Colin Cowturd on Sean Taylor

This is the reason I no longer tune in to this insensitive moronic idiot. After listening yesterday on the radio to the rant you qoute in the beginning of your post, I knew exactly where he was heading but chose to listen anyway just to verify my perception of Cowturd. It was a defining moment for me and I decided to exercise my right to "turn the dial" as he dared. And I did. For good. I also knew today that he would be crowing about Antrel Rolle's comments as validity to his skewed viewpoint. So, I again tuned out. Personalities such as Cowturds are usually derived from an upbringing without love or nurturing that creates an undying need for attention to overcome great insecurities. But, he no longer upsets me as I no longer give him the opportunity to be heard.

he's just a little pissant.. good responses to his comments.

This is what gets me so much about all of this. From all acounts when he was drafted he had a spotless record.

He makes a few poor but completely irrelevant choices, missing the rookie symposium, spitting, working out on his own, being distant to the media. All irrelevant in just about any way.

He gets tagged for a DUI that got thrown out. Not just a 'technical' throw out but a 'sounds like he didn't reven do it' throw. Basically irrelevant.

And the gun situation involved people who he believed STOLE from him. He didn't go after random people.

So most of this bad behavior that symbolizes his thug lifestyle is BS and the one thing that wasn't at least has some context.

But people act like he was a complete thug.

If he's so brave, one wonders why he felt the need to shield himself from the inevitable charges of racism by bloviating about how ESPN is the United Nations. This line is particularly bizarre:

"It's great. Canadians, Hispanics, Europeans. They give us a perspective we don't have."

Wow. Canadians AND Europeans. We just don't get enough Dutch perspective when tragedies like this occurr. And, who can argue with the idea that Canadians offer a unique perspective on life in South Florida.

Here's what Cowherd was really saying in that last paragraph:

"There's a good chance that someone may accuse me of racism over the statements I've made the last few days. So, not wanting to end up like Don Imus, I'm going to mention a black guy that I know and also offer a first draft for ESPN's next sensitivity training manual. I'm totally down with the whole PC thing and if anyone doubts that, you're probaly suffering from a lack of Australian perspective, which you would have if you worked at great place like ESPN, which has long been in the vanguard of promoting workplace diversity. Did I mention the black guy?"

Wow, just speechless to this article.. I just don't understand this man.. I am just glad that we Redskins fans know the real Sean Taylor..

He sounds as idiotic as pencilneck collinsworth is analyzing football games.

The two things that offend me the most:

"And if you have bad judgment for 23 years of your life, even if you clean it up, your judgment doesn't get great over night."

- 23 years, huh? So he was born with bad judgment? If so, who isn't?

"I didn't grow up African American. I grew up middle class."

- So there are no middle class African Americans? You're either one or the other? Didn't Sean grow up middle class? I fail to see how his race has anything to do with this.

These two items suggest to me that Cowherd has a bias. He thinks Sean Taylor always had bad judgment -- from the day he was born. And, it also tells me that he is racist, and/or has a bias concerning race (which is basically the same thing).

Therefore, nothing he says regarding this incident has any credibility.

man those are excellent points. I say we bombard espn with complaints. yeah I know nothing will happen, but maybe we can atleast aggravate the piss out of him/espn. I mean the guy is a real f'n moron. I stopped listening to him along time ago, he is 100% dick.

It seems like he's saying because he's Black and grew up making bad decisions he must have continued making them throughout his life. I, like Ghettodog, hate that statement about not growing up African American but him growing up middle class. -I- grew up as what one would say is somewhere between Middle Class and working class and I have made bad decisions yet have had every opportunity that my White counterparts have had. Race isn't and never should have been the issue with ST.

Taylor isn't some thug who was roaming the streets and a victim of violence. I mean the guy was EDUCATED. He was a college student. He wasn't stupid and it pisses me off that people are making him out to be some hoodrat. Its hard to come up from a not nice neighborhood and make something of yourself.

So many people nowadays of all races, bitch about how Black people from the inner city don't better themselves and ST is one of the rare few who DID. Instead of making a quick buck on the corner slinging drugs, he went through high school AND college AND made a career in playing football.

Damn, give the guy a break.

"I didn't grow up African American. I grew up middle class."



One wonders how ESPN will be able to continue employing a man who has made such an overtly racist comment. If they are as devoted to diversity as Cowherd was claiming, they need to cut him loose.

Total BS. Offensive.

I'm going to write a letter to ESPN letting them now that I will not support their radio station during the time that his show is broadcast. Chip pointed out correctly that, not only is he a jerk, but his knowledge of sports is extremely superficial.

His handling of this tragedy has been despicable and I can only hope that consequences result from it.