A “Nightly Show” contributor wondered why real estate magnate Donald Trump has gotten a pass for his racist comments in the lead-up to the 2016 election while former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling lost it all for making private racist comments.
Sterling is the former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. He was given a lifetime ban from the NBA in 2014 after private recordings of him making racist comments to his girlfriend were made public.
“I just don’t understand how America decided to treat Donald Sterling a certain way and not Donald Trump. Donald Sterling talked his shit, but he did it privately,” contributor Rickey Velez said during the panel discussion on Tuesday night’s show. “In his announcement, ‘Mexicans are rapists.’ That’s crazy! [Trump] called them racists and it’s fine.”
Sterling’s comments ignited a firestorm around the country before the NBA Commissioner handed down the ban and a $2.5 million fine as punishment. While the controversy was unfolding, Trump himself condemned both Sterling and his “girlfriend from hell.”
Velez said he didn’t agree with Sterling’s comments either, but didn’t understand the extreme differences in reaction to relatively the same comments.
“He can’t even go a game. That’s against the rules for him! He can’t go,” Velez said, while Trump continues to lead polls. “This man is running for president.”
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Because the NBA has ethical standards and the GOP does not.
And once again Comedy Central cuts to the core issue while the mainstream media ignore it and in fact tacitly approve of it.
The Donnie will be attacked by the GOP establishment and forced out. He won’t spend his own cash on an independent run. Rubio picks Issa as his V.P. and the TEA-hadists just might write in The Donnie.
It’s a good question. My answer is that Trump is just another example of Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s “Defining Deviancy Down”; the first time it is shocking, the second, third, fourth not so much, and then we have to make rationalizations to avoid guilt. Newtown was shocking. Charleston was less so and became a flag story. Umpqua College was less, and became a mental illness story. The blasé acceptance that you might get shot is now a fact of American life.
Trump has defined the “brand” down so much, the “N” world will soon be everyday.
“I just don’t understand how America decided to treat Donald Sterling a certain way and not Donald Trump. Donald Sterling talked his shit, but he did it privately,” contributor Rickey Velez said during the panel discussion on Tuesday night’s show. “In his announcement, ‘Mexicans are rapists.’ That’s crazy! [Trump] called them racists and it’s fine.”
Why is this?
Because the people to whom you are broadcasting your snark are interested more in laughs than voting.
No country which calls itself a “world leader” can consistently “lead” with an overwhelming majority of its citizens not participating in the selection of its leaders. The Congressional 2014 elections had a 36% participation rate. I would have felt far more gratified if these slugs (non-voters) had simply stated that the “system” no longer works and, therefore cannot see fit to vote. THEN there could have been dialogue about it.
Maybe that’s funny!?!?