July 12, 2010
When words don’t mean anything
Jesse Jackson compares the owner of the Cavs, angry about LeBron James spitting in his team’s face in the most public, extended way possible, to a slave owner. Obviously.
Does this mean that Danny Ferry is Simon Legree?
Posted by: Gerard at July 13, 2010 at 1:53 amWhen all you have is a hammer, every issue looks like a nail.
Posted by: Jamie at July 13, 2010 at 9:24 amI’m not black, but if “slavery” is defined as being offered somewhere in the neighborhood of 120 million over 7 years (with summers off !) by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, then that’s an indentured servitude I’d be happy to sign up for.
Posted by: IamTheWalrus at July 14, 2010 at 5:34 pmI wonder what an actual slave would have thought of this particular Jackson outburst.
Posted by: Eric at July 15, 2010 at 1:14 am

