Cooper apologizes for racial slur

[blueinbama 259]

This is a very controversial topic right now. Some say the media is reacting irresponsibly and over-the-top, and others like Kornheiser and Wilbon on PTI say a "significant suspension" is the only answer, and that the NFL needs to act swiftly and decisively. What say you?

 

PHILADELPHIA (AP)

 

Saying he was ''ashamed and disgusted'' with himself, Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper apologized repeatedly for making a racial slur at a Kenny Chesney concert that was caught on video and led to him getting fined.

 

The video of Cooper using the N-word surfaced Wednesday on the Internet. Cooper issued a statement of apology then met with reporters outside the team's practice facility.

 

''This is the lowest of lows,'' Cooper said. ''This is not the type of person I want to be portrayed as. This isn't the type of person I am. I'm extremely sorry.''

 

Cooper said he was drinking when he directed the slur at an African-American security guard at the concert in June.

 

''That's no excuse for what I said. I don't use that term,'' he said. ''I was raised better than that. I have a great mom and dad and they're disgusted with my actions.''

 

Cooper said he was fined a significant amount of money by the Eagles.

 

''We are shocked and appalled by Riley Cooper's words,'' Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie said. ''This sort of behavior or attitude from anyone has no role in a civil society. He has accepted responsibility for his words and his actions. He has been fined for this incident.''

 

''As a team we understood because we all make mistakes in life and we all do and say things that maybe we do mean and maybe we don't mean,'' Eagles quarterback Michael Vick said. ''But as a teammate I forgave him. We understand the magnitude of the situation. We understand a lot of people may be hurt and offended, but I know Riley Cooper. I know him as a man. I've been with him for the last three years and I know what type of person he is. That's what makes it easy, and at the same time, hard to understand. But easy to forgive him.''

Vick also rebuked his brother, Marcus Vick, for profanity-laced tweets, including one offering a $1,000 bounty for any player who lays Cooper out in a game. Marcus Vick later deleted all the tweets.

 

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[blueinbama 259]

I understand the sensitive nature of using the "N" word. I also understand why some black people think it's permissible to use it among themselves, and are offended when white people use it, even when it's used ending in an 'a'. What I have a problem with mostly is the news media taking someone's cell video and probably paying the guy for the video, in essence playing "gotcha", and using it to try and bring him/her down.

 

In another instance, look at the Paula Deen situation. Here is a lady who was raised in the deep south, and used the word TWO DECADES ago, and has now had her reputation and her ability to have sponsors support her destroyed because of people who have their own agenda like the Al Sharptons and the Jessie Jacksons of the world.

 

Listening to PTI last night made me sick to my stomach. Tony Kornheiser and Mike Wilbon were calling for a "significant" suspension. Every time the subject of race comes up, Wilbon calls for heads to roll. I am so fed up with political correctness being used to destroy the reputations of good people. It should be against the law.

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Cooper clearly shouldn't have done it, and he needs some serious soul-searching (pardon the alliteration). You don't say those things, even intoxicated, without having at least some feeling pointed in that general direction.

 

But that's a personal matter.

 

Not one over which today's garbage media should salivate. You will NEVER see the media discuss the pink elephant of a double-standard here. Not coincidentally, you will always see select African-American journalists call for obscenely draconian punishments for this offense (Stephen A. Smith, Scoop Jackson, Michael Wilbon, etc.), often with consent from their white journalist counterparts who dare not step into a hurricane if they disagree (Skip Bayless, Tony Kornheiser, etc.) As a white American, I just don't "get it", you see? White people are burned at the stake for saying it, but it's a word that's made millions of dollars for many African-Americans with dubious musical talent. I absolutely get that.

 

God help us.

 

The NFL should give a token suspension for disorderly conduct and do NOTHING else.

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People are overly sensitive these days...of all races.