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  1. 2 hours ago, nnm said:

    Even worse if you whitemansplained twice. 

    you know what's strange? I didn't hit "Submit Reply" twice, or even notice anything was amiss. I hit Reply, it seemed like it worked with no issues, one reply showed up, and then I moved on. I come back and bingo, there are two replies there. Never seen that before. 

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  2. Just now, DDD Dad said:


    What does either of those examples have to do with this thread?

    (Hint—nothing)

    No, now, that depends. Shooting in Austin = larger discussion of gun violence = other areas where gun violence is a problem = Chicago

    If you think the thread should be 100% limited to just the "Shooting in Austin" part, well first welcome to the Internet! You're going to be miserable here! But second, maybe have some self-restraint and don't get involved in "larger discussion of gun violence = other areas where gun violence is a problem = Chicago". Defund the thread police.

  3. Just now, Js1 said:

    BOOOOO. What a shitty argument.  What happened to you?

    It's not a shitty argument, thank you. I'm not defending the way Chicago is being used here specifically IF it's deflecting from the need to get to the bottom of and eliminate shootings in Austin, but if we care about one type of injustice elsewhere, it's perfectly fine to care about other kinds of injustice elsewhere. If people in Austin are protesting George Floyd's killing, why is the death toll in Chicago not relevant to a conversation about stopping violence especially via shootings?

  4. On 6/22/2020 at 10:56 AM, Longboard Horn said:

    I told her that as a person of color, she most likely wouldn't be welcomed there.

    you whitemansplained something to her? congratulations, you're probably mentioned on her Twitter timeline

  5. On 6/22/2020 at 10:56 AM, Longboard Horn said:

    I told her that as a person of color, she most likely wouldn't be welcomed there.

    you whitemansplained something to her? congratulations, you're probably mentioned on her Twitter timeline

  6. 4 hours ago, texifornia said:

    As I've said before, I think alternates for the annual game against UT[who gives a shit] or a regional Louisiana school is fine. Doing that simple black one to honor African-American history at UT, given the current climate

    Three thoughts on this.

    One, yes, if it was this or disband football for eternity, I agree, doing it once a year in a shit game no one would otherwise even notice would be nice, but that is NOT how this plays out in reality. There is a good chance that "just" wearing them in glorified exhibitions turns into wearing them any other fucking time it seems like a good idea to somebody. Ohio State has worn alternates against Michigan, not to mention Penn State, and that's not the only example of this kind of scope creep. 

    Two, yes, the black jerseys/trim as shown above are the "least worst" thing I think I've seen proposed, but it is naive to think that's all we'll get once that particular Pandora's box is opened. 

    Three, the bolded-- responding to this social crisis by playing dress up is the worst kind of tokenism. This would be the football program's "changing the Facebook avatar" response. 

  7. 2 hours ago, Iceman said:

    oh   grey will be your favorite... LOLz.

    there's nothing like being at the game or even turning on the TV and wondering when your team is going to take the field.   "Oh, those guys not wearing our school colors are us..."

    "school colors" is such an outdated concept anyway

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  8. 2 hours ago, The Marsellus Wallace said:

    In today's climate you have to be careful saying anything that's even remotely critical of CS--he's black, you know. 

    nobody who was even moderately informed about Charlie Skrong Texas Footballing thought race had anything to do with his incompetent ass getting fired

    no head coach of any race should have been allowed back into his office after the TCU game in 2015, anyway, and I think Strong knows that, which is why all he did was mumble some more stupid shit about cakes on the way out the door

  9. man, I'm so glad the football team is going to wear a uniform that represents how "we're" "all" in solidarity! that's not ironic or tone deaf or anything

  10. On 6/19/2020 at 11:23 PM, Helobious said:

    “Stormtrooper whites” are a dumb name for the road unis. The stormtroopers are useless bafoons in the Star Wars universe. Not exactly an intimidating namesake.

    Like the various references to the "Death Star". Man, every Death Star the Empire (or the Disney version of the Empire) built got blown up by an FCS opponent.

  11. 25 minutes ago, LTtxfan said:

     

     

    maybe stop acting like everyone that gets exposed to it becomes symptomatic and that it's a death sentence if you get it? if we don't want it to spread because we STILL think it will overwhelm hospitals, then OK, we can't do large gatherings like church or football games or race riots. 

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    23 hours ago, Nope said:

    No one is quitting, but this is the only kind of language that gets people to listen.

    That is a terrible takeaway from These Trying Times.

  13. 5 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    Yeah he has in his own way...was run out of the NFL.  Now he has a chance years later and well out of his prime.  If Gundy goes and makes 5M on OAN I’d still say he paid a price if he was run out of coaching...

    Shrug. Fair enough. Kaepernick was a famous millionaire before, he's a famous millionaire now. It ain't really the Gulag Archipelago for these guys.

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