 percent

Black or African American 12.3 percent

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9 percent

Asian 3.6 percent

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.1 percent

Some other race 5.5 percent

From the Bureau of Justice Statistics:

In 2004--

* Per every 1,000 persons in that racial group, 26 blacks, 21 whites and 13 persons of other races sustained a violent crime.

Also, blacks commit more than their percentage of population crimes: ie, they commit more than 12.3% of all crime in the US, more than their fair share.

No surprise people on here get pissed off when some black person flips out when they get the same treatment that blacks give us, I will call them "black boys" or the equivalent of "cracker" all I want, its equality they want and I will provide my fair share.

Actually, I can\'t remember the last time I heard Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton screaming about anything. You guys on here make them out to be larger than life? Last I read of Sharpton he was one of a few black religious leaders who was supporting gay rights. I don\'t see you get on here screaming about the other black leaders being bigots or, praising Sharpton\'s stand against homophobes. You see, it is much more convenient for you to dig into the recesses of your memory and create an illusion that these guys are in white america\'s faces all of the time when that is not the case. Again, when is the last time you heard a peep from either of the oh so oftened mentioned (in this thread) \"black leaders\" (I don\'t hear black people referring to them as their leaders, but it\'s funny why white folks conveniently assign them that title. I don't see black people claiming them as their leaders anymore than I see white people claiming Rush, O'Reilly or David Dukes as their leaders.

The only ranting or raving I hear is from people on hear hypothesizing about how these so-called black leaders would behave, which makes me think that you guys have much bigger problems than these people themselves. Why are so obsessed with them and what you think they might do? What does that say about you?

Pick up the paper today. Where are the black leaders ranting and raving? Yesterday\'s? Turn on the TV. Where are all the black people ranting and raving. Alright then...go be productive and let black people get on with their lives. If you look closely enough, you'll find that's what the majority of black people are doing today.