Hulk Hogan Has Been Fired From the WWE and Will Not Appear in WWE 2K16

[cadalyst17]

Quote: Originally Posted by SmashMan

Come on. Don't be that guy here.

ho let things

What guy? a realist. My friend, I am black and I have seen our society become so self righteous. I watch my people become hypocrites when we say "N" word or when we call white people names and receive zero retribution. Our culture is so oversensitive and double standard. I miss when men were men :-(

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by cadalyst17

ho let things What guy? a realist. My friend, I am black and I have seen our society become so self righteous. I watch my people become hypocrites when we say "N" word or when we call white people names and receive zero retribution. Our culture is so oversensitive and double standard. I miss when men were men :-(

I have absolutely no idea what this means.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by cadalyst17

ho let things What guy? a realist. My friend, I am black and I have seen our society become so self righteous. I watch my people become hypocrites when we say "N" word or when we call white people names and receive zero retribution. Our culture is so oversensitive and double standard. I miss when men were men :-(

"Become self righteous"? Because people are OK with an admitted racist losing his job? How does that make me less of a man?

[J_Posse]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Firing him isnt pushing the issue under the rug. Making him go through counseling and doing public speaking IS. By firing him, WWE is make a clear stance that we arent going to employ people who hold those beliefs and we arent going to have people who affiliated with the company who are known to have those beliefs. Also it hits him in his wallet and he is seen as a pariah for a while. As a black man, I'd rather see that then him go through bull**** counseling and get championed as a changed man once he's through with that. Hogan is a 50 yr old man who has interacted with thousands of minorities during his career either as fans or colleagues. If those interactions arent enough to sway him from using bigoted/racist terms...counseling wont either.

I'm not racist so I don't know what can cause change in their thought pattern, but I do know that racists can be reformed. People may take the apology and rehabilitation as disingenuous or bull****, but then again what about people like Michael Vick and Riley Cooper?

Aren't "awful" people offered a second chance throughout the history of our culture? Again, Hogan is a despicable person for saying such vile things about African American men/people but that doesn't mean he can't change. Or that he can't help someone else heading down a similar path of thought.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by J_Posse

I'm not racist so I don't know what can cause change in their thought pattern, but I do know that racists can be reformed. People may take the apology and rehabilitation as disingenuous or bull****, but then again what about people like Michael Vick and Riley Cooper? Aren't "awful" people offered a second chance throughout the history of our culture? Again, Hogan is a despicable person for saying such vile things about African American men/people but that doesn't mean he can't change. Or that he can't help someone else heading down a similar path of thought.

I think Riley Cooper is still a racist. I dont recall Vick doing anything racist (it was all dogfighting I though).

There is actually a difference between Cooper and Hogan imo. Cooper's comments were brought on by anger. He wanted to get backstage at a concert, was drunk and a black security guard wouldnt let him backstage. So he flipped out and called the security guard a racist slur.

Hogan was at home and relaxing with a woman he was sleeping with. What he said and the way he said it was matter of fact. It wasnt emotional. He was describing the situation with his daughter and he was stating an opinion.

Neither situation is right and neither is really forgivable in my opinion. Its been two years since the incident and you wont catch me wearing a Riley Cooper jersey. Just like I wont buy a Hulk Rules shirt.

Finally, I just find it hard to believe that a 50 yr old man with as much life experience as Hogan is all of a sudden going to see the light and not harbor those thoughts anymore.

[oneamongthefence]

I can't blame wwe for letting him go but it's also the most cultural insensitive companies of all time. Hassan and Daivari. Hornswaggle. La resistance. The boogeyman. And those are the last decade.

This is not a test.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by oneamongthefence

I can't blame wwe for letting him go but it's also the most cultural insensitive companies of all time. Hassan and Daivari. Hornswaggle. La resistance. The boogeyman. And those are the last decade. This is not a test.

Akeem. Slick, Kamala....

But thats also one of the reasons why the WWE had to fire Hogan. Can you imagine the backlash if they wouldve kept Hogan given its history.

[ZB9]

Hogan was in the middle of one large narcotics binge when he said those things. That is not an excuse however. Let this be a lesson to you kids, stay away from the narcotics mmkay.

but maybe it was Thunderlips who said those things and not Hulk?