I generally listen to ESPN radio in my office in the morning, because I like the Mike & Mike show. Unfortunately, they’re followed by Colin Cowherd, who is a world-class pinhead.
He’s currently holding forth on the death of Sean Taylor, with his basic position being that Taylor had it coming because he had a checkered past. If you were reading back in April, you can probably guess how happy I am to be hearing this line of argument.
In support of this brilliant insight, he’s just touted his track record in correctly assessing high-profile public legal cases by noting that he didn’t believe the accusers in the Duke lacrosse case, and he didn’t believe the excuses offered by Michael Vick, and he doesn’t believe people who are saying that Sean Taylor had reformed and was turning his life around. And as much as I hate to throw around casual accusations of racisim, I can’t help noticing the pattern here, namely that in all of these cases, he didn’t believe things said by black people.
Maybe it’s time to turn the radio off…
“Uncle Al,” if you’re reading this in order to comment, don’t bother.