Yeah. Imo, the word privilege is best associated with money, not race. If a person’s family has money, they are privileged, black or white. And there is nothing wrong with that. I wouldn’t shame someone for having money just as I wouldn’t want someone to shame me for not having money. Same goes for race.Yea, not sure I received a heavy dose of the white privilege either. My working midnight to 6am, 5 days a week during my last 3 years of school didnt seem very privileged.
Shut the hell up and play ball. Save the politics for another place and time.
Pro football has been ruined because of politics.
My family has stopped watching pro football and will never, watch another game. Ever.
That’s one of the best points I’ve ever seen on this board. I have no idea what he and Josh are talking about. We’ve been nothing but supportive for both of them. I can’t think of anyone we haven’t been supportive of as humans. We even supported AJ Johnson when he was being accused of rape.I will also add, does anyone remember Trey Smith being sick?
This whole damn board was literally....hope you get better, we dont care about football, we just want you to have a good life.
But, whatever.
What fans? I honestly have no idea what they are talking about. Looking for answers. Maybe something happened on campus that hasn’t been reported much?This thread started because some players called out fans who had made their own political take more important than anything else and others didn’t like it. Call it cupcake, leftist, snowflake, whatever. It’s a voice that’s growing, and change happens.
It’s been said on here a lot recently about our Vols: If people are talking trash about you it’s because they’re afraid of you.
Unfortunately, those days have passed
I haven’t seen it... guess I’m not on Twitter and TikTok enough. Hope these guys can develop some thicker skin. There’s a lot of idiots in the world. Every fan base and every skin color or polluted with a very vocal minority of morons.The origin of this thread. Players calling out fans making ignorant posts on social media.
It doesn't feel like many in this thread are fans of nuance, but regardless I feel like I should post this as people are discussing Palmer and Trey's comments without full context. Here is a tweet thread by Trey Smith that, IMO, is very well said.
It's disappointing to see so many in this thread being quick to throw stones. I don't think what Palmer nor Trey said is "political" as everyone describes. Seems rather fair to ask to be seen as a human being and not told to just "shut up and dribble."
Until children are taught at home that race doesn’t matter or that the police aren’t going to kill you or throw you in jail as a scare tactic.I have no problem with him, or anyone else, speaking out. I have a big problem with the attitude of "support my point of view" or else you're racist or guilty of whatever.
We all want equal treatment of all people. The question is how do you achieve that. And that's the part no one wants to focus on. It's easy to take a knee, march, tear down a statue, like something on facebook, hashtag something or wear a colored ribbon.
How are we going to fix the illegitimacy rate, the teenage pregnancy rate, the high school dropout rate, gang violence, drug abuse, etc, etc, etc?
No one wants to deal with that stuff.
As a white man, I have no idea what it’s like to be a black man in America In 2020. That’s all I have to say.