Shit List Entry #370: Everyone getting indignant over the Donald Sterling Saga
By now, we all know the Sterling story. It's out there, and is what it is. Donald Sterling is a repugnant asshole, and frankly is one of the most vile pieces of scum to walk the Earth.
But you know what?
All of this was true thirty fucking years ago, and no one made a fucking peep.
No one.
Let me ask you, posters of WZ Forums... Where were you in 2003, when Donald Sterling was being brought to court, over some truly rancor shit? Where were you when he was discriminating against blacks and hispanics, affecting their very lives? Let me give you some quotes....
That's because of all the blacks in this building, they smell, they're not clean
I don't like Mexican men because they smoke, drink and just hang around the house
You know who said that? Donald Sterling.
In 2000 and fucking three!
So, where the fuck were you, in 2006, when Donald Sterling settled with
the largest housing discrimination settlement in history? Were you too busy swept in the grand playoff run of Chris Kaman?
Anyone that is piggybacking on this now is disingenuous at worst, and really fucking awful at keeping up with shit at best. And that includes,
you, poster of Wrestlezone. Who do I really single out here?
*goes to look around to see who's riding the outrage train*
Oh, son of a bitch;
The Butcher
See, it's real easy to ride the high moral horse, now, Butcher. Of course we all can. See, here's the thing... This isn't even that bad, in the grand scheme of things.
Now, don't get me wrong. The statement itself is awful. I agree with that.
You know what's worse? When said racism actually hurts people. When racism causes people to get evicted from their apartment, and they have to support themselves, and their family. When they have no place to live, and wind up living on the fucking streets.
Or, when a family of four has asbestos in their apartment, but Donald Sterling doesn't fix the apartment, because the tenant is black.
That kind of shit? It fucking kills people.
What Donald Sterling said to his mistress? As awful as you may find it, it's
nothing, fucking nothing compared to the awful shit this man has done. And it's all out there. This isn't in secret... People have known this for years. Fucking decades, even. And it's ruined lives.
And you want to be outraged now, and calls for protests? You want to pull your sponsorship now, nine years later (which matches pretty well with when information came out about the racial discrimination suit. So CarMax, fuck off, you and your shitty cars)? You want to make a thread expressing your outrage.
Fuck off; kiss the fattest part of my ass.