LOL

""We are in an era now where we see hangman's nooses all over again."



Somebody help a Utah boy out and tell me in what parts of the country are hangman's nooses in vogue.

edit:  Found it in the corresponding ESPN article which didn't cut half the story.

http://sports.espn.go.com...&source=ESPNHeadlines

This kind of *feces* really chaps my ass! I am not a racist by any means but what drives me nuts is what I hear every day at work. Where I work the population is probably 50% black, 20% Hispanic, 15% oriental and 15% Caucasian. I hear the how the black population at work talk to each other, what they call each other, what they say, etc... If I were to say anything like that I would be sued, beat up, and shot (not necessarily in that order). I have to talk like I am walking on pins an needles yet in the same conversation (that I am participating in) they are calling each other the N word like it's a nickname.

If these comments or words are so offensive they why the hell is it OK for them to say it!

I look at people at work by the personality they have not the color of their skin, yet I have to so I don't accidentally offend them by saying the very same thing they are.

 

I don't agree with what Tilgham said. I think it's wrong. I think stuff like that is wrong no matter who says it or what your skin color is. If you want a politically correct world then the rules should be the same for everyone, none of this "it's OK if I say it but not if you say it" crap!

Your right she didn't use that word. But if she were to say the same thing about Phil M. it would be a non issue. I'm not saying Bryant Gumble would be able to get away with it ether but he might not take the flak that she is.

Will you let Michael Hutchence rest in peace.

Tilghman probably doesn't/didn't understand that the term "lynch" pretty much means to "kill" by hanging. It doesn't mean to simply "bind with a rope", which is probably what she meant to say (i.e. the only way to slow down Tiger is to bind him up and toss him in a back alley so that he isn't able to play in a tournament). The only notable metaphorical use of that term that I can recall is when Clarence Thomas described the Anita Hill investigations as a "high-tech lynching". It was an appropriate metaphor in that case because he believed that the investigations were intended to "kill" his reputation and career.

I can see Tilghman's comment as being an honest mistake, but if you're in broadcasting, your only job is to speak and to speak well. If she got fired because of a mistake in what she said, then so be it.