# CNN panelist rates "Negroes". Some do not make the cut, are "mediocre". **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 25, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849 "2017-06-25T18:32:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/21 "2017-06-25T19:19:09Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > You’re not allowed to snip things and note that you did it? I thought it was very clear I was not modifying anything he said, just removing it. You are welcome to snip it, but cannot editorialize. [Post 11:](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697048#post7697048) > [@](#): > > Text inside [QUOTE] tags is sacrosanct. Normal editorial rules apply: that is, you may indicate omitted portions of a quote by the use of ellipses “…” and you may add text to clarify a word using square brackets (e.g., “her [the sister’s] friend”), but you may not add editorial comments or edit a quote so as to change the substantive meaning; nor may you substitute text such as “some blather” or “more nonsense” inside the [QUOTE] tags. Which ironically I had to add spaces to make the quote box work above properly 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/22 "2017-06-25T19:19:25Z")
You’ve all figured out that the OP is a troll right? Yes, he’s a sock here to troll. ---
**Author:** ![boyaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@boyaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boyaren)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/23 "2017-06-25T19:21:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I can’t click the link right now, but I’m interested! In the meantime, could you sum up the ideology you mentioned? It sure sound terrible! Sure, be happy to. This ideology is about rating “Negroes”. For example, if you’re an outstanding neurosurgeon, but do not agree with progressive views, you’re a “mediocre Negro”, at best. If you’re one of the greatest football players ever, a pillar of not just African-American community, but all of American community, a paragon of virtue, who spent his entire life helping less fortunate, but do not agree with progressive views, you’re a “mediocre Negro”, at best. If you’re a Supreme Court justice, but do not agree with progressive views, you’re a “mediocre Negro”, at best. On the other hand, if you’re professor of liberal arts (in another words, you couldn’t hack getting a real education), but you support progressive views, then you automatically rate as “superior Negro”. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/24 "2017-06-25T19:22:52Z")
> [@boyaren](#): > > I’m on a phone, so, no. Seriously?!? It’s your OP. Did you just decide that a video you hadn’t even watched was worthy of a self righteous outrage fueled game of gotcha because someone else told you to be outraged? You posted with no sense of internal skepticism or concern about being accurate before you challenged others beliefs? You weren’t concerned about how best to influence others instead of just screeching in accordance with your basest tribal impulses? You might want to look for an underpass with better cell data coverage to crouch under. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/25 "2017-06-25T19:23:58Z")
> [@boyaren](#): > > If you’re one of the greatest football players ever, a pillar of not just African-American community, but all of American community, a paragon of virtue, who spent his entire life helping less fortunate, but do not agree with progressive views, you’re a “mediocre Negro”, at best. I know Colin Kaepernick had criticized Hillary Clinton, but you don’t have to call him such ugly names. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/26 "2017-06-25T19:24:07Z")
> [@boyaren](#): > > I’m on a phone, so, no. Is that an apology? If so, it’s a weak one, not accepted. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/27 "2017-06-25T19:24:13Z")
I have actually never heard of this before. Is this some kind of alt-right bullshit? Is there an actual point here for discussion, or are you just a sack of shit? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/28 "2017-06-25T19:24:47Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I can’t click the link right now, but I’m interested! In the meantime, could you sum up the ideology you mentioned? It sure sound terrible! There was something about regressive, violent, hateful, racist and bigoted people, so I assume he was talking about Trump supporters. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/29 "2017-06-25T19:25:16Z")
> [@boyaren](#): > > …If you’re one of the greatest football players ever, a pillar of not just African-American community, but all of American community, a paragon of virtue, who spent his entire life helping less fortunate, but do not agree with progressive views, you’re a “mediocre Negro”, at best… O.J. Simpson? ---
**Author:** ![boyaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9adbd/32.png) [@boyaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boyaren)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/30 "2017-06-25T19:25:35Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Is that an apology? If so, it’s a weak one, not accepted. That’s good, because it wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/31 "2017-06-25T19:26:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Mediocrity is colour blind. Just look at the current White House occupants. They aren’t mediocre, they’re thoroughly incompetent and utterly lacking in any redeeming qualities. And if there’s anyone who could use some redeeming qualities, it’s them. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849/32 "2017-06-25T19:36:20Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > They aren’t mediocre, they’re thoroughly incompetent and utterly lacking in any redeeming qualities. And if there’s anyone who could use some redeeming qualities, it’s them. Yeah, I know. Trump & Co. are not fit to shovel shit from one place to another. I was just riffing with the theme of mediocrity in the OP. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnn-panelist-rates-negroes-some-do-not-make-the-cut-are-mediocre/789849.md?page=1)