Really? I'm not shocked.Vince has said the N-word on screen!
You're missing the point, at least from my point of view. I don't think anyone is defending his views. They're terrible. But I do defend the right of someone to have a private opinion--no matter how vile--and not have that opinion jeopardize areas of his life that frankly should be totally divorced from all that. I believe people should have a right to privacy in the private sphere. Exceptions being something that could lead to legitimate personal harm, such as someone saying they were going to hurt or kill someone, or neglect a child.Wow...seems like HH isn't the only "a little racist" dude in this thread
I am not getting on the holier than thou bandwagon, but once the cat is out of the bag, how can you really defend it? I doubt this will affect the figure sales cause the only color that matters is green. But it's really disturbing that anyone, including guys here, would really want to defend his comments and dismiss them as just a passing comment.
He said it in the most degrading manner one could possibly use it...like the guy was less than him on a human level. Being in the group who his diatribe was directed to, I find his comments very offensive and for me at least, I wouldn't buy it if he gave it to me.
Right is right and wrong is wrong. His comments were just wrong. As a celebrity, he's a target. He got caught saying some dumb ****, so now he should be willing to either commit to the courage of his convictions and declare his deep personal racist views famed be damned or submit to public pressure...either way the only color that matters is green and his figure will sell.
I'd bet the Chinese guys who made this aren't too concerned, the comments weren't directed toward them.
Terrible, but I'm not shocked. But then, I don't think McMahon cares about taste/the political correctness of anything unless it affects his bottom line. He is a guy who once tag teamed with his son against Shawn Michaels and God, after all. And Vince and son won!
I do remember the "Crock" Triple H routine.You make a fair point, and I think there are exceptions when the potential risk is too high to judge someone one face value alone (you wouldn't use a male babysitter in most cases, systems should be set up to prevent police abuse if they are racist, homophobic, on a power trip, etc.), or when those who in their public or professional lives run people down for one thing, while doing another (so, politicians being those frequently who do things like sleep around but claim marriage is a sacred thing, preachers who use drugs and whores, etc.), because there are cases where hypocrisy really matters.
Terrible, but I'm not shocked. But then, I don't think McMahon cares about taste/the political correctness of anything unless it affects his bottom line. He is a guy who once tag teamed with his son against Shawn Michaels and God, after all. And Vince and son won!
You make a fair point, and I think there are exceptions when the potential risk is too high to judge someone one face value alone (you wouldn't use a male babysitter in most cases, systems should be set up to prevent police abuse if they are racist, homophobic, on a power trip, etc.), or when those who in their public or professional lives run people down for one thing, while doing another (so, politicians being those frequently who do things like sleep around but claim marriage is a sacred thing, preachers who use drugs and whores, etc.), because there are cases where hypocrisy really matters.
But still, in the vast majority of cases, doesn't everyone deserve a private life where, so long as they aren't hurting others, they can do or think whatever the hell they want? Hopefully many of these people will learn to accept and embrace things they are ignorant or biased about, but if they are vile bigots inside but can constrain their behavior to the rest of the world, then what does it matter? Don't we all repress our darker sides from time to time so that we can function in a civilized world? Battling our ids so that we aren't shunned by everyone? At what point should the ThoughtPolice step in and publicly shame us for these instincts and opinions?
Coming back to Hogan's example, he has been a public figure for over 30 years. How many times then has he done something so terribly racist that he was hurting the wellbeing of African Americans? Or even a single African American? As a wrestler, he beat down everyone, so he was an equal opportunity offender, whether he was wrestling Kamala, Tatsumi Fujinami, or Roddy Piper. Unless he totally goes off his rocker, is there any reason to think that would change in the future? If not, does his private opinion really matter? If this news never came out, and we never heard anything similarly, I don't think most would have even considered the possibility that he felt that way.
Just my opinion here. I respect alternative opinions. People are understandably offended by what he said, but I don't think any of us should have heard this to begin with.
