People are taking this free speech thing too far. Although we have the right to say what we want, within legal limits, there is something called common sense, and it clearly is not that common. Kelly Tilghman’s comments that today’s young players should “lynch Tiger Woods in a back alley” in an effort to take on Tiger were asinine. Hiding behind the “we’re friends” veil, she suggested that since she and Tiger have a personal friendship, she felt that it was something that she could say. Negative. It is not alright and never “OK” to make disparaging remarks about your friends, even if they are not man or woman enough to stand up for themselves or to you. Further, to make those comments in what my mother calls “mixed company” or while on “the job” is plain stupid. Tilghman is lucky that she was only suspended for two weeks because had she been a man, “non-friend,” and unattractive, her ass would have been fired. As usual, Woods has nothing to say, which is why he is one of America’s favorite Negroes — I mean caublinasians.
Speaking of Negroes, Bob Johnson needs to shut it down. As a Hillary supporter, I am appalled at his comments about Barack Obama. He suggests that his words have been misconstrued by the press, but how else is one to take his allusion to Obama’s “shady” past. Whatever. A man who made his fortune in the media should know how words and meaning can be easily manipulated, although I think he meant what he said. He claims that the media is irresponsible, but it is he who is irresponsible by casting aspersions on a man’s character. Hilary is doing fine without that nonsense. Know when to say when and when to say nothing.
This article appears in Jan 16-22, 2008.
