Sometimes a jerk is just a jerk

I deleted a comment in the last comments section because all it was posted for was to get people riled up. And on the “American” first day of baseball, I’m not letting people get into a flame war. Give peace a chance, folks.

But I will address the comment here. Basically, “Karl” called me a stereotypical Boston racist for my comment about Elijah Dukes and Lastings Milledge.

So what I’d like to know is this: Since when did the world become a place where if I don’t like someone and that someone happens to be a minority, that automatically makes me racist?

(Not to even touch upon the bullshit title of “Boston – Most Racist City in the History of the World – FOREVER!” that every anti-Boston sports fan spouts off as if they actually know what they’re talking about.)

Elijah Dukes is, in no uncertain terms, a piece of shit. Lastings Milledge is, at the very least, a punk. I don’t care if they’re white or brown or yellow, that is how I feel and there is history to back that up.

None of which involves the color of their skin.

So “Karl” and others of his ilk, if you want to cry ‘racist’, you’re barking up the wrong tree. That I promise you. You know absolutely not of what you speak. If you did, the notion that I’m a racist would strike you as humorous as it does me.

But I do want to put it out there. Do I have to refrain now from any form of criticism if the person I decide to criticize happens to not be white?

Should I make a list of “White Guys I don’t Like” just to appease trolls who have no other argument than to cry ‘racist’?

That could be fun. Jason Giambi springs immediately to mind. Roger Clemens too. And Michael Kay…ooh and Eric Byrnes…hey, Tim McCarver and Joe Buck are white – and I can’t stand them!!

I could go on all day, because there are a lot of people I don’t like (apparently!). It isn’t because they’re black or white or American Indian (I’m looking at YOU Joba!)…it’s because I don’t like them. And while I don’t think I need to defend that on my own blog – I wanted to put it out there today…because it’s going to be a loooong season if I have to keep dealing with crap like “Karl’s”.

There have to be better ways to spend a lunch hour.