War Room Lounge V26: Neoliberal Clicks

[irish_thug]

Not thread-worthy, but still pisses me off. Good to see the kid win and to see that his teammates had his back.

High School Wrestling Ref Who Called Colleague The N-Word Makes Black Wrestler Cut Off His Dreadlocks

Alan Maloney, a high school wrestling referee in New Jersey who called another referee the n-word in an incident two years ago, this week told a black teen from Buena High School that he couldn’t wear a cover over his dreadlocks during a wrestling meet, and that he would have to forfeit or cut them off. The wrestler, Andrew Johnson, decided to cut off his dreadlocks, right there on the mat.

The story has been going around the internet today thanks to this tweet from SNJ Sports Director Mike Frankel, who framed footage of a distraught Johnson getting his hair chopped off as an example of great team spirit:


That’s one way to view the incident, another is to see a teenager forced to live through a humiliating moment because some dipshit referee who likes to use the n-word didn’t approve of his hairstyle.

Maloney’s previous racist incident ocurred on March 25, 2016, when he called a fellow referee the n-word. The Courrier Post wrote about the incident in October of that year:

Over a disagreement about homemade wine, said Preston Hamilton, who is African American, fellow referee Alan Maloney poked his finger in his chest and hurled the epithet. Maloney told the Courier-Post he does not remember using the word at all, let alone directing it at Hamilton, but believes the accounts of witnesses who told him he said the word. Hamilton told the Courier-Post he responded by slamming Maloney, who is white, to the ground.

Both men were suspended for one year, but both suspensions were overturned after appeals. Why he’s still allowed to referee high school matches and empowered to force a black teenager to cut off his hair is anybody’s guess.

I emailed the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association for comment and will update if I hear back.

There's a thread.

 

[PolishHeadlock]

I like that somebody is still keeping The Coz's Twitter page alive

 

[Quipling]

So, is Saxony the way Germans taste?

Geography humour totally bring the lolz

Dunno. My mom told me not to lick germans when I was a kid

 

[Graves The Elder]

 

[PolishHeadlock]

 

[Shoemaker]

My secretary got me a bottle of bourbon. I might have a problem.

You have a secretary that brings you booze, so you have at least 1 less problem than me.

 

[Shoemaker]

 

[Graves The Elder]

couldn't we have kept brocko around as a butler or something?
dude's hillarious

 

[Andy Capp]

Stable genius, I tell ya.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

My secretary got me a bottle of bourbon. I might have a problem.

Your secretary bought you a Christmas gift?? I'm firing Cathy on thursday

 

[Shotsfired]

I hope you live in a big place where you can have a lot of distance while she is practicing. Violin is a brutal instrument to listen to even with a mute. My wife is decent at violin, but it is loud and annoying listening to her practice in our small apartment. Luckily, she cannot play for very long because the neighbours will complain.

Best case scenario for you is that she was not actually serious about really wanting to play violin and will fool around with it for a week or two and then it will just sit there and collect dust. It takes years and hours of daily practice to become even decent at violin.

Strongly disagree. I'm either way more patient then you or it just legit doesn't bother me. It would warm my heart to see her learning something something she has always wanted to do. Your name fits ya well

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Strongly disagree. I'm either way more patient then you or it just legit doesn't bother me. It would warm my heart to see her learning something something she has always wanted to do. Your name fits ya well

I'm the master of patience, son. You have no idea how patient I am, bro. Your girlfriend's violin will break you in time. Hahahahahaha!

 

[Contra-dictator]

I'm the master of patience, son. You have no idea how patient I am, bro. Your girlfriend's violin will break you in time. Hahahahahaha!

UH OH!!

 

[Shotsfired]

I'm the master of patience, son. You have no idea how patient I am, bro. Your girlfriend's violin will break you in time. Hahahahahaha!

Id honestly be more disappointed if she didn't play it.

You say your wife is decent at violin but you can't stand hearing her practice? Are you a musician by chance?

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Id honestly be more disappointed if she didn't play it.

You say your wife is decent at violin but you can't stand hearing her practice? Are you a musician by chance?

The only instrument I play is the skin flute.

 

[Shotsfired]

The only instrument I play is the skin flute.

Makes sense. It takes time and dedication. I wonder, if you played an instrument yourself, if you'd be more agreeable to her practice

If she is decent at violin why do you hate listening to her practice ?

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Makes sense. It takes time and dedication. I wonder, if you played an instrument yourself, if you'd be more agreeable to her practice

If she is decent at violin why do you hate listening to her practice ?

In a small apartment the violin is loud and irritating.

 

[tonni]

I hope you live in a big place where you can have a lot of distance while she is practicing. Violin is a brutal instrument to listen to even with a mute. My wife is decent at violin, but it is loud and annoying listening to her practice in our small apartment. Luckily, she cannot play for very long because the neighbours will complain.

Best case scenario for you is that she was not actually serious about really wanting to play violin and will fool around with it for a week or two and then it will just sit there and collect dust. It takes years and hours of daily practice to become even decent at violin.

Hearing people practice music is probably one the most annoying sounds in the worlds, right after "baby crying" and "a jar filled with teeth being shaken"

 

[tonni]

Id honestly be more disappointed if she didn't play it.

You say your wife is decent at violin but you can't stand hearing her practice? Are you a musician by chance?

It's not that abnormal to be annoyed by people missing chords and notes and having to repeat over and over and over and over...

But it's a well known fact that @Devout Pessimist is on some kind of hypersensitivity/autism spectrum. His contrarian opinions and awkward sense of humor make him rank very low on the social ladder and it's all pointing towards serious asperger.

No offense.

 

[Prokofievian]

Hearing people practice music is probably one the most annoying sounds in the worlds, right after "baby crying" and "a jar filled with teeth being shaken"