f Chooky.

So what did Buck say? Was it racist?

someone:

Are you sure? I just looked and didn’t see anything about buck burnette. I’m just wondering, did he say something racist or was he just against the politics of Obama?

If you have a link, please post it.

Students tend not to comprehend that the internet is public.

Haven’t seen the material, but my sense would be that a cooling-off period would open up the possibility for a public apology and reconciliation. That would probably be a better life lesson for everyone than a permanent shunning.

“What did he say?”

“He said the sheriff is near.”

JMO, but as a white parent with African American sons and grandchildren, the appropriate thing to do would have been to help the young man work through his issues rather than banning him.

Hell, I caught the boys trying to teach their sister (who is white) how to call other blacks “niggah” without offending.

I blew a gasket and grounded everyone, but I worked them through the issues, not banished them to live in the garage.

Did not see what was actually posted, but Mack always says that we are a family and a parent’s love should be unconditional. Most people, and Mack is obviously among that group, lack the courage to face issues when those issues are not politically correct.

You cure prejudice with love, not revenge.

Here is what Burnette looks like now and what he’ll look like after Brown helps him.

“Hunters gather up, we have a Nword in the white house”

The word he used was “coon” and not the Nword. There was a screenshot of his facebook page linked to hornfans On the Field page.

Why would people assume this is a first time offense? Give Mack the benefit of good judgment, as he has earned it.

What a freaking dumbass. Nice work, Mack.

“Hopefully he gets his head on right; he looked to be groomed for starting center position coming up here.”

When was that going to happen? After Chris Hall graduates? Won’t Mr. Klu Klux Klan be graduating at the same time as the current starting center?

If he stayed on the team, I could see this causing a problem with team unity and recruiting and we all know how important Mack values those two things.

Like joking about a bomb at the airport, you don’t joke about shooting the president. I don’t think Mack had any choice but to dismiss him. Buck may have broken the law:

Whoever knowingly and willfully deposits for conveyance in the mail or for a delivery from any post office or by any letter carrier any letter, paper, writing, print, missive, or document containing any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President of the United States, or the Vice President-elect, or knowingly and willfully otherwise makes any such threat against the President, President-elect, Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President, or Vice President-elect, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

Pretty broadly written. The Secret Service can certainly has a lot of leeway.

Plus, and more importantly for the Horns, the black guys might not take too kindly to Buck’s comments.

I’m surprised somebody like Orakpo hasn’t already beat the living shit out of Burnette.

BatesHorn gets it.- It doesn’t matter if he used the “N word” or “Coon”. There should be no room for that level of ignorance in today’s society or at least on our Football Team.

Anybody who thinks this kind of behavior is corrected with “Love” or “Hugs” needs to move back to California. This is the kind of thing that gets corrected with a Steel-Toe Boot right in the ass.

As for the Secret Service, I’d take this as a direct threat to the president and treat it as so. Straight up Felony.

We do have FREEDOM OF SPEECH, but we do not have FREEDOM FROM CONSEQUENCES for the stupid shit that we say. If you want to make a “Al Qaeda” type internet threat towards our President, I say you need to go to jail, just like any other terrorist (Domestic or International).

I think Mack played it right and it’s a shame. Also, some posters on this thread made me laugh audibly, which I hate myself for doing.

posting something on his Facebook page that wasn’t very nice to Barack Obama.

Like saying hunters should shoot him? Uh, yeah.

And while we’re on the subject, did Sage Rosenfels have stripes or horns? I get my Polish Jews confused with my Russian Jews all the time.

I’ll hang up and listen to your answer.

Doperbo’s ringtone is ‘Dixie.’

“The word he used was ‘coon’ and not the Nword.”

Oh, that’s way better.

We could have swept it under the rug. He is better than Tanner getting mauled every snap.

Where have you gone, Shane Dronett
A redneck nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Best Comment from Deadspin:

His name is BUCK and he just got FUCKED

Orangechipper, Buck could have called him “Mr. President-Elect” and the insinuation that Buck wanted to shoot him would have still gotten him kicked off the team. The slur is secondary to the Secret Service.

“Stupid, yes!!! Overreaction?? YES!”

Maybe we should round up all the hunters and go hunt a cajun.

No big deal right? Probably not. Until some ignorant redneck who agrees with your line of thinking shows up at your door with a gun.

Buck’s bigoted ass is not immune from the consequences of his SPEECH, whether written or spoken. Frankly, he should have his ass kicked and then the Secret Service should send him to Jail.

How is this any different than some dickhead hiding in a cave in Pakistan, threatening our President? It’s the same damn thing. Just because it comes from a good ‘ol boy from Texas don’t make a shit of difference. A threat, is a threat and should be taken seriously and treated accordingly.

Fuck Lion would count in that category, generally speaking.

A digital image is forever

In the interest of accuracy and precision, Obama is only halfcoon

You people are all missing the point. Buck is now in the minority, so he should be allowed to say or do whatever he wants to do including, but not limited to, the following:

1) start his own tv station called “White Entertainment Television,”
2) start his own beauty contest for Miss White America,
3) start a gang of hooligans with socialist Islamic-flavored overtones called the “White Panthers,”
4) Bitch and moan because someone puts the likeness of an old white woman on a bottle of pancake syrup,
5) Mindlessly vote with a bloc of over 90% of his white brothers & sisters for the candidate of his choice,
6) Be used by a group of elitest north-eastern black politicians to vote in said voting block to get elected over and over again because he is so gullible to think that these elitest politicians have any interest in ol’ Buck.
7) He and his future generations bitch and moan for centurys to come that they have been living in desolation and squallor because Mack Brown kicked him off of the team; therefore, Mack and all of his descendants owe him for all of their suffering and destitution — even though other groups of folks had been enslaved and discriminated against through history (e.g. the Jews) and had turned-out just fine.

I’m getting tired of enumerating, but you get the point. Feel free to pick-up with #8 if you would like to opine!

Actually, Buck, like the rest of Texas and the south, already allows himself to be used over and over again by elitist New England Politicians. They named a highway in dallas and an airport in houston after said politicians.

That was my point guys.

Here’s to hoping this was about the threat to the president and NOT about the name he called him. Both stupid. One is NOT a kick-off team offense.

zyzzyballoobah = clown

Anyone one of those issues can get you in trouble – not very smart

While I do not condone this young man’s actions, Mack Brown has kept Greg Davis around for committing much worse transgressions….

Oy vey.

We’ve all done it guys. We’ve repeated or forwarded a distasteful joke. This guy did the same. STUPID, STUPID, STUPID. Calling someone a name should NOT be worthy of kicking someone off a team. Threatening the president… whole other matter. I bet every person on the dang team has been called names. From short, fat, skinny, weak, stupid, etc. It shouldn’t be more serious just because its racial in nature. Again, I’m hoping hes out because of a threat and not because of copying a text message.

Calling someone a name should NOT be worthy of kicking someone off a team.

The University of Texas Athletics Department is a $100 million dollar a year corporation. The football program is the prime producer of that income. Recruiting is the lifeblood of that program.

It’s really quite simple. Any business will move swiftly to correct and remove anything deemed harmful to its profit center.

How confident would you be that you would keep your job if HR called you in after you put that on your Facebook page and your coworkers saw it and complained? I don’t know about anybody else’s workplace, but most employers will can you on the spot for that kind of thing.

Why should the Longhorn football team be any different?

HJ:

Completely agree with keeping the political stuff off of BC.

i meant to say that “…although the Buck issue is distinctly Longhorn…”