KState players speaking out and might boycott?
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Yeah I guess I sort of forgot.. That situation is drastically different than what this guy just did.
Probably. I just dont see this one as a winnable one for the players, and think there are bigger things than tweets to boycott.
Yeah I understand what you're getting at. And I do think expelling him from school would probably get him even more coverage. I don't know the right answer, but I'm fine with him getting called out for what he said. It was wrong.
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Wasnt it from the Chapelle show? I don't know who to trust these days, including the website someone posted above about this guy. I will say my black buddy, puerto rican buddy, and me at ISU made racial jokes about each other all the time in college and it was hilarious and endearing. Those guys had my back. Cancel culture sucks. If there was malice just ignore this turd.
Some things that are cancelled are definitely over the top, however in my opinion given what's been happening in our country and how we all should be against this type of language, this should be called out.
After reading all of what this kid has been involved in I can see that he would definitely be canned from a reasonable company, and should be pretty easy to expel. I still would be careful in how it's handled, as to not empower these types of people. Realistically I see these guys in this article as dangerous, but not in the way as some type of person capable of leading any sort of serious movement or legitimate action, but more like the Sandy Hook shooter. These are not mentally healthy people.
If I were the President of K-State I'd probably put out a statement something along these lines:
"I've been made aware by some of our students that a KSU student has been posting inflammatory statements regarding murder victim George Floyd on social media. An exhaustive discussion among thousands of KSU students did not reveal anyone who had heard of this student, despite this student's claim that he was an influential leader. A search of other social media activity by this student shows a history of other inflammatory, albeit extremely obscure and hard-to-find material. The nature of his social media content and delusions of grandeur make it clear that Kansas State must take action. It is clear that this student has significant mental health challenges, and it is up to us to step in and protect the most vulnerable among us like this student before he causes harm to himself."
Then I'd probably go pick up my Chris Doyle "go away money."
It’s a big world. You can’t have one experience someplace and extrapolate a lifetime of conclusions based on that experience.
Do you think KSU or Manhattan want Westboro there? Westboro are masters of suing when their First Amendment Rights are infringed upon.
There’s not a city in America more similar to Ames than Manhattan, KS. If you can find one, please let me know.
I think that the school and the athletic departments are pretty much two separate entities now. So I wouldn’t be surprised to see the school itself ignore those requests considering that the kid is actually paying in a tuition while the athletes are receiving scholarships.
Was it racism probably, but was it actually taking a jab at George Floyds drug use yep. Best thing to have done would have been to ignore him IMO. But now he has his 5 minutes of social media "fame".
Edit read further into the thread about him being in far right groups if there is a pattern maybe you can justify booting him out, I would think the student body could sort it out.
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It's amazing how you can continue to just ignore all the other context here. Breathtaking really.
