Holy snap...that's what's up...thanks
Toure Tries To Redeem Himself Against Piers Morgan
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Holy snap...that's what's up...thanks
He made Toure' look like a arrogant emotional assclown.
Plus Toure was going too hard trying to seem super militant and on Trayvons side because of the backlash about his tweet.
I hate how Toure tries to be the ambassador for the current black community, i dont know anyone who acts or thinks like this jackass in real life
Plus Toure was going too hard trying to seem super militant and on Trayvons side because of the backlash about his tweet.
I hate how Toure tries to be the ambassador for the current black community, i dont know anyone who acts or thinks like this jackass in real life
Apparently this shit started on Twitter of all things. Toure lashed out at Morgan for his interview of Zimmermans brother and Piers responded and they began tweeting back and forth. So that's why Toure came out so homotional.
Oh I agree with some of the stuff he was saying at the end, it's just the matter in which he did it. It wasn't about Trayvon, it was about him trying to redeem himself and maintaining some sort of credibility. He was grasping at straws, and I was wondering what some of that had to do with anything. He started preaching at dude like he ever said something about the case. First he tries to say he doesn't matter because he's not an American, but then he lectures him as if he is a white american. He should have gone on Hannity, Geraldo or O'Reilly and said that bullshit.
And I hate how he came off like he speaks for all black people. Did he go down to Florida, or does he just go on TV shows to try and earn a check?
and yeah the NBC comment was
because you would think he had a show on NBC. Like he had inside information and is someone important at the station. As if CNN is beneath him. Dude better keep all doors open to him.
Dude, most of those guys on TV will say anything... that is nothing new or exclusive to this guy.
Yes it was in poor taste and the timing was fucked up, but I understand the attempt and his explanation of the tone of the comment. Tone means a lot and that would be the case if a white person said it also. I don't feel comfortable with the tweet regardless, but the reality is Piers was trying to side step the issue at hand, because it's easier to put up smoke and mirrors over admitting he had a soft touch approach to the interview.
All these people want to make it about themselves... come on man... these are TV personalities. It is their job to sell themselves.
As far as NBC getting the brother... Toure looked like an ass only because he tried to make it seem like any network is more honorable than the next...
I'll give you that, but I agree with what he was saying overall. I guess it depends on the audience, because I can imagine motherfuckers making excuses for Zimmerman to hold to this "objective bullshit", but I can't see letting the brother, father, Oliver or the lawyer go with saying all the answers will come out later when there is obvious holes and contradictions in everything that the Zimmerman side has been saying.
Oh I agree with some of the stuff he was saying at the end, it's just the matter in which he did it. It wasn't about Trayvon, it was about him trying to redeem himself and maintaining some sort of credibility. He was grasping at straws, and I was wondering what some of that had to do with anything. He started preaching at dude like he ever said something about the case. First he tries to say he doesn't matter because he's not an American, but then he lectures him as if he is a white american. He should have gone on Hannity, Geraldo or O'Reilly and said that bullshit.
And I hate how he came off like he speaks for all black people. Did he go down to Florida, or does he just go on TV shows to try and earn a check?
and yeah the NBC comment was
because you would think he had a show on NBC. Like he had inside information and is someone important at the station. As if CNN is beneath him. Dude better keep all doors open to him.
Piers just killed him off
I never knew Toure defended the N word
I never knew Toure defended the N word
Leroy, that download is cool but this is one book that should be in the personal library. Well worth the hard purchase.
Fact is,
Toure's attitude about a really serious situation is the current attitude of a generation in which there is a lack of respect and shame, with nothing is off limits.
I don't know if it's because we keep wanting to use some form of humor to lighten our pain or what. But it's gotten to a point where a lot of us no longer hold back on shit, spouting off mental diarrhea.
Couldn't imagine anyone saying "OLE BOY GOT TILL'd" or "MLK'd" back in those days. Other than all the needless jokes about many Black figures, whether celebrity or historic.
It's like some of our people are getting less and less sense these days.
Toure's attitude about a really serious situation is the current attitude of a generation in which there is a lack of respect and shame, with nothing is off limits.
I don't know if it's because we keep wanting to use some form of humor to lighten our pain or what. But it's gotten to a point where a lot of us no longer hold back on shit, spouting off mental diarrhea.
Couldn't imagine anyone saying "OLE BOY GOT TILL'd" or "MLK'd" back in those days. Other than all the needless jokes about many Black figures, whether celebrity or historic.
It's like some of our people are getting less and less sense these days.
Church came a day early.
Apparently this shit started on Twitter of all things. Toure lashed out at Morgan for his interview of Zimmermans brother and Piers responded and they began tweeting back and forth. So that's why Toure came out so homotional.
Oh I agree with some of the stuff he was saying at the end, it's just the matter in which he did it. It wasn't about Trayvon, it was about him trying to redeem himself and maintaining some sort of credibility. He was grasping at straws, and I was wondering what some of that had to do with anything. He started preaching at dude like he ever said something about the case. First he tries to say he doesn't matter because he's not an American, but then he lectures him as if he is a white american. He should have gone on Hannity, Geraldo or O'Reilly and said that bullshit.
And I hate how he came off like he speaks for all black people. Did he go down to Florida, or does he just go on TV shows to try and earn a check?
and yeah the NBC comment was
Here's the problem I have with this whole thing between these two and how people are reacting to it... Neither one of these guys are worth two shits. Their jobs are to get on TV and talk that shit that they think their audiences want to hear.
Neither one has a leg to stand on to talk about professional journalism, because one guy think his opinion is the only opinion of value thus he bangs people over the head with it and the other is known for crossing the line even for the tabloid standards of his gig in England.
With that being said... you can be full of shit every day of the week but the last day, where you decide to make sense and even if I hold suspicions about your motives, I can't deny the truth and what makes sense. I just hate how so much of debates have become about who emotionally cracks first or arguing for the sake of arguing, which causes people to over use the tactic of side stepping and misdirection.
Toure has a point about how the media has handled the Zimmermans with ease, which maybe racism or fear of the racist backlash that is going on, but if the so-called "liberal media" outlets can go hard with their questioning of the first black President they can at least ask the Zimmerman side "why do we have to wait for any of your story to get straighten out and make sense?"
As far as speaking for black people... white people put us in that position. If you are the only black person at your job... guess what? You are an Ambassador for blackness. If you take an opinion on race and you have to discuss it with a white person... they make you the voice of black people. If you are going to be looked at that way you might act as such. Which is what Sharpton, Jackson or any other black person with a bit of understanding does on TV.
Maybe Toure got emotional because it is bullshit how these Zimmerman operatives have been able put out a bunch non-sense about what happened and he had sound reasoning for his arguments regardless of his "homotions". He may have had the passion because of the motives of redeeming his blackness or whatever, but he was making sense to me and I agreed with his argument.
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Its amazing and at the same time disappointing how everyone is attacking Toure while ignoring the fact that his argument was spot on. He was on that show to take Piers to task for providing a platform for Zimmerman defenders to spread utter bullshit and obvious lies. He did just that and thoroughly exposed Piers as a flyweight in the process.
Not to mention it has now been confirmed that Toure was right about his main points on Zimmermans brother never speaking to him and the screams being Tayvon and not Zimmerman.
But y'all have to know that Toure is a fame whore. Remember him from the Rolling Stone days and then from his BET days co-hosting with Takara. He's managed to cast himself as a pop culture authority but fame- regardless of the platform- is all he wants.
Who gives a fuck! Piers is morally bankrupt scum,but that isnt the point. Toures points were well stated, his criticism was warranted and his complaints were legitimate.
I'll agree with this, but I still think people are feeling some kind of way about the tweet and that is fucking up their perception of what took place between him and Piers. I also have a dark sense of humor so most jokes don't hit me in the gut like that, but we have a long tradition of black entertainers making their points by going over-the-top with shocking jokes or statements and it has a greater history in the world. It's to understand context, but then again I'm sure it would be understood better if Toure used this as an example
Yes, its poor taste, but that is the point.
always thought dude was a fag
too soon?
too soon?
I don't see what you guys see I guess.
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I agree Toure' has had his moments ( including that Tweet ) but I think he was making very valid points during this "interview". To those that think he was being "homotional" , what points should he have been making instead?
MSNBC contributor and author Touré apologized late Saturday for losing sight of the big picture in a fiery interview with CNN's Piers Morgan about country's inflamed racial tensions in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting.
"I should not have gotten caught up in 'winning' the debate with Piers," Touré wrote on Twitter. "I got caught up with 'winning' on some masculine bravado bs when my whole point has always been justice for this boy. I lost sight of that."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/toure-apologizes-piers-morgan-meltdown-152149682.html
Macho bravado, yeah right, you're sweet like fructose
"I should not have gotten caught up in 'winning' the debate with Piers," Touré wrote on Twitter. "I got caught up with 'winning' on some masculine bravado bs when my whole point has always been justice for this boy. I lost sight of that."
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/toure-apologizes-piers-morgan-meltdown-152149682.html
Macho bravado, yeah right, you're sweet like fructose
His whole point is the interview and it being weak and he shouldn't have had him.
His whole argument was negated when Morgan said Brian Williams was trying to get him. That's why Toure stuttered and didn't have a response when Morgan mentioned Rock Center.
Piers isn't a hardball type of show. The point was to hear his dads side. Just like when Al Sharpton had the witnesses mom up there, his job wasn't to badger her.
Regardless of how you feel about the case personally, as a host, your job isn't to try him on TV. With this Bill O'Reilly and Keith O culture, we forgot what TV is supposed to be. Host didn't always take sides, they used to try to give a biased interview and let you form your own conclusion. Now with MSNBC and Faux, your opinion is already predetermined before you watch. Everyone already knows a father is going to defend a son no matter what. Everyone already knows that his dad didn't see anything.
And Toure is so full of shit, he was trying to redeem himself from that tweet, and make himself look better to his followers. It's just that Piers Morgan responded.
And has anyone fuckin seen this dude give an interview on Fuse or BET. Like this faggot gives tough questions.
Pierce Morgan has Robert Zimmerman on again, right now. He IS allowing this rat bastard to come off as a sympathetic figure.
