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|    We are past apologies for booking vulgar    |
|    01 Nov 21 20:59:23    |
      XPost: alt.niggers, talk.politics.guns, alt.education       XPost: sac.politics       From: nigger-lovers@disney.com              What would village idiots do without villages?              It remains an underplayed, perversely comical episode at the       junction of sports and their unyielding devotion to combine with       the lowest forms of rap music, as if one can no longer exist       without the other.              Thus in October 2019, the University of Kansas apologized for       inviting often-arrested, N-wording, women-objectifying       pornographer Snoop Dogg, of late a Roger Goodell-approved invite       to “entertain” at the Super Bowl — the latest in a selection of       Goodell’s Greatest Gutter Halftime Hits — to kick off the       school’s basketball season.              At a KU in-arena rally for the men’s and women’s teams, Mr.       Dogg, as if essential to the night’s purpose, performed his       stock-in-trade: vulgar music and crotch-aimed skits, including       strip club-borrowed pole dancing, also featured and performed —       as per NFL invite — by Jennifer Lopez at Super Bowl LIV in       February 2020, except Mr. Dogg’s KU show included a make-it-rain       money shower.              Then KU had to pretend to be distressed and surprised that Mr.       Dogg did what he does. Athletic director Jeff Long expressed his       revulsion at what anyone with a partial clue would have known to       expect:              “We apologize to anyone who was offended by the Snoop Dogg       performance. … We made it clear to the entertainer’s managers       that we expected a clean version of the show and took additional       steps to communicate to our fans, including moving the artist to       the final act of the evening, to ensure that no basketball       activities would be missed if anyone did not want to stay for       his show.              “I take full responsibility for not thoroughly vetting all the       details of the performance and offer my personal apology to       those who were offended. We strive to create a family atmosphere       at Kansas and fell short of that this evening.”              From the movie, “Who Knew?” Snoop Dogg’s shows don’t include       clean versions.              In 2017, the NHL, appealing to the low and desensitized, had Mr.       Dogg perform at its All-Star festivities. Naturally, he put on a       vulgarity-filled show. The NHL, as the NHL does, pretended it       didn’t occur. NBCSN apologized for the NHL’s lack of discretion.              So last week, there was an apology from the ESPN Manning       Brothers for inviting and indulging the steady mumble of       profanities that casually spilled from guest star Marshawn Lynch       during their “alternative” “Monday Night Football” show.              Lynch clearly didn’t care that he was on live national TV. He       was being true to his classless character — the one that brought       him fame, acclaim, honors and emulation for grabbing his crotch       as he scored touchdowns.              ESPN didn’t warn them away from Lynch? Stupid question. ESPN       selectively covets such attention. The Mannings had no idea?       Grown men, they could have stopped Lynch with his first crudity,       but they didn’t. They waited until Lynch was done and gone.              So we’re again moved to ask: “Where are we going?” “Why are we       headed there?” and “What’s the upside?” Why must we always be       headed down, even while our sports and their TV networks       continue campaigns imploring us to treat one another with       greater respect and dignity, especially as they relate to race?              Lynch is an NFL version of Snoop Dogg, parlaying rank public       anti-social behavior into successful business. (See: Snoop Dogg       commercial endorsement deals, now including endless Corona beer       ads.)              His crotch-grabbing career — the NFL Store sold a framed photo       collage that included one of him in the act — which included       misdemeanor pleas after a DUI arrest and another for illegal       possession of a gun, was quickly followed by starring roles in       Subway sandwich ads and an appointment by the NFLPA as its       “first-ever chief brand ambassador.”              Gee, wonder who finished second to Lynch in the NFLPA’s       selection?              In 2020, Princeton’s senior class invited Lynch to be its Class       Day speaker, citing his “sustained professional excellence” to       fulfill “our goal … to invite a speaker who embodies the various       experiences we have shared as a community during our Princeton       tenure; someone whose professional and personal passions speak       to the service-focused and intellectually rigorous interests       core to the University.”              Yes, all Princeton grads should aspire to the bar set so high by       Marshawn Lynch, who the senior class’ invite emphasized is a       social activist and role model.              COVID-19 put an end to that wishful, nauseating con. But it’s       all a con, many more to come.              https://nypost.com/2021/10/30/no-more-apologies-for-booking-       vulgar-snoop-dogg-marshawn-lynch/              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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