Bishop James Dixon says the black community “has been injured and we’ve been insulted.”
Now not only have the NFL players been insulted by Bob McNair’s ‘inmates’ remark, but according to Bishop James Dixon of the Community of Faith Church in Houston, the black community “has been injured and we’ve been insulted.”
Community of Faith Church and the NAACP are planning a Town Hall meeting to air their hurt feelings. McNair has been invited to attend, but his spokesperson said he would not be there due to health reasons.
Dixon told Channel 2 News he did not believe McNair’s apology was sincere. “We are aiming for something bigger than an apology,” Dixon said. “There has to be an act and demonstration of atonement. This community has been injured and we’ve been insulted. Those young men deserve to be dignified and respected. They put their lives and health on line every week for these teams.”
Put their lives on the line? Dixon is confusing the players with first responders – cops, firefighters and EMS personnel – and our soldiers in Yemen, Syria, central Africa and the Philippines who actually do put their lives on the line.
For these teams? Let’s get real! The NFL players are not playing for their teams, they’re playing for the outrageous salaries they are paid.
Dixon does not believe McNair’s apology was sincere. Neither do I. An apology forced on someone is never really sincere. But in the first place, McNair did not owe anyone an apology for his remark.
Bob McNair deserves better than to be excoriated for making an innocent figure of speech remark. He has been one of Houston’s most sterling citizens. McNair has contributed millions of dollars to various charities.
What has Bishop Dixon done other than to collect money at his church services?
Took guts to write and post this one!
what’s the deal with ‘ol Oil Can looking like he’s got an impacted pineapple up his…uh…obama?
Okay, now I’ve read the content.
“We are aiming for something bigger than an apology,” Dixon said. “There has to be an act and demonstration of atonement. This community has been injured and we’ve been insulted. Those young men deserve to be dignified and respected. They put their lives and health on line every week for these teams.”
Oh that’s rich. Let’s pass the hat and give them reparations!!! All the pain from all those injuries!!! and then to have insults added to the insult of having all that pain!!! I say we dignify them with the respect that only financial alms can provide. Where do I send my dime?
Anyone who tries to extrapolate a racist component from Mr. McNair’s comment is a racist. People are just looking for a reason to get butt hurt. McNair is an old man who made a malaprop.
I guess the Christian message of forgiveness goes out the door when the race card can be played, amirite?
It’s called extortion. Charges should be filed.
Absolutely!
Bob McNair may be an old man, but he still seems to have all his marbles. He used an innocuous figure of speech that should have insulted no one. But the players and now ‘community leaders’ have made hay playing the race card with a remark that was actually correct. .
McNair was smart in declining to attend Dixon’s and the NAACP’s Town Hall where the wolves would have been at his throat. The intent of that Town Hall is nothing more than an effort to extract a substantial portion of McNair’s bank account so Dixon can give his wife a new luxury car and the other ‘community leaders’ can spend money for their personal needs. You can call it extortion, but it doen’t quite rise to the legal requirements of a criminal act.
If I were Bob McNair, I would take back my apologies and tell the players and other NFL team owners that the players cannot be allowed to run the NFL, which they are already doing. As for Dixon and the NAACP. McNair should tell them to pound sand!
“This community has been injured and we’ve been insulted.” Really???? Assuming that Mr. McNair was actually speaking in a pejorative, insulting sense (which no rational person actually believes) the only persons who might possibly take offense would be NFL players. For anyone else to take offense is ridiculous on it’s face.
But it’s not about an apology, it’s not about an insult (real or imagined), it’s a shakedown. “There has to be an act and demonstration of atonement.” Yeah, that translates “give us a big chunk of cash and we’ll stop trashing you in the press.
Warren, don’t knock old age. With old age comes wisdom. McNair’s “inmates” statement was a popular expression that has been used for many years to explain a number of similar situations that defy common sense. Most knew what McNair meant when he made his “inmates” remark at a team owner meeting. Certainly the team owners did. As an old man I knew exactly what McNair was saying. His statement was not a misuse of words, a malaprop, in your mind.
All of these individuals are graduates of the Jesse Jackson seminar entitled …”Art of the Shakedown”. Get a life and remember…free speech works both ways!° Will someone please run against and defeat Lee and Green at the polls!