23rd Feb2012

Popped!

by Mr. Joseph

Let me get this out of the way now, before I completely go off the rails: I am not a journalist.  I’m a blogger.  I have no journalistic rules to follow.  I can let fly whatever I feel the need to, and I do it not out of malice, but out of the need to get some things off my chest.  I choose to follow some of the laws of journalism because I feel it’s the right thing to do in certain aspects.  I may let some mean-spirited things fly, but it’s not because I hate her; I have no real hate for no one.  I let them fly because I’m being cantankerous, and it’s cathartic.  Never in anything I write will you find me calling anyone a racist name.  The only reason I’d even mention that would be if I were quoting someone.  It would never come out willingly.  Thank you for your time, and your readership.

Okay……*deep breath*

This is a subject that I had no prior knowledge of until today.  One of the many podcasts I listen to is a podcast called “Let’s Do This!!!” It’s a part of a movie and video game review website called Spill.com, and the entire site is full of goodness.  I highly recommend anyone interested in either movies or video games or just interested in entertaining conversations altogether, should check it out.  But, enough of the commercial for Spill.com.  The latest episode of Let’s Do This!!! pointed out an article that was…well..disturbing.

K-Pop star Jenny Hyun was filled with rage by the following tweet by boxer Floyd “Money” Mayweather:

Her response?  Well…let’s just say she didn’t begin a twitter tirade in response to Mayweather lightly.

What?!

As much as I would like to dissect this piece by piece, it would be time consuming, and quite frankly, she’s not worth that much of my time.  Something has served to make me laugh, though; this following portion:

Why?

WHY?!

YOU JUST SAID IT, YOU DUMBO!

Your conclusion may be unbiased, but your maturity level is low.  My daughter is more mature than you are, and she isn’t even a year old yet!  It’s like this…you don’t pull out every racist tirade in the book, up to and including the genocide of an entire group of people!  FOR ONE IDIOT!

Also, I don’t really think posting this meme on your website is going to garner you a whole lot of support from anyone:

Neither are your non-apologies:

You don’t regret what you said?  Cool. I don’t regret writing and posting this blog as a retort.  Sure, violence isn’t the answer, but at least you’re not saying that people are infringing on your Freedom of Speech rights, because they’re exercising the same rights themselves.

As am I.

Look…Floyd Mayweather doesn’t speak for the entire black race, just like I don’t think you speak for all Koreans.  If you two want to go into an insane death match against each other, be my guest.  But, please don’t lump everyone into the same tub of shit just because you don’t agree with one festering imbecile.  Take your frustrations out on him…not on everyone else.

Hopefully, she’ll take her own words to heart:

Sources: Soompi.com – K-Pop Songwriter’s Racist Tweets Spark Outrage, Asian Junkie.com – Jenny Hyun, Songwriter For SNSD & Chocolate, Is a Racist Psychopath, Spill.com – Let’s Do This!!! – February 20, 2012

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20th Feb2012

Lin-sane Punishment

by Mr. Joseph

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 19: Jeremy Lin #17 of the New York Knicks takes a jump shot over Dirk Nowitzki #41 of the Dallas Mavericks during the game on February 19, 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

Okay, as I’ve mentioned before, I am a Dan Patrick fan. Ive been following his career since he and Keith Olbermann made SportsCenter a household name.  As such, I’ve tended to side with him when it comes to certain matters, be it sports or otherwise. This…is one of those times.

The New York Knicks have been in the news lately, thanks in large part to the insane play of their point guard Jeremy Lin.  Jeremy Lin is a Taiwanese-American basketball player from Palo Alto, California. He went to Harvard and had a pretty good collegiate career. He wasn’t drafted in the NBA, but he got picked up by the Golden State Warriors. They didn’t know what to do with him, so he got released and picked up by Houston.  They had far too many point guards on their roster, so they let him go and he got picked up by the Knicks. They were a stone’s throw away from cutting him until an injury to Carmelo Anthony and a tragedy in Amare’ Stoudamire’s life set up a chance for Jeremy Lin to step up and play ball.

And, play ball he did.

The Knicks went from a blubbering mess of a team to winners of – as of this writing – eight of their last nine, and Linsanity has swept the nation.  With that comes clever puns on his last name (my favorite is “Super Lintendo Entertainment System”) and celebrity matchmakers (Kim Kardashian has hovered her black hole of fame towards him…with hilarious results).  Also, there comes controversy.

A few days ago, ESPN’s Mobile Site put up a headline following the Knicks’ 89-85 loss to the decaying carcass of the New Orleans Hornets that read as follows:

ESPN Mistake

Also, a broadcaster for ESPNews was talking to legendary Knicks point guard and current commentator Walt “Clyde” Frazier about Lin, and he said the same thing.  ESPN fired the headline writer and suspended the broadcaster for 30 days.  Now, in listening to Dan Patrick, he says that ESPN should’ve had someone to proofread the headline, and probably shouldn’t have suspended the commentator for so long.  I can agree with that.  I’m not just saying that because I am not a fan of “The W0rldwide Leader,” because that would be hypocritical.  To paraphrase Dan, they’re a multibillion dollar organization, and they can’t spring for an editor for their mobile site?  In my opinion, both people should’ve been suspended for two weeks without pay.  To completely fire one and suspend the other for a month is ridiculous.

Eventually, companies and corporations are going to have to start taking responsibility for their own actions instead of just pruning those who have sullied their image.  And, no…one is not mutually exclusive of the other.  But, I guess this is why I’m not in charge of a company or a corporation, because I will accept responsibility for the actions of my company and make the steps to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.  There is a such a thing as sensitivity training, and maybe ESPN should’ve used it instead of cutting off their noses to spite their face.

Of course, this is just my opinion…I could be wrong.

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