I introduce to you “You white people are white so only you white people can be racists although we’re all racists anyway no matter what color we are, it’s just whitey who’s not allowed to act that way in public” greck.
What concerns me possibly more than he or she being a racist and a fool apparently allergic to Logic is that he (self-reported) may have a freakin’ Master’s Degree! ‘Parently ol’ greck decided that once he got the secon’ sheepskin, thinkin’ was no longer a ‘quirement for livin’.
BTW: All non-standard English usages in this particular posting are the actual dialect I grew up using, except that my family, friends, and I didn’t (and don’t) go around using racial epithets.
Damn uppity white folk.
And with the wondrous periodicity that marks the Seasons of the Pit, we witness the waxing of the racist moon even as the homosexual flamewars pass towards solstice…
I agree 100%. I’ve thought it before, almost word for word. Damn astute, IMO. But, the dearth of capitalization is hard on the eyes.
As for Tiger, he actually is the first Thai or Native American to do almost anything in golf. Yet, I’ve heard sports writers claiming, incorrectly, some firsts for him as a black man that others accomplished before. Blackness trumps all, or something.
Black golfers who’ve had success: Lee Elder, Jim Dent, Calvin Peete, some guy on the senior tour chomping a cigar. Yeah, a short list, but firsts can only happen once. Hell, some of what Tiger has accomplished is wholly unprecedented* or a first for anyone except Jack Nicklaus. Every one of Jack’s records is going to fall to the mighty Tiger eventually, assuming no major groin pulls or whatever.
*Tiger Slam. Holding all four major records. More.
I’ll have you know that the grecks are one of the very pillars of western civilization. Although I hear they threw all their pottery in the fireplace and we’re having a little bit of difficulty proving it these days.