ESPN Page 2 columnist Jemele Hill has everyone heated with her controversial comments that were pulled from her latest article :
Rooting for the Celtics is like saying Hitler was a victim. It’s like hoping Gorbachev would get to the blinking red button before Reagan.
The column got past her editors with this comment which isn’t surprising because they let Bill Simmons submit the same article every fucking day. Just a side note, does he have a “Sports Guy Column Generator” that spits out tired 1980s guy pop culture references in Men’s Mag Slang centered around a Boston team or his latest man-crush? Bad news Bill, Karate Kid sucks, Star Wars sucks, the Godfather is long and fucking boring and you have Bank Teller hair. Now back to Jemele, in keeping with ESPN Page 2’s style, she’s a terrible writer and she used a pretty raw comparison. Hitler and 9/11 comparisons normally result in someone going “Whoaaaa man stop it don’t go there!” as if some imaginary line has been crossed that could only be crossed by a complete asshole. I don’t have a problem with people making such comparisons, when Katie Holmes’ tits are described as the opposite of the holocaust it was cool and what Jemele did is cheap, in poor taste for an ESPN writer but the Celtics fans, especially the ones that call Boston their home are the ones who are offending me right now.
Everyone is upset in Boston, popular fan site Red’s Army is calling for her to be fired and wbztv.com posted some fan responses yesterday :
“We’re not talking about war; we’re talking about basketball,” one fan outside the Garden said. “How can you compare Hitler to a basketball game?”
“I don’t think you can say Hitler is a victim no matter what the circumstance is. That’s over the top,” another fan said.
These responses sicken me, Celtics fans are as fucking soft as the Celtics’ performance in the 4th quarter of Game 5. Boston Massachusetts is a city that was pissed off that a Holocaust Memorial was being constructed downtown too close to whatever the fucking Bank World Dunkin Donut Garden Center was called that week and too close to the Italian district, the North End. How dare they make us remember Holocaust victims while we’re staring at a statue of Paul Revere en route to a Celtics game (who the fuck went to Celtics games in 1995) belly stuffed full of carbs from the North End. This is a city built on racism, where Smitty O’Houlahan can blame anything he wants on a “nigger” and cops will turn the other red alcoholic cheek. Some area Jews didn’t even want the memorial in Boston because they felt it wasn’t an appropriate location. Downtown Boston is so fat and white that Jewish people actually felt bad breaking up that vibration
So now the poor fans are pissed off and are calling for the head of Jemele Hill the latest goat. It probably helps that she’s black as it’s easier for the city to rally against her. There is a bigger task at hand for the Celtics and their fans and that’s winning a Championship not whining about bad journalism and cheap shot comparisons.
Oh yeah, the Celtics fan side of myself would like to get a jab in though because that side of me is petty, Jemele your gummy grin and bulbous features are as shocking and offensive to me on this Tuesday afternoon as your attempts at journalism. Leave the vulgarity and cheap shot comparisons to bloggers, it’s all we have, you get the pay check, the paid appearances and fanfare, we just want to have exclusivity on swearing and Hitler comparisons if that’s cool with your fat ugly ass. Thanks.
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June 17th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
You’re as bad as Jamele. Blasting Boston based on generalities and perceptions is lazy.
June 17th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Sorry as a resident of Mission Hill for ten years and Masshole prior to that I know Boston well and I was there when people were upset about the Holocaust Memorial. Let’s not forget something as massive Charles Stuart case or as little the time I got off for speeding cos I wasn’t some “spic on a drug run” just a regular white kid. The “blame it on a black guy” defense is an inside joke in Boston because it’s true. I think your site is perpetuating the generalization that Boston fans are cry babies. You need to sack up and attack KG and Pierce for mental mistakes not some shitty writer.
June 17th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Red’s Army should stick to basketball. Remember when Hunter S Thompson was writing his boring, “out there” and often offensive column for them? Or when Bob Ryan said Jumamamama Kidd deserved to be hit?
Now, I’m not saying a Hitler joke is funny on a national web page is funny. If Larry David said it on on HBO it would be a joke, but a black woman deserves the end of her career? C’mon.
Stick to writing about Doc Rivers and shit, not journalism ethics. It was a bad joke, a mistake. Move on. Keep writing about this:
“The good news is, ESPN reported that Walker will be ok… which is the most important thing. ”
Finally, Anthony’s piece is actually full of specifics–statues, neigborhoods, ethnicities. And a ton of Boston Cops are racitst…blah
June 17th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
“them” is sentence above means ESPN…
June 17th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
second sentence i meant, am having a beer and about to head to game…Go Celts!
June 17th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
The memorial was built in 1995. The Stuart case happened in 1989.
I’m also from Boston, and one thing I know is people will complain about anything being built… first and foremost…. more because they’re snobs about their neighborhoods and less because they are racist.
Racism, obviously, still exists in EVERY city… not just Boston. Boston has gone to greath lengths to combat it. What you did here was perpetuate a long-standing perception with overgeneralizations. Some of the most progressive cities in America were “built on racism.” But times change… and even incidents of racism in certain cities shouldn’t color the entire city as racist.
Another bit of laziness: Attack my site because I disagreed with you. Deflect the critic and attack him. Very Karl Rove. Glad to see you learn from current events
June 18th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
first of this article was poorly researched, the movement to get her fired was actually started by Fred Toucher of the Toucher and Rich show (linked website) the reason for it was not that Boston fans were offended but in fact because she called for the firing of Don Imus for the exact same thing. Therefore she should live up to her own hypocritical standards or not call for the heads of people who make them same mistakes (which she has in fact made a career out of, because as a writer she in unoriginal and mediocre at best.)
June 18th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Boo! I am not a paid journalist I am a dude blogging therefore your comment is corny. This shit is free for the peopl, pay me and give you the most accurate boring thing you’d ever want.
I did research the controversy and I chose the Red’s Army angle as they were Celtics Fans bitching and that tied into a current event, this is the basis of journalism so yeah, booo boo who fucking gives a shit anyway are you a Laker’s fan or are you banging Jemele Hill? I’m popping bottles right now eat my shit thanks.
Boooooo!
June 19th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Finals are over, no one can talk shit about the Celtics or their fans now, cuz we’re on top. Eat shit buddy and re,member, you aint a real writer, just a Boston hater lol
June 25th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Red’s Army,
You led the charge against Jemele. I read your post, headlined “Let’s Get Jemel Fired” or some shit. You write graet b-ball stuff. Worry not about journalism ethics.
Boston is a segragted city, not just a racist one. And its cops are racist.
And Karl Rove is a political genius. He just plays for the wrong team.
Justintoxawhatever,
Calling some girls “nappy headed hoes” is different than alluding to Hitler. Not by much…but she shouldn’t have been suspended. It was a mistake.
June 25th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
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