A turn of phrase that wasn't racial. Explain to me the dynamics of how referring to a black man as a monkey is not racist.

Calling a black man a monkey is my proof.

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They astroturfed the hell out of this thread

I actually read it as he sees us all as monkeys. Like the whole evolved from apes deal. But maybe I am giving him to much credit.

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Yeah that is definitely factor as well, combined with that he pretty much achieved what he could in road cycling

I think it was more of a mental thing. He never loved road cycling and his divorce clearly didn't put him in a good space to perform

Tell me, since you are so well versed on the subject of racism. What is the "all encompassing definition" of racism.

Please. Tell me how racists view the people their racism is directed at.

I wish I didn't delete my other comment to you.

For reference, it said "you're a racist". You have proved my point by literally disregarding thousands of years of racism that was solely focused on the oppressed not being human beings.

Jesus Christ Almighty, you must have been "educated" in the south.

You are fooling yourself to think racists don't believe they are animals. Why compare a person to an animal otherwise?

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Care to share the constitution establishing the Australian open as a state?

If you're the one calling someone racist then I think it should be you providing the proof

That's a turn of phrase that's outdated so people don't know it anymore but it was definitely a thing people said and it wasn't racial. I don't know Packer's thoughts or anything, of course, but if that's your smoking gun then it's not much

Care to explain? Or you just spew insults for no reason.

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You're the worst

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This guy had a history, and even after being called out, seemed to continue to misstep, so I don’t really think your comment applies too much, especially for a person working in a field with a disproportionately large black representation. He’s the voice of the games, it’s zero tolerance.

With that said, in other contexts your statement is true. Can you imagine living in such a utopia? Acknowledging that other people are humans too, and like you, they have imperfections, and are capable of learning, growing, and changing?

Instead, the internet will hold a seventh grader’s mean tweets against them for the next forty years. Scary time to grow up, a shift away from the concept of personal responsibility, towards a lifetime of pure absolute accountability.

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That's clearly not what is being said. Sure its racist to refer to a black guy as a monkey but saying "has nothing to do with race" is not a sign that he literally sees him as an animal you dummy. He's literally just making an excuse saying "it's not a race thing".

The implication is clearly not that he wants to finish the sentence "it's not a race thing because he's an animal" it's, "it's not a race thing because I'm not racist" it was just a poor attempt to cover his back

All of it. Can you start over please?

Well back in the 90s, cancel culture was not a thing. People were allowed a chance to own up to their mistakes and try to do better.

The fact you consider capitalization to be "jamming my fingers into your chest" is weird.

What was too fast for you?