You're wasting your time. He isnt making excuses for them because of "culture." He's making excuses for their behavior because of the color of their skin. There is little accountability and he doesn't believe they should be held to any standard because of skin color. Rez hides behind his "culture" theme because he's racially bias and he believes white people owe black people some sort of daily pass for anything and everything because of slavery. He has a victim mentality and has an excuse for everything.

I blocked him a long time ago. Its unfortunate too. He's very intelligent and I enjoyed his insight into football. But his real personality and hidden agenda were too much for me to handle.

I personally really like Rez's "real" personality. Besides, there are several agendas around here and some not quite so hidden.

Hmmm?

Most of us are upfront about who we are and what our beliefs and intentions are. Then there are some who try to pretend to be cool and above it all, but they are really just miserable, hateful people behind the facade. It's unfortunate.

You like his personality, even though he makes it clear how biased his views are. Good for you.

I feel sorry for those miserable, hateful people. I am blessed that I have a wonderful life, a wonderful family and a wonderful group of friends. I can tell you that Rez has the same. I am blessed that Rez happens to be one of those friends.

His views are no more biased than any others. They just happen to be different than yours. We all have bias based views of the world. It all depends upon what culture impacted our development.

I grew up in the 70s... We talked sh1t. Ali was talking sh1t on national television before I was born. This is not a 'modern' or 'internet' thing.

NFL players have been talking sh1t to each other across the line as long as there has been a line. Know what.. catchers do it to batters in baseball also.

I dont have any issue with what athletes do off the field on their own time.

As far as the implications of the word 'professional'.. Professional just indicates what someones primary occupation is. Prostitutes are professionals and there doesn't seem to be any expectation of conduct.

Many of us are professionals on the clock, and we still talk sh1t in these very public forums on our time off. Lets not be hypocrites.

You're talking about trash talk ON the field. I don't care so much about that, though I still think it's petty. At least it's better than whining over their twitters like teenage girls.

As for Ali, I have no respect for the way he conducted himself. Great boxer. But a stuck up person. It's not simply a matter of if he's a professional or not, it's just common decency, or lack thereof.

And the prostitute example? Yeah they are paid to be gross. That's their profession. Of course they don't have an expectation of conduct. There are different professions with different standards and expectations. When you represent an organization, and you are paid millions of dollars, there is absolutely an expectation to conduct yourself with some kind of class and dignity. Someone else made mention of the conduct policy earlier. That policy is there for a reason. Are you going to argue that? Really?

Does anyone on this site feud for weeks with another poster? Do any of us have millions of "followers" reading what we say? Do we argue like children? Whenever a person displays bad behavior around here, that person gets called out. I can think of a few off the top of my head who haven't posted in a while because they've either been banned, or they got tired of us telling them off.

So, no, I don't think we're being hypocrites.

I'm glad you have a wonderful life. That's good. But your closing statement is completely untrue.

He is FAR more biased than most people. You see, there are differences of opinion, and then there are liars who will make up any pitiful excuse to get out from under the foot that is stomping on them in an argument. That's about as respectfully blunt as I can put it.

Your defense of him is nothing more than a cop out, and not a strong one, at that. I don't give two cents about cultural impacts. I prefer to deal in reality. Something called facts, or truth. Truth is absolute. The old line that says "there are no wrong opinions, just different one's", or any such variation of that, is a lie. If you have a room with ten people in it, and they all have a different opinion, it's possible that they are all wrong... But it is IMPOSSIBLE that they can all be right. The truth is what it is, regardless of your viewpoint.

I don't base my opinions on the person we're speaking about off of a viewpoint. I have the same view of him as everyone else in here. He consistently makes up excuses for black people, and has come straight out and said in the past that he believes white people owe reparations.

That's his viewpoint, alright. And it's a racist viewpoint. It's not even a debate.

I know some times what I say goes right over your head... but Ali talked trash on national television was in my reply.

Look! Old white people talking sh1t and the NFL promoting it.
https://youtu.be/G7rUfHgnh4Q

OMG.. Old white professionals talking trash on national television. https://youtu.be/YdVqabopESU


Now your next reply will be another attempt at why its different. It isn't. Its all sh1t talking, and none of it is new.