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It's really despicable these media outlets want to drag through the mud someone based on what they did so very long ago, and is clearly a different person since then.
One media outlet even went so far as to retrace his possible steps in getting to that position in the photograph, insinuating that to get to that particular spot would have taken effort and could only have meant he was willing to participate in blocking the students from entering. Ludicrous.
Bidens college thesis on why civil rights for black should never be passed, was once everywhere and in fact used against him....but its a good scrub now.
Noo no no. You want purity tests. He doesn't have to say diddly s**t about racism to convince anyone he's not racist. In fact he can be a quiet closet racist all he likes as long as he's not exercising it in business or politics and it's nobody's business but his own. Because thought crimes.
Here's an American truth table for you Orwellian anti-American types.
JJ is a racist AND JJ was a participant in the event --> Stupid kid. Who has he harmed as an adult?
JJ is a racist AND JJ was not a participant --> Who has he harmed as an adult and why are you asking?
JJ is not a racist AND JJ was a participant --> Stupid kid. He grew up.
JJ is not a racist AND JJ was not a participant --> Shame on you for asking. Move to China.
That's right...people can think whatever they want about it...but anyone can hate any other they care to...as long as they are not harming anyone.
Do some Women hate Men?
Do some Men hate Women?
Do some Blacks hate Whites, or other races?
Do some Whites hate Blacks, or other races?
How about Asians, or other races with a negative view of those other than their own?
How about those that don't like some ethnic group?
There's those that can't stand aspects of themselves! I hate haters...so, there ya go!
There are Theological Philosophies that state to "Love Your Enemies" and "Bless Those That Curse You".
So...to anyone that has headtrips over this...just go with that Philosophy, you'll be all set.
It's really despicable these media outlets want to drag through the mud someone based on what they did so very long ago, and is clearly a different person since then.
Of course people will change up when there is millions and billions of dollars that could be made. A lot of people are racist as hell, but will try to hide their racism when those black body's are valuable assets that help these racist build their wealth for them. I do not feel bad for this dude at all that this was brought to the public. I think folks are upset about this is because they are afraid that their own racist past will be brought to light!!
Interesting how the Democrat party and their media coddled their KKK Senator, Robert Byrd, for decades, but tries to make a 15 yo Jerry Jones out to be the Anti Christ. Sorry Dems, you have zero credibility.
It's really despicable these media outlets want to drag through the mud someone based on what they did so very long ago, and is clearly a different person since then.
One media outlet even went so far as to retrace his possible steps in getting to that position in the photograph, insinuating that to get to that particular spot would have taken effort and could only have meant he was willing to participate in blocking the students from entering. Ludicrous.
So what, it was done such a long time ago, and I am sure if you were white and a teenager then in that era, the concept of integration of black people in a white school would be very strange. Who knows what he thought, maybe he was curious or something. Yet it be bad if he did say something nasty to the blacks or try to block black students from entering the school.
Elvis was from the segerated south, but he still never was reported to say anything nasty about black people and had black friends, even went to black churches and was influenced by their songs and help shape his career, and it was different from many White people and some White celebrities of that era.
I don't much care for Jerry Jones and I love to hate the Cowboys, but it's a stretch to try to make this into a thing in 2022 sixty-five years after it took place. 14 year olds are not known for their critical thinking skills. Dan Snyder is probably behind it.
I think it's just as wrongheaded to try and hold accountable an 80 year old man to today's moral standards as it is to ignore it's part of his character and legacy. You get the good with the bad, no historical whitewashing.
He was a 14 yo old kid in a country where it was still a novelty for black players to play professional sports, where a black actor could not star on a TV show and in the south where Jones lived that still had separate restrooms and drinking fountains and blacks were forced to sit at the back of the bus. What did Jones need to clarify? What responsibility did he have at 14 to change all the things wrong in this country at that time?
Later in the interview with Maraniss and Jenkins, which focused on Jones and the Cowboys’ hiring practices with regard to Black coaching candidates, Jones reflected on that time in his life and expressed regret at not trying to do more to help Black students feel more included. “I’ll be very candid with you, I’ve often asked: ‘Why didn’t you do more?” Jones said. “’Why didn’t you get up and have them come up on the bus and sit rather than standing back there? Why didn’t you do more?’”
Not any different than today.
14 year old kids make bad decisions because all the adults around them are telling them what is right and wrong. Which is why we need to stop trans affirming surgery and puberty blockers for 14 year olds. Children are easily brainwashed by adults, and many times will come to regret the things they were convinced to do or say, back when they were children.
I think it's just as wrongheaded to try and hold accountable an 80 year old man to today's moral standards as it is to ignore it's part of his character and legacy. You get the good with the bad, no historical whitewashing.
There is no age limit or statute of limitations, when it comes to the woke crowd gleefully scoring virtue signaling points to cancel people, and destroy their lives or legacy. They canceled John Wayne, 40 years after his death.
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