Greenie wrote:Oscirus wrote:Greenie wrote:
Im going to be real.
I see a black mans intelligence and character come into question because some fans are mad the Knicks aren't any good when the fact is the Knicks have not been good in damn near half a century.
I see a black man be called greedy for wanting to maximize is earning potential because fans want him to take less money to come play for their team.
I see a black man being called a brat because he wants to play in a damn all-star game.
I see a black man being railroaded because he posted a pic of ANOTHER black man in Ali.
That's what I see. It's one thing to insult his game. It's another to insult who he is as a man and let those insults tip toe that line in the sand.
You mad he didn't wait to come here? Fine. That doesn't make him greedy or selfish for looking out for his family.
You mad he wants to play in All-star games? Fine. That doesn't make him a brat.
Some posters speak on Melo as if they are chastising a child...and they do the same to posters who stick up for Melo. They just word it fancy because they think they can talk over everyone's head like no one comprehended what they just typed.
As I said, I have no issues with people going in on Melo the player. Lord knows he deserves it. I feel some type of way when people(not you per say) start the over the top extra.
That is all.
It has nothing to do with black or white ( though admittedly the fact that we have one of the few white stars in this league does affect the optics), some of the things like his greed and questioning his intelligence are admittedly going overboard, but other things like repeatedly campaigning for the all star game in the midst of a losing streak and posting provocative pictures knowing what the imagery is meant to convey opens him up to ridicule and is fair criticism. Should people use better adjectives when describing Melo? Sure but at the same time, criticims of Melo needn't be limited to his on court performance especially when it's his actions that are causing said criticisms.
What actions?
Players campaign for the All star game. He's not the first and won't be the last. You don't have to agree with it, but that's not a hit on who he is as a person.
People called this man dumb for speaking out against police brutality....on this board.
The Ali pic was a statement and here comes the same people ready to attack him. These same people defended LeBron and his statements about what Phil said and flipped to the other side of the fence with the pic because it was Melo. It then became Okay to tell someone how to feel and they were wrong for playing the race card.
Insulting someone's actions isn't really attacking them as a person. It's just saying I'm not a fan of those particular actions. We'll have to agree to disagree on this point, but campaigning for an all star game in the midst of a losing streak is not a good look, IMO.
Anybody who called him dumb for speaking up against police brutality is a moron and isn't worthy of the time it would take to even respond to them.
I agree that Melo does get an abnormal amount of hate, but that's just a strange picture to post in response to a talkative GM especially coming on the heels of that posse controversy. That's not to say he's not allowed to post whatever he feels, but at the same time, it comes off as a bit of an overreaction. That being said, any sane person would realize that Lebron's reaction was a lot more ridiculous then Melo's.
