look dude, i find it distasteful to say the least that he and his fans rock confederate flag imagery. it's equally lol that he goes on twitter to tell me i need to read a history book to understand why it's not a racist symbol- like, what do you think anybody will read in a history book about america, the confederacy and the state of mississippi? so that's some bull****. it's my right as a consumer and as an american to call it as such. you can disagree with me, but at least be honest with yourself wrt what that says about you.

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yea this, infuriating is def the perfect word to describe it- i currently live a short drive from the SC capitol building and there is an assortment of KKK members, white power groups, and avg joe looking dudes in camo gear and flannel there at least once a month protesting the removal of the confederate flag from the statehouse flagpole.

i'll leave this here for anybody who is unaware and cares at all to learn

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern..._state_capitol

I think he's a dumb moron that I like to watch fight.

and i'm not hating on you for that. personally, i'd like to watch him get KTFO. hardly see how that's an indefensible position, all things considered.

#Team+Rep on this one, anyone that embraces that kind of **** is bad enough, if he really did use the "you need to learn history" defense of his racism, then yeah, I hope he gets starched in increasingly embarrassing ways as many times as possible.

Do you attend Evergreen college by chance?

Tonight's card must really suck if this is all we can think to talk about

I also agree with rep on this and dissagree with the hand wringing about derails, especially tagged on the end of posts that first address the detrail topic as in "here is what I think about what you said but now that I've said that it shouldn't be discussed here"


The controversy was sparked by an mm fighter, not rep. The mma community is talking about the controversy. That's us.

There is no controversy...its just a bunch of social justice warriors getting their panties tied in a knot over something like a t-shirt bearing the state flag of Mississippi.

The reality is Jason Knight fits the stereotype of a racist so he's an easy target - he's from the south, he's poor, he's white, he looks and talks like a hick, and he's proud of who he is and where he has come. Now if he was black or hispanic or born in Montana or Nevada there prob wouldn't be single peep in this thread...but he's white and born in Mississippi so he's probably actually a hardcore racist even though so far it doesn't appear anyone has posted any proof of that. But regardless we hope that motherfer gets knocked out cuz he's a bad person and he deserves it.

In reality no one in this forum knows anything about Jason Knight, including Rep -- all we know is he is a poor kid from Mississippi who is proud of the fact he is from Mississipi (aka the ****tiest and poorest state in the country) and reps a shirt with the Mississippi state flag and has a nickname of Mississippi Mean and Hick Diaz

Given he has been fighting MMA in Mississippi since he was 14 years old and he comes from a town of 10K that has a average income of around 30K, in one of the poorest and ****tiest states in the country...odds are he's not the brightest and most cultured of persons.

So expecting him to care about the unique symbolism of a piece of the Mississippi flag design is lol.

After we are done banning all the offensive state flags, we should move on to banning the American one since that country has committed countless atrocities over the centuries too and many people find it to be offensive. Maybe then move on to banning all the religious symbols too. And the symbol for male and female on bathroom doors.

Or maybe all of you should shut the **** up and keep your stupid political or religious rants to yourself since we are all a bunch of morons who don't know **** and are spending our time on a poker message forum arguing about MMA instead of actually living our lives. Nobody cares so stick to MMA. You can root against people because you don't like them but don't waste our time and derail the thread trying to arguing some meaningless reason to justify it.


Anyways

Hopefully Dad Bod Dan Kelly can pull a win out tonight.

This, this right here. These types of comments are what make you a complete POS.

You make some good points but **** dude. Longest post on the topic, started with a bunch of straw men, name calling and assigned motives but ended with the implication that anyone who dares say anything else itt is out of line. I don't respect that ****. I'm not going to bother addressing any of your points because I don't personally care to try to discuss this issue here or anywhere online right now, but if anyone is compelled to answer you you have no ground to pretend you are above the derail after this post. Gtfo with that.

This is a complete mess. You judge others for genralizing knight and then generalize him the next paragraph. **** posting at it's best.

No one is white knighting and no one needs to justify why they don't like the confederate flag or the Mississippi flag for featuring it.

I dont want u or Rep or anyone to address any of the points as it wasn't an invite for a discussion because none of us have any ****ing clue what we are talking about - its just a bunch of personal rants.

Everyone on here is just talking out of their ass half the time and usually does not know jack **** about what they are talking about (including the person currently posting)...but thats fine as long as its MMA talk since this is an mma thread and there are a group of very knowledgeable MMA posters who frequently post in the thread and educate the dumb ones and the rest of us can just lurk.

This thread is for MMA talk not random people's politics and views on the symbolism of the Mississippi state flag.

final non MMA related post.


Anybody know when Machida's suspension is officially over and if he can fight immediately after that date? Or is does he like have to get approved by USADA/commisions?

its pretty bad. the asian cards are often quite filled with randoms. im simply going to watch the main between hunto and ze black beast.

Dan Hooker Ross Pearson will be worth a watch.

I don't want or care about banning anything. I want a seemingly racist fighter to get KTFO.

It's nothing bigger than that.

nvm

Don't really rate Lewis. I am going for a Hunt KO victory.

Lewis obv isn't very skilled but he's awesome and if you aren't rooting for him you suck.

fair enough - I always root for Chael & JJ to lose for the same reason

JJ did something like that? I mean she's from eastern Europe so I'm not shocked, but I must've missed it

Yep, Lewis is just good fun. In his interviews he comes off as surprisingly self aware and funny.

Yours,
Reformed TBB hater

That knee from Hooker...

Great night for finishes.

What a perfect knee by Hooker to sleep Pearson.

Gorgeous knee extended out there a bit.

Lewis seems super low energy at the start