Cam Newton confounds both his fans and his haters — but he’s not so different from the rest of us.

[dave-o]

27 minutes ago, Snake said:

That's because you're a racist and can't see past racism. 

FU you little bitch...  Say that to my face and you will lose some teeth !!  

[maddog1945]

Seems like politics always screw up a good thing!!!!

PLAYBALL!!!!!!!!

[Snake]

18 minutes ago, dave-o said:

FU you little bitch...  Say that to my face and you will lose some teeth !!  

Just like a white supremacist to threaten violence. I bet you will do it while waving your confederate flag too huh. 

[Steves89]

I'm sorry, but how fragile can you possibly be that you consider this article "race-baiting?" If  you can't handle hearing that a black man working in a profession done mostly by white men, might sometimes be scrutinized more than others, then you're a p*ssy. It's ok though, we can find a safe space for you.

The article did not bring politics into football. Politics have always been in football. The article, though not that great, is just reporting what was always there.

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

Not agreeing makes you racist. Mmkay. That word has no value anymore. It’s been misused over and over when people are presented ideas and facts that hurt their feelings. It’s a last resort, ditch, type effort to justify their stance against any rational thought that doesn’t align with their own opinions. It’s hilarious. Calling somebody racist because they disagree with you doesn’t make them racist and is only alienating you from any productive conversation. 

Happy Febuary 1st peeps. It’s tax season. 

[Still Brooklyn]

On 1/31/2018 at 8:28 AM, JakeDel5674 said:

Cam Newton is an incredibly talented human being who has a job white Americans see as a white man’s job

I stopped reading here.

[USDepartmentOfSavagery]

1 minute ago, Still Brooklyn said:

I stopped reading here.

Yup that was pretty racist. Way to generalize an entire race, racist. 

[kungfoodude]

I wanted to punch the author after the first paragraph. "Cam Newton" as the start to every fuging sentence?? Who the the fug writes like that? I haven't even seen posts on this forum as poorly structured and hard to read as that. What. The. fug.

[dave-o]

On 1/31/2018 at 8:28 AM, JakeDel5674 said:

supported racist Donald Trump

 

This was the point I was referring too...   Thats as far I could go... 

[d-dave]

Thanks to social media, and the divisiveness of US politics, political opinion is now interwoven into everything thing.

I'm not a fan of the written structure of the article.  Too much half way between art and op-ed.

Cam is the man.  Cam is also a lightning rod for racist comments.  He understands the difficult position he is in; he did want to become an icon after all.  Cam is always honest, always real; which is wonderfully refreshing.  I feel his joy at wins and big plays as well as the anguish of "missed opportunities."   It makes the constant desire to micro-analyze Cam extremely difficult.  Good.

What's sad (funny sad?  maybe) is just how easy people will fall into the racist (even unintentional) rhetoric to ignore the systemic problems in America.  "Get politics out of my sports/award shows/cartoons/etc."  Sorry, but that ship has long since sailed since a failed businessman/reality TV show mogul was elected to the highest and most important office in the world.  Politics are now (and will be) a part of our daily lives from here on out.  Get used to it.

What's Cam to do?  Keep being Cam.  Hopefully the Panthers improve around him with Norv and Co and hopefully some help with receivers.  Hopefully we can see more joyful dancing, celebrations, "Hey, check this out" moments for the next several years.  Let's all enjoy the on the field product of Cam and appreciate the good deeds he does for our community.  Let's also watch him learn from his mistakes both on an off the field as well.

Cam certainly has become an entertainer and an icon.  For better or worse.  But he's also become one of the best QBs in the NFL, with a shot to earn his way into the HoF in the future.  Let's enjoy the ride.

[bewonee]

On 2/1/2018 at 9:03 AM, Steves89 said:

I'm sorry, but how fragile can you possibly be that you consider this article "race-baiting?" If  you can't handle hearing that a black man working in a profession done mostly by white men, might sometimes be scrutinized more than others, then you're a p*ssy. It's ok though, we can find a safe space for you.

The article did not bring politics into football. Politics have always been in football. The article, though not that great, is just reporting what was always there.

Making a slanderous false accuastion by calling Trump racist is a way that politics was brought in and that's why some people like myself didn't like it very much.

[bewonee]

On 2/1/2018 at 10:19 AM, d-dave said:

Thanks to social media, and the divisiveness of US politics, political opinion is now interwoven into everything thing.

I'm not a fan of the written structure of the article.  Too much half way between art and op-ed.

Cam is the man.  Cam is also a lightning rod for racist comments.  He understands the difficult position he is in; he did want to become an icon after all.  Cam is always honest, always real; which is wonderfully refreshing.  I feel his joy at wins and big plays as well as the anguish of "missed opportunities."   It makes the constant desire to micro-analyze Cam extremely difficult.  Good.

What's sad (funny sad?  maybe) is just how easy people will fall into the racist (even unintentional) rhetoric to ignore the systemic problems in America.  "Get politics out of my sports/award shows/cartoons/etc."  Sorry, but that ship has long since sailed since a failed businessman/reality TV show mogul was elected to the highest and most important office in the world.  Politics are now (and will be) a part of our daily lives from here on out.  Get used to it.

What's Cam to do?  Keep being Cam.  Hopefully the Panthers improve around him with Norv and Co and hopefully some help with receivers.  Hopefully we can see more joyful dancing, celebrations, "Hey, check this out" moments for the next several years.  Let's all enjoy the on the field product of Cam and appreciate the good deeds he does for our community.  Let's also watch him learn from his mistakes both on an off the field as well.

Cam certainly has become an entertainer and an icon.  For better or worse.  But he's also become one of the best QBs in the NFL, with a shot to earn his way into the HoF in the future.  Let's enjoy the ride.

"What's sad (funny sad?  maybe) is just how easy people will fall into the racist (even unintentional) rhetoric to ignore the systemic problems in America.  "Get politics out of my sports/award shows/cartoons/etc."

Systemic issues are very miniscule and minor compared to what they were and if anything you could make an argument that it is balanced due to the influx in systemic oppression (second defnition) against whites such as affirmative action and the public college's SJW culture. These aren't giant issues anymore. Sure they are issues but what did this SJW have to gain by saying Trump was racist in this article? Nothing. Also Trump was not by any stat a failure outside of a handful of failures

[Snake]

On 2/1/2018 at 9:03 AM, Steves89 said:

I'm sorry, but how fragile can you possibly be that you consider this article "race-baiting?" If  you can't handle hearing that a black man working in a profession done mostly by white men, might sometimes be scrutinized more than others, then you're a p*ssy. It's ok though, we can find a safe space for you.

The article did not bring politics into football. Politics have always been in football. The article, though not that great, is just reporting what was always there.

No, no, no

[Snake]

19 minutes ago, bewonee said:

Making a slanderous false accuastion by calling Trump racist is a way that politics was brought in and that's why some people like myself didn't like it very much.

Everyone is a racist that doesn't agree with you or me so... Maybe Trump is a racist!