He was recorded in private, which is terribly rude, and also I thought the first amendment was "freedom of speech". Why should someone be prosecuted for something they said in their own home? I don't agree with what he said, but I don't believe there is a basis for the lifetime ban.
It's not about what he said per-se. It's about it revealing the kind of person that he is. He has shown himself to be a racist in the purest sense, and that he looks down on the black players that he has on his team.
Also, he isn't being "prosecuted". It's the NBA as a private organization that is expelling him from the league. The law has nothing to do with this. He's not being charged with a crime.
He didn't "show himself". He was recorded illegally from the privacy of his house, where he should be able to say what he wants and think what he wants as long as he is not causing considerable harm to anyone else.
It doesn't matter how he was recorded. It doesn't matter who he intended to hear them. The cat's out of the bag now. You can't go back in time and pretend that you didn't hear him say those words. Once trust is lost, there's nothing that can be done except remove that person.
And these words absolutely did cause harm. They caused harm to the players and caused harm to the fans and caused harm to the NBA.
I know we cannot go back into the past, but we can learn from this for the future. If he were not recorded, then the fans, the players, and the NBA would never have known and never have been hurt. He would be able to keep his job for the last years of his life and there would never be a scandal in the first place. His racism is something he and his girlfriend need to work on, he doesn't need the rest of the world hating him.
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He was recorded in private, which is terribly rude, and also I thought the first amendment was "freedom of speech". Why should someone be prosecuted for something they said in their own home? I don't agree with what he said, but I don't believe there is a basis for the lifetime ban.
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It's not about what he said per-se. It's about it revealing the kind of person that he is. He has shown himself to be a racist in the purest sense, and that he looks down on the black players that he has on his team.
Also, he isn't being "prosecuted". It's the NBA as a private organization that is expelling him from the league. The law has nothing to do with this. He's not being charged with a crime.
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He didn't "show himself". He was recorded illegally from the privacy of his house, where he should be able to say what he wants and think what he wants as long as he is not causing considerable harm to anyone else.
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It doesn't matter how he was recorded. It doesn't matter who he intended to hear them. The cat's out of the bag now. You can't go back in time and pretend that you didn't hear him say those words. Once trust is lost, there's nothing that can be done except remove that person.
And these words absolutely did cause harm. They caused harm to the players and caused harm to the fans and caused harm to the NBA.
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I know we cannot go back into the past, but we can learn from this for the future. If he were not recorded, then the fans, the players, and the NBA would never have known and never have been hurt. He would be able to keep his job for the last years of his life and there would never be a scandal in the first place. His racism is something he and his girlfriend need to work on, he doesn't need the rest of the world hating him.