But....But he has a degree in Soviet Studies so that makes him an expert on the ability of our current president and the overall state of affairs in our country.bam02 said:
He comes off as a petulant whiner.
I agree he has convictions and I respect that, but he never used to go on long political rants. I realize people are now asking him political questions, but Pop doesn't answer anything he doesn't want to.
Now all of a sudden all these social injustices are so dire he has to opine. Gimme a break.
If you're looking for insights into race relations and differing racial experiences, I think you could do a hell of a lot worse than a highly intelligent, white, lifelong basketball coach with a background in intelligence (intelligence analysis requires understanding leaders, populations, and national moods).bam02 said:
He comes off as a petulant whiner.
I agree he has convictions and I respect that, but he never used to go on long political rants. I realize people are now asking him political questions, but Pop doesn't answer anything he doesn't want to.
Now all of a sudden all these social injustices are so dire he has to opine. Gimme a break.
Brian Earl Spilner said:
People who disrespect Pop need to STFU.
bam02 said:
He comes off as a petulant whiner.
I agree he has convictions and I respect that, but he never used to go on long political rants. I realize people are now asking him political questions, but Pop doesn't answer anything he doesn't want to.
Now all of a sudden all these social injustices are so dire he has to opine. Gimme a break.
Ag Natural said:bam02 said:
He comes off as a petulant whiner.
I agree he has convictions and I respect that, but he never used to go on long political rants. I realize people are now asking him political questions, but Pop doesn't answer anything he doesn't want to.
Now all of a sudden all these social injustices are so dire he has to opine. Gimme a break.
You do realize Pop has always worked behind the scenes on social issues he just hardly spoke publicly about it because it's not a PR move for him and he doesn't want attention.
I guess he changed his mind and now he figures let's talk.
bam02 said:Ag Natural said:bam02 said:
He comes off as a petulant whiner.
I agree he has convictions and I respect that, but he never used to go on long political rants. I realize people are now asking him political questions, but Pop doesn't answer anything he doesn't want to.
Now all of a sudden all these social injustices are so dire he has to opine. Gimme a break.
You do realize Pop has always worked behind the scenes on social issues he just hardly spoke publicly about it because it's not a PR move for him and he doesn't want attention.
I guess he changed his mind and now he figures let's talk.
I do realize that and intended to acknowledge thatin my post, but maybe I didn't. I've always known his politics and always thought it was funny and cool that he and Holt were on opposite ends of the spectrum but didn't seem to affect their relationship (at least their professional one).
He's being very vocal now simply because his candidate lost the election. That's petulant. Theses social issues didn't start with the election.
So I guess what you are implying is that he would ranting if Hillary had been elected too? The way he's coming off I have a hard time believing that.Ag Natural said:bam02 said:Ag Natural said:bam02 said:
He comes off as a petulant whiner.
I agree he has convictions and I respect that, but he never used to go on long political rants. I realize people are now asking him political questions, but Pop doesn't answer anything he doesn't want to.
Now all of a sudden all these social injustices are so dire he has to opine. Gimme a break.
You do realize Pop has always worked behind the scenes on social issues he just hardly spoke publicly about it because it's not a PR move for him and he doesn't want attention.
I guess he changed his mind and now he figures let's talk.
I do realize that and intended to acknowledge thatin my post, but maybe I didn't. I've always known his politics and always thought it was funny and cool that he and Holt were on opposite ends of the spectrum but didn't seem to affect their relationship (at least their professional one).
He's being very vocal now simply because his candidate lost the election. That's petulant. Theses social issues didn't start with the election.
That's not true at all. Pop was pretty outspoken about his disdain for both candidates before the election. I'm sure he considered her a lesser of two evils but he doesn't give a rip about Hilary.
SilverTongueDevil said:So I guess what you are implying is that he would ranting if Hillary had been elected too? The way he's coming off I have a hard time believing that.Ag Natural said:bam02 said:Ag Natural said:bam02 said:
He comes off as a petulant whiner.
I agree he has convictions and I respect that, but he never used to go on long political rants. I realize people are now asking him political questions, but Pop doesn't answer anything he doesn't want to.
Now all of a sudden all these social injustices are so dire he has to opine. Gimme a break.
You do realize Pop has always worked behind the scenes on social issues he just hardly spoke publicly about it because it's not a PR move for him and he doesn't want attention.
I guess he changed his mind and now he figures let's talk.
I do realize that and intended to acknowledge thatin my post, but maybe I didn't. I've always known his politics and always thought it was funny and cool that he and Holt were on opposite ends of the spectrum but didn't seem to affect their relationship (at least their professional one).
He's being very vocal now simply because his candidate lost the election. That's petulant. Theses social issues didn't start with the election.
That's not true at all. Pop was pretty outspoken about his disdain for both candidates before the election. I'm sure he considered her a lesser of two evils but he doesn't give a rip about Hilary.
I think part of this is that NBA teams are largely made up of minorities as his is much of the Spurs fan base in SA. Is he pandering? I cant say that for sure but I would not be surprised.
Deputy Travis Junior said:
Has he criticized people who voted for Trump?
I can see where he's coming from, but once Trump made it through the primaries, it was basically a two horse race unless you're willing to do a third party protest vote (what I did, but I don't blame people for not taking the same path).UMichAg said:
This is what he said about people who voted for Trump:
"Not basically because the Republicans won or anything, but the disgusting tenor and tone and all the comments that have been xenophobic, homophobic, racist, misogynistic, and I live in that country where half the country ignored all that to elect someone. That's the scariest part of the whole thing to me."
Does that really offend you?
Deputy Travis Junior said:I can see where he's coming from, but once Trump made it through the primaries, it was basically a two horse race unless you're willing to do a third party protest vote (what I did, but I don't blame people for not taking the same path).UMichAg said:
This is what he said about people who voted for Trump:
"Not basically because the Republicans won or anything, but the disgusting tenor and tone and all the comments that have been xenophobic, homophobic, racist, misogynistic, and I live in that country where half the country ignored all that to elect someone. That's the scariest part of the whole thing to me."
Does that really offend you?
Trump has a lot of warts, but Hillary was a pretty horrific candidate herself, and her "degenerates" statement was not much/no less insulting or offensive. I think it's pretty silly to stand there and castigate one group for voting for a jerk while ignoring the people on the other side who also voted for a jerk.
