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Hulk Hogan Booted by WWE

"In a shocking world exclusive, The National ENQUIRER and RadarOnline.com – in a joint investigation – has learned that sordid pillow talk caught on an unauthorized sex tape includes a revolting conversation in which the pro wrestling icon unleashed a filthy bigoted attack, littered with the N-word and other disgusting racial insults."

Was the pillow talk with someone of another race? This is very odd.
 
Crazy. A private conversation that took place eight years ago goes public. Sounds like the owner of the Clippers. Brave New World. Let's all hope our past private conversations don't go public.
 
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Crazy. A private conversation that took place eight years ago goes public. Sounds like the owner of the Clippers. Brave New World. Let's all hope our past private conversations don't go public.

I'm pretty confident that I've never gone on a racist rant in a private conversation with someone. At worst, I'd get in trouble for my sexually explicit description of what I'd like to do to a particular person.
 
"In a shocking world exclusive, The National ENQUIRER and RadarOnline.com – in a joint investigation – has learned that sordid pillow talk caught on an unauthorized sex tape includes a revolting conversation in which the pro wrestling icon unleashed a filthy bigoted attack, littered with the N-word and other disgusting racial insults."

Was the pillow talk with someone of another race? This is very odd.
It was Dog the Bounty Hunter.
 
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All you wrasslers out there better watch what you post on Warchant...just sayin'.
 
Crazy. A private conversation that took place eight years ago goes public. Sounds like the owner of the Clippers. Brave New World. Let's all hope our past private conversations don't go public.
So you're saying it's fine to be a closeted bigot - the goal is to avoid doing so publicly?

Perhaps in our "Brave New World", we should just avoid racism and bigotry. Wild idea, I know!
 
I hadn't heard the sex tape angle to this. Who was he banging on video?

Bubba the Love Sponge's now ex-wife, Heather (google: Heather Clem). This is coming out due to the Gawker sextape lawsuit. I am assuming someone on Gawker's side leaked this.....
 
So you're saying it's fine to be a closeted bigot - the goal is to avoid doing so publicly?

Perhaps in our "Brave New World", we should just avoid racism and bigotry. Wild idea, I know!

Yes. That is what I am saying. In 50 years or less, when we all have Google chips planted in our brains, the crime will move from private speech to private thought.

Who would have thought that the pictures taken of me at FSU well before the invention of electronic media would one day show up on my Facebook page for all my current friends to see. If my employer saw them today they wouldn't care, but there are plenty of employers who might, particularly if they had to tow the government line.

I will bet there is not a person in the locker room who hasn't made what some may call a racist or misogynist or "homophobic" or bigoted or any other remark that could be construed by somebody as offensive.

But, once its public, his employer can do whatever they want.
 
Yes. That is what I am saying. In 50 years or less, when we all have Google chips planted in our brains, the crime will move from private speech to private thought.

Who would have thought that the pictures taken of me at FSU well before the invention of electronic media would one day show up on my Facebook page for all my current friends to see. If my employer saw them today they wouldn't care, but there are plenty of employers who might, particularly if they had to tow the government line.

I will bet there is not a person in the locker room who hasn't made what some may call a racist or misogynist or "homophobic" or bigoted or any other remark that could be construed by somebody as offensive.

But, once its public, his employer can do whatever they want.
Yep. No privacy. Those in glass houses...keep tossing the rocks.
 
Yes. That is what I am saying. In 50 years or less, when we all have Google chips planted in our brains, the crime will move from private speech to private thought.

Who would have thought that the pictures taken of me at FSU well before the invention of electronic media would one day show up on my Facebook page for all my current friends to see. If my employer saw them today they wouldn't care, but there are plenty of employers who might, particularly if they had to tow the government line.

I will bet there is not a person in the locker room who hasn't made what some may call a racist or misogynist or "homophobic" or bigoted or any other remark that could be construed by somebody as offensive.

But, once its public, his employer can do whatever they want.
I suppose the best idea would be to rid yourself of racist, misogynist, bigoted or "homophobic" (not sure why you put that in quotes) thoughts.

And if you're going to express these asinine thoughts, try to be not dumb enough to do so in the presence of a recording device. If I were to say something awful, I'm pretty sure it would simple require common sense to make sure it wasn't being recorded or said in front of someone who's not totally trustworthy. Crazy talk, I know!!
 
Also, I'm looking forward to the implanted Google chip. Will allow me to look things up much faster. Color me a fan!!
 
Yes, reminds me of the deal with actresses getting caught in photos without underwear - who was the one who told them hey, just put on some panties when going on the red carpet! If you know people will be taking pictures, watch what you wear. Same with being a racist. If you know you're being caught on video, you might want to self censure.
 
I suppose the best idea would be to rid yourself of racist, misogynist, bigoted or "homophobic" (not sure why you put that in quotes) thoughts.

And if you're going to express these asinine thoughts, try to be not dumb enough to do so in the presence of a recording device. If I were to say something awful, I'm pretty sure it would simple require common sense to make sure it wasn't being recorded or said in front of someone who's not totally trustworthy. Crazy talk, I know!!
Bacardi, you never know what someone "trustworthy" today becomes tomorrow.
I mostly agree with you, but don't think that the ""something awful" you say in confidence today remains confidential tomorrow.
My parents were both raised in families that were learning how to distance themselves from bad talk, thoughts, actions, etc... that were the norm in their existence.
As a kid, my folks would not tolerate shit behavior or speech, even though they grew up with it.
Do I think they never, ever voiced racist talk? Of course they likely did so.That is how they were raised. If their every spoken word could now come back to haunt them, it would be so far from the truth as to how they later turned out to be...
 
Bacardi, you never know what someone "trustworthy" today becomes tomorrow.
I mostly agree with you, but don't think that the ""something awful" you say in confidence today remains confidential tomorrow.
My parents were both raised in families that were learning how to distance themselves from bad talk, thoughts, actions, etc... that were the norm in their existence.
As a kid, my folks would not tolerate shit behavior or speech, even though they grew up with it.
Do I think they never, ever voiced racist talk? Of course they likely did so.That is how they were raised. If their every spoken word could now come back to haunt them, it would be so far from the truth as to how they later turned out to be...
Fair, however I think it's a bit of apples and oranges. Folks who said outrageous crap in the 50s/60s are now generally forgiven assuming they've truly changed and seen the error of their ways.

This isn't a situation where a 50 year old racist blip came back to haunt the Hulkster.
 
So the WWE won't do anything about all the cheating, chairs over the head, etc. but they take a hard line on racism. lol
WWE will however do EVERYTHING for headlines, such as this one.
They're media whoowahs on the level of espn.
 
Unrelated/related topic - I was flipping through the channels last weekend and Airplane! was on TV. First, there is zero chance that movie gets made today. It pokes fun at just about everybody (which is why it's hilarious), but second, is anyone else surprised it hasn't been yanked off television given how anti-PC it is?
 
Fair, however I think it's a bit of apples and oranges. Folks who said outrageous crap in the 50s/60s are now generally forgiven assuming they've truly changed and seen the error of their ways.

This isn't a situation where a 50 year old racist blip came back to haunt the Hulkster.
Cool. Just remember that you, as all of us, are human.
Again, I mostly agree with you, but stay away from acting like you never, ever...
 
Fair, however I think it's a bit of apples and oranges. Folks who said outrageous crap in the 50s/60s are now generally forgiven assuming they've truly changed and seen the error of their ways.

This isn't a situation where a 50 year old racist blip came back to haunt the Hulkster.

Where is the line drawn regarding statute of limitations? It's not like these comments from Hogan were made this week. He's just now getting hit for it due to part of his sex tape scandal from years ago.
 
it's not that complicated. Things said as a child/teenager can be excused do immaturity/age. A 50 year old man who goes on a racist rant while f-ing his friend's wife--not so much.
 
So you're saying it's fine to be a closeted bigot - the goal is to avoid doing so publicly?

Perhaps in our "Brave New World", we should just avoid racism and bigotry. Wild idea, I know!

It's not illegal to be a bigot.
 
So much for the First Amendment!

(kidding, just a little surprised we've made it this far in the thread without that comment)
 
Cool. Just remember that you, as all of us, are human.
Again, I mostly agree with you, but stay away from acting like you never, ever...
I've said some dumb ish (though honestly nothing that bad and certainly not hateful at all) during my teens and early 20s, but I had a couple things going for me: A) being an unknown person no one gave a crap about and B) the benefit of youth,

When someone like Hogan or Sterling says something awful they're A) in the spotlight and B) old enough to know better.
 
I wasn't debating that. I was challenging his comment on telling a grown man what he should think in a private conversation.
I wasn't telling him what to think, he can think what he wants - I was suggesting the wisest course of action is just not to be a bigoted, racist, misogynist, or homophobe. Once you let go of those petty ass hateful thoughts there's really very little risk of saying something stupid.

It's certainly not illegal to be a bigot - but it's pretty stupid to be a bigot - and even stupider to spew bigoted filth, regardless of who you're talking to.
 
Where is the line drawn regarding statute of limitations? It's not like these comments from Hogan were made this week. He's just now getting hit for it due to part of his sex tape scandal from years ago.

My guess is that Vince McMahon wanted him gone for other reasons, but could not quite make those "other reasons" work the way he wanted. Time to drum up some old inflammatory comments that are admittedly inexcusable, quietly leak them to sponsors and broadcasters, and then invoke the "commitment to diversity" as the justification for dumping the Hulkster. Feign moral outrage, and pledge your commitment to all of the EEOC verbiage that appears in the corporate handbook.

It's not like McMahon or anyone else "just discovered this." It's been out there for years. Anyone paying attention should ask "why the sudden outrage?" Funny how all of this was hush-hush when Hulk was generating far more revenue than he does now. But if the PC police are happy, all is well.
 
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Political correctness always trumps anything else in terms of what one is allowed to do...
You can't really believe this is due to "political correctness".
Should a public figure's job not be jeopardized by disparaging remarks?

Seriously, that whole political correctness line is so played out and used as such a scare tactic (perhaps not by you, maybe you're the one who's been manipulated to be fearful - I don't know you so I can't say). The Hulkster is an idiot and got busted on video for it, period. No one to blame but the Hulkster himself.
 
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Political correctness always trumps anything else in terms of what one is allowed to do...

What? WTF does that even mean? A senior citizen goes on a racist rant and his employer (who markets to African Americans, Hispanics, Whites and all racists, religions and creeds) dismisses him to avoid the economic fall out (besides the fact the guy is old and a leech), and its the PC card thrown out.
 
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How come no one is talking about the sex tape? It was pretty funny. I dont remember any audio though.
 
Political correctness always trumps anything else in terms of what one is allowed to do...

Wait it's political correctness to remove yourself from people that say things like "effin' n-words!"

Glad to know.
 
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You can't really believe this is due to "political correctness".
Should a public figure's job not be jeopardized by disparaging remarks?

Seriously, that whole political correctness line is so played out and used as such a scare tactic (perhaps not by you, maybe you're the one who's been manipulated to be fearful - I don't know you so I can't say). The Hulkster is an idiot and got busted on video for it, period. No one to blame but the Hulkster himself.

This is due to political correctness. The recording was illegal. Hulk Hogan had the most obvious expectation of privacy there is. The tape of him was released as revenge porn, and the transcript was leaked against court orders. The guy is a victim of a crime and has repeatedly had his privacy violated. He's not a major public figure anymore, and this isn't, in any real sense, newsworthy.

I don't actually know what Hulk Hogan thinks, or how he treats black people. The willingness of the media to ignore his privacy and the context this happened in is kind of crazy to me. There is a public policy reason not to use these statements against him. We're talking about what is essentially a thought crime (which we only know about through violative and illegal acts.)
 
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