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Controversial? Sure. Racist? No. (AP)
I'm a believer in the free-market and private businesses should be able to hire and fire whoever they want. However, do you really believe Rush Limbaugh was denied the right to bid on the St. Louis Rams because of the league's "high standards"?
Please.
Just to give some background: Radio talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, was part of a group of investors attempting to bid on the St. Louis Rams football team. Outrage was expressed over the deal by some NFL players, one owner (Indianapolis owner Robert Irsay) and many commentators. The reason being that Limbaugh was too "divisive".
Apparently not divisive enough on his own, however. Both CNN and MSNBC had news programs that repeated statements he did not make. Liberal commentator Rachel Maddow also repeated a racist comment; again, apparently made up. Many of these quotes apparently came from a fake Wikipedia page. It begs the question (I know I'm using that phrase incorrectly), if Limbaugh is such a racist, can't they prove it without making stuff up?
Now, I don't listen to Limbaugh all that often, but it became pretty obvious to me that people making these statements didn't know the context of what he was saying at all.
But maybe the NFL is right; maybe they just want to avoid people who make controversial statements.
Uh...except when they don't.
Apparently, liberal talk show host Keith Olbermann isn't too controversial for them: He does NBC's Football Night in America. A guy not shy to controversy.
Oh, and what about the new partial-owner of the Miami Dolphins? That would be Stacy Ferguson, better known as "Fergie" of the Black Eyed Peas. She was voted in on Tuesday without a single peep of opposition. Controversy? Divisive? Try:
"I have had lesbian experiences in the past. I won't say how many men I've had sex with – but I am a very sexual person."
or
"A war is goin' on but the reasons undercover.
"The truth is kept secret, it's swept under the rug."
or even in song
"I'ma get get get get you drunk.
"Get you love drunk off my hump.
"My hump my hump my hump my hump my hump
"My hump my hump my hump my lovely little lumps".
Nope, not a whiff of controversy in there at all.
"We're held to a higher standard here," Commissioner Roger Goddell said.
Right.
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