Shane Sparks is an experienced choreographer and JC Chasez, while a stretch, has been in the game for awhile and was a member of a famous group and did videos and concerts. But Lil Mama is 19 years old! She's younger than many of the contestants! She hasn't been in the game that long...what credibility does she have to pass an opinion?|||I wonder the same thing too!
Maybe she did some 'special' favors to get that spot...|||i asked the same question to all my friends...she cant even dance good so how can she judge people that dance better than her...?|||LIL MAMA IS 19!!?? i thought she was at least in her mid 20s!|||Alot!!!!! Just watch her vids, and you'll see why!!!!
Friday, December 2, 2011
Does it hurt your credibility on here if you express an attitude in your answer, save inappropriate questions?
I've asked frank questions before about politics, race, and men-women relations. I always get a few people who, no matter how carefully I word my question snap at me.
I'm pretty sure I can't win, and some people just wanna just take it the wrong way no matter what, and just want blood.|||There was a questioner here not long ago who asked a couple of mental health questions, one about a malign ghostly presence in her life and one about alternatives to Prozac to enable her to feel emotions again.
I suggested that the appearance of the Grim Reaper is not necessarily a bad thing, and has scared many people back to life, but I was snapped at by the Asker making me out to be really nasty for giving that answer. So in a fit of pique, I blocked her and deleted my other answer which might have helped her a great deal.
I feel a little bad now, since I knew someone who killed herself when coming off Prozac, and was showing much the same symptoms of paranoia that came out in the first question, and similar unreasonable angry responses. My deleted answer might have saved her life, but too bad.
It is hard deciding whether an Asker is seeking an imaginative response or a dry factual summary. I take the view that if he or she gets both, they can take their pick. It probably won't be the best answer (three-quarters of mine aren't), but does it matter?
Especially if it provokes someone underneath to come up with a much better answer.
As for snapping at Askers, if I ask a provocative question, I don't personally mind a provocative answer I can come back at.|||And there will always be. But just be your self and keep asking cause there are a whole lot more people who do get it.
I'm pretty sure I can't win, and some people just wanna just take it the wrong way no matter what, and just want blood.|||There was a questioner here not long ago who asked a couple of mental health questions, one about a malign ghostly presence in her life and one about alternatives to Prozac to enable her to feel emotions again.
I suggested that the appearance of the Grim Reaper is not necessarily a bad thing, and has scared many people back to life, but I was snapped at by the Asker making me out to be really nasty for giving that answer. So in a fit of pique, I blocked her and deleted my other answer which might have helped her a great deal.
I feel a little bad now, since I knew someone who killed herself when coming off Prozac, and was showing much the same symptoms of paranoia that came out in the first question, and similar unreasonable angry responses. My deleted answer might have saved her life, but too bad.
It is hard deciding whether an Asker is seeking an imaginative response or a dry factual summary. I take the view that if he or she gets both, they can take their pick. It probably won't be the best answer (three-quarters of mine aren't), but does it matter?
Especially if it provokes someone underneath to come up with a much better answer.
As for snapping at Askers, if I ask a provocative question, I don't personally mind a provocative answer I can come back at.|||And there will always be. But just be your self and keep asking cause there are a whole lot more people who do get it.
Totmom: Do you think that laughing during the defense's closing arguments ruins the prosecutions credibility?
I personally felt Casey was guilty until I saw the prosecutor smirking and laughing. That tells me that he thinks it's a game and shouldn't be trusted. If I was on the jury, I would refuse to convict because of that. A life is on the line, it's not a smirky game of grabass. How do you feel about the prosecution's behavior today?|||"I personally felt Casey was guilty until I saw the prosecutor smirking"
Wow.|||I believe the prosecutor was playing games and did not need to for the "trial" and guilty sake. He did a good job of explaining the time line and the reason of why Calee was killed by her mother. BUT, I think there is alot of competion of egos going on between Beaz an Ashton.|||I do not believe it will harm the state against casey Anthony. It was later discovered that the jury could not see him, but I believe it was not very professional. Also Hosea Baize should never call his client a liar and a slut.|||You should watch it on the really big HDTV in a room full of college students, who did weed. They were laughing during most of that performance. When it was over these guys were chanting " WHO BLEW THE CASE, LINDA DRAIN YURDICK, THE LAWYWER WHO SUCKS!|||Of course not. That's ridiculous.|||They turned it into a three ring circus. Shame on them.|||no
Wow.|||I believe the prosecutor was playing games and did not need to for the "trial" and guilty sake. He did a good job of explaining the time line and the reason of why Calee was killed by her mother. BUT, I think there is alot of competion of egos going on between Beaz an Ashton.|||I do not believe it will harm the state against casey Anthony. It was later discovered that the jury could not see him, but I believe it was not very professional. Also Hosea Baize should never call his client a liar and a slut.|||You should watch it on the really big HDTV in a room full of college students, who did weed. They were laughing during most of that performance. When it was over these guys were chanting " WHO BLEW THE CASE, LINDA DRAIN YURDICK, THE LAWYWER WHO SUCKS!|||Of course not. That's ridiculous.|||They turned it into a three ring circus. Shame on them.|||no
Do you think the credibility of the Tea Party is threatened by the wing-nuts who show up at the rallies?
I like the ideals of smaller government and more responsible taxation. But whenever I see footage of a Tea Party rally there are always people with signs reading, "Obama is a Nazi" or "Keep the change" or some other meaningless catch-phrase. I'd really like to get behind a movement that represented responsible and intelligent opposition to large government - but no such movement exists.|||They think they're the "real" conservatives that are going to save the day. Moderate (RINO)Republicans need not apply. Try winning elections with that formula. They're digging their own grave. It benefits Democrats and that's good for the rest of us|||They have no credibility in the first place. What they are demanding, (lower taxes, reduce the deficit) without cutting the military, social security, and Medicare, is impossible. If you look at the clips, you'll see mostly middle-aged white men, who are crapping their drawers at losing their priveleged places to women and minorities. Things are changing, and they don't like it.
By definition, conservatives are resistant to change. With a minority President beating an establishment white guy in the last election, it's too much for them. The Republicans have been preparing the conservatives for over a year now, with all their propaganda over False news and Rush Bimbaugh. You can bet the GOP has its grubby mitts all over the TEA party, why else would Sarah Palin bother to be speaking (aside from the six-figure fees) to them?
The only "movement" that's taking place in conservativedom is appearing between Limbaugh's butt cheeks. These aregenerally people that don't even know what a Nazi is. Check out the Coffee Party. They say they are an alternative to the lunatic fringe of the teabaggers. The teabaggers are generally well-meaning, but they've allowed some unsavory characters to grab the reins.
Too bad.|||If you want to be taken seriously then don't associate yourself with the Tea Party. Just be a normal Republican. I went with my best friend yesterday to take her 16 month old daughter to the park, and there was a tea party rally, guns and everything. Taking guns around children at play, nice. These people are savages and have no sanity. There are plenty of conservatives and Republicans that aren't foaming at the mouth like those fools.|||They are. The Tea Party has great values "the tea party patriots" which is the group that I am in. But yes we have some ignorant people that join just because they like to fight. sort of like the anarchists that join in the liberal protests.
but if you hear that tea party members are old white men... then you know that those people that are saying it are uneducated. me and the other members in my disctrict are not middle aged white right. I'm young and hispanic. along with the other members we have most races and ages. the tea party members in my area are actual middle class workers which we don't protest we actually get involved politically.
but people will say what they want and believe what they want.
and yes we can have a balanced budget. it's called get rid or reform current social programs and stop spending money to save it. the smaller the government gets the less they spend.
its called common sense. help the people who work and provide tax. and stop helping those who abuse it ... and before im missquoted.. yes people need help sometimes. but you can only help so much before you drap everyone down. help society not the individual.|||yes!...no reasonable person take tea party protesters seriously....
I'm definitely joining the teabaggers ... I'm madly in love with that self-loathing sick-minded hatemongering, . I'll cry acorn across the world, I'll pester immigrants early in the morning at Home Depot, I'll demand IDs from anyone that looks like a Mexican, I'll post guard at our borders and shoot anyone who dares crossing it from either side|||Wing nuts means they have big ears and their heads spin at anything ridiculous lie Fox TV tells them.|||In order to have your credibility threatened, you would need to have credibility in the first place. And the Tea Party just...does not. Sorry.|||The Tea Party has no credibility. Palin hijacked it. What does that tell you? She couldn't even handle four years as the governor of Alaska.|||The tea party IS the wing-nut section of the republican party.|||It's called libertarianism. I'm not trying to convert you to my party or anything, but I think you see that tea parties are nothing more than angry Republicans.|||short answer is YES! i hate politically and reality ignorant tea baggers! ;-)|||yes|||You're seeing the same clip over and over. Monkey brains.|||Are you saying the Teabaggers are a threat to themselves?|||They ARE the tea party.|||Yes -- those people don't realize that they are doing the Party no favors.|||When you see the footage of these people i would bet its on a liberal network like CNN or MSNBC. Its in their interests not to portray the Tea party as responsible or Intelligent. You want the truth go to a rally and see for yourself.
By definition, conservatives are resistant to change. With a minority President beating an establishment white guy in the last election, it's too much for them. The Republicans have been preparing the conservatives for over a year now, with all their propaganda over False news and Rush Bimbaugh. You can bet the GOP has its grubby mitts all over the TEA party, why else would Sarah Palin bother to be speaking (aside from the six-figure fees) to them?
The only "movement" that's taking place in conservativedom is appearing between Limbaugh's butt cheeks. These aregenerally people that don't even know what a Nazi is. Check out the Coffee Party. They say they are an alternative to the lunatic fringe of the teabaggers. The teabaggers are generally well-meaning, but they've allowed some unsavory characters to grab the reins.
Too bad.|||If you want to be taken seriously then don't associate yourself with the Tea Party. Just be a normal Republican. I went with my best friend yesterday to take her 16 month old daughter to the park, and there was a tea party rally, guns and everything. Taking guns around children at play, nice. These people are savages and have no sanity. There are plenty of conservatives and Republicans that aren't foaming at the mouth like those fools.|||They are. The Tea Party has great values "the tea party patriots" which is the group that I am in. But yes we have some ignorant people that join just because they like to fight. sort of like the anarchists that join in the liberal protests.
but if you hear that tea party members are old white men... then you know that those people that are saying it are uneducated. me and the other members in my disctrict are not middle aged white right. I'm young and hispanic. along with the other members we have most races and ages. the tea party members in my area are actual middle class workers which we don't protest we actually get involved politically.
but people will say what they want and believe what they want.
and yes we can have a balanced budget. it's called get rid or reform current social programs and stop spending money to save it. the smaller the government gets the less they spend.
its called common sense. help the people who work and provide tax. and stop helping those who abuse it ... and before im missquoted.. yes people need help sometimes. but you can only help so much before you drap everyone down. help society not the individual.|||yes!...no reasonable person take tea party protesters seriously....
I'm definitely joining the teabaggers ... I'm madly in love with that self-loathing sick-minded hatemongering, . I'll cry acorn across the world, I'll pester immigrants early in the morning at Home Depot, I'll demand IDs from anyone that looks like a Mexican, I'll post guard at our borders and shoot anyone who dares crossing it from either side|||Wing nuts means they have big ears and their heads spin at anything ridiculous lie Fox TV tells them.|||In order to have your credibility threatened, you would need to have credibility in the first place. And the Tea Party just...does not. Sorry.|||The Tea Party has no credibility. Palin hijacked it. What does that tell you? She couldn't even handle four years as the governor of Alaska.|||The tea party IS the wing-nut section of the republican party.|||It's called libertarianism. I'm not trying to convert you to my party or anything, but I think you see that tea parties are nothing more than angry Republicans.|||short answer is YES! i hate politically and reality ignorant tea baggers! ;-)|||yes|||You're seeing the same clip over and over. Monkey brains.|||Are you saying the Teabaggers are a threat to themselves?|||They ARE the tea party.|||Yes -- those people don't realize that they are doing the Party no favors.|||When you see the footage of these people i would bet its on a liberal network like CNN or MSNBC. Its in their interests not to portray the Tea party as responsible or Intelligent. You want the truth go to a rally and see for yourself.
Does Obama have any credibility to handle the current economic crisis?
What makes people think that he can tackle the housing mess and the Wall Street crisis? |||No, neither candidate does and it is hipe to believe the power of presdiency ever had that power. They never did and congress has the power. Most of the campaign promises do not fall within the power of the u.s. presidency to address. What president since Eisenhower has kept a campaign promise? None. The Bush administration with Congress could have easily prevented the economic recession, but they chose not to. Neither candidate has the ability to change anything and since Franklin D. Roosevelt the administratons
of JFK fought a money war, Carter lost the famly farmers, Reagon crushed unions, Clinton signed NAFTA cancelling Art 4 of the constitution, Bush and his father promoted their interests in the Carlyle Group, as 9th largest defense contractor. Had the elected offical not had financial interests in VietNam, Afghanastan, Iraq, there would have been no war. The U.S. did nothing to help the people of a South American country, who's blood filled the rivers by the millions because they was no oil under their ground. When theres oil involved, then the rights of people are important, but when theres no oil, millions of people can be butchered. I voted for OBama because the granddaughter of Eisenhower endorces him and her knowledge is deep, and goes back to the days when the U.S. was a united country. Thus far she is the only really credible source I have
faith in.
|||The fact that you think this is all being caused by the 'housing mess' means you have no clue what's happening.
Neither McCain or Obama can save us, the US is over, just hope you survive the horrid inflation that's coming next year. Stop playing bi-partisan games online and get ready.|||NO! People aren't thinking about the issues they just know a republican is president, things aren't going well and obama is as far from republican as you can get. people want change and they THINK "good" change will come with electing Obama. they couldn't be more wrong!|||Well, he had a 5 point agenda on how the amend the original Paulson bill on the bailout. Those points ended up in the bill that passed.
McCain suspended his campaign for a day and did nothing.|||The man that Obama wants for his top economic advisor won a nobel peace prize in economics right?
A smart man is smart, a smart man who surrounds himself with smart men is smarter.|||yea hes wayy better and smarter than mccain in that issue!! thats why more people are staring to vote for him! http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>|||Because he has a (D) next to his name
Obama is getting a free ride even though he has zero economic experience|||Well, he voted for the bailout that destroyed the market after it had stabilized. The thing is, so did McCain.
I'm going with "no" on both.|||Because he is extremely intelligent and know's what he is doing.
It's McCain and Palin that lack brains.
|||He is a peese of sh*t and a thief liar fraud and destructively horrible|||he can't his economic advisers created this problem|||does mccain?
and yes, barack obama does. -____-|||Obummer will just continue to make excuses after excuses|||Well lets see....Obama 173 days in the senate. McCain, 22 years.|||OH YEAH, NOT AS OLD MCCAIN WHO DONT THINK ON HIS OWN ANYMORE. :)|||No, but I really don't think McCain does either.|||No, he doesn't. No, I don't trust him to be President.|||Honestly, I don't think he has any credibility when it comes to the welfare of the U.S.
of JFK fought a money war, Carter lost the famly farmers, Reagon crushed unions, Clinton signed NAFTA cancelling Art 4 of the constitution, Bush and his father promoted their interests in the Carlyle Group, as 9th largest defense contractor. Had the elected offical not had financial interests in VietNam, Afghanastan, Iraq, there would have been no war. The U.S. did nothing to help the people of a South American country, who's blood filled the rivers by the millions because they was no oil under their ground. When theres oil involved, then the rights of people are important, but when theres no oil, millions of people can be butchered. I voted for OBama because the granddaughter of Eisenhower endorces him and her knowledge is deep, and goes back to the days when the U.S. was a united country. Thus far she is the only really credible source I have
faith in.
|||The fact that you think this is all being caused by the 'housing mess' means you have no clue what's happening.
Neither McCain or Obama can save us, the US is over, just hope you survive the horrid inflation that's coming next year. Stop playing bi-partisan games online and get ready.|||NO! People aren't thinking about the issues they just know a republican is president, things aren't going well and obama is as far from republican as you can get. people want change and they THINK "good" change will come with electing Obama. they couldn't be more wrong!|||Well, he had a 5 point agenda on how the amend the original Paulson bill on the bailout. Those points ended up in the bill that passed.
McCain suspended his campaign for a day and did nothing.|||The man that Obama wants for his top economic advisor won a nobel peace prize in economics right?
A smart man is smart, a smart man who surrounds himself with smart men is smarter.|||yea hes wayy better and smarter than mccain in that issue!! thats why more people are staring to vote for him! http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;鈥?/a>|||Because he has a (D) next to his name
Obama is getting a free ride even though he has zero economic experience|||Well, he voted for the bailout that destroyed the market after it had stabilized. The thing is, so did McCain.
I'm going with "no" on both.|||Because he is extremely intelligent and know's what he is doing.
It's McCain and Palin that lack brains.
|||He is a peese of sh*t and a thief liar fraud and destructively horrible|||he can't his economic advisers created this problem|||does mccain?
and yes, barack obama does. -____-|||Obummer will just continue to make excuses after excuses|||Well lets see....Obama 173 days in the senate. McCain, 22 years.|||OH YEAH, NOT AS OLD MCCAIN WHO DONT THINK ON HIS OWN ANYMORE. :)|||No, but I really don't think McCain does either.|||No, he doesn't. No, I don't trust him to be President.|||Honestly, I don't think he has any credibility when it comes to the welfare of the U.S.
Do people lose their credibility when they criticize Mayweather?
A lot of fans don't like Mayweather because first he is black and a lot of people falsely stereotyped that all blacks act like that. Second, Mayweather is the best boxer and everybody knows that Mayweather can outboxed anybody so people are jealous. Third, Mayweather is the cash cow, he makes more than Pacquaio, Marquez, or Martinez combined in one fight.|||I think you have a few things mixed around. No one loses credibility for criticizing Mayweather. He brings a lot of that on himself. It's true that there are some who don't like him because he's Black but those numbers are very small. The bigger reason many people don't like Mayweather is because of his behavior.
Shane Mosley is also Black. His record does not LOOK as impressive as Mayweather's (though he has faced far tougher competition). Yet, people don't hate him. Only a very small group of people feel the way they do because of Floyd's race. Most feel the way they do because of his attitude.
If people would judge Blacks, in general, by Mayweather's behavior, they are sadly lacking in personal experience. Personally, I would not want a guy like Mayweather to ever claim to represent Blacks in any way. He has made it clear that he represents only himself.
There is one VERY IMPORTANT thing that Mayweather obviously NEVER learned. It's well known, at least by some, that Blacks have not had an easy time in American history, beginning with slavery. It is also well known of the many prejudices that Blacks have suffered. However, to be a Black man, and to practice such prejudices against others, is only counter productive. History is all the more reason why Blacks should understand that this is the one time when it's important to understand that "two wrongs don't make a right".
Some might disagree with me on this but, take Mayweather's racist tirade on You-Tube, against Pacquiao. When have you ever heard Pacquiao say anything negative about Blacks? Never.
If you feel that Blacks have been mistreated, throughout history, ask yourself if the mistreatment of others is the answer. If you believe it is the answer, than you make your life much harder than anyone else ever will. If Pacquiao ever said the same things about Mayweather, he'd be the first to cry racism. This is where he went from "self promoter" to "public enemy".
For a time, Mayweather was not the jerk he often portrayed himself to be. It's true that Mayweather's behavior was mostly self promoted. To his credit, he wanted to be a star from the beginning. It always helps to know what you want in life. He made it clear that he envied and disliked Oscar de la Hoya. While I can understand some of his reasoning, I don't agree with the way he handled it. Floyd realized that he would never be viewed in the same way that Oscar is viewed, even if he beat him in the ring. So he decided to sell tickets by becoming the villain. This was his choice.
While his choice was understandable, Floyd took it a bit too far when Pacquiao came along. It's clear that he feels upstaged by Pacquiao's presence. All the time it took for Oscar to retire and Floyd STILL does not get the public's respect. However, the problem is that he created much of that sentiment himself.
People like Pacquiao. He doesn't brag. He does a lot for his country and he's humble. As for the PPV numbers that Floyd often brags about, they are exaggerated and serve no purpose if he's inactive. It still appears that he's ducking Pacquiao or waiting for him to burn himself out. It's the "perception" that the public has and Floyd has caused much of that himself.
Regardless to how you feel about Pacquiao, if you can not see a few facts, you're just not very objective.
Fact: Pacquiao has a much more entertaining style. We boxing fans can appreciate Floyd's talent. But, what good is talent if you are not willing to face the best?
Fact: Pacquiao has always appeared to be humble and gracious. Whether or not you buy into it, you MUST understand that "pubic perception" is very powerful. It's what people SEE. Floyd is still probably not the jerk he appears to be. However, he seems to have started a path down a road from which he will not soon return. Again, the perception he gives people is not a good one.
Fact: In the eyes of people, it's FLOYD who keeps this proposed fight from happening. The drug test story can only go so far.
Floyd's racist tirade, against Pacquiao and against Filipinos, is where he made the turning point. There was NOTHING good about it and it was totally WRONG. It's where smart people separate him from decent Blacks and dumb people just have more ammunition to spew their racist venom. FLoyd did that to himself. He does not represent Blacks or Americans in any positive way.
He's a great athlete but the public perception that he has created for himself is that he is envious of Pacquiao's success and the way the public has taken to him. He appears unsure of his ability to beat Pacquiao in the ring and he fears what he looks like, should he lose.
Floyd is a great athlete. With his recent behavior, he has proven that he's not a great man.|||I don't think it's got nothing to do with him being black.People just don't like his personality and the way he acts sometimes,also some fans feel threatened by him because they know he's a threat to their fighter.You have to be a really big fan of Floyd and appreciate his talent in the ring to like him,if your neither of those then your just one of the many that want to see Floyd lose.A lot of it is just self-promotion which he's the master of and that's why he is where he is today,people sometimes forget the huge Charity work that he does and although i agree that he does shoot himself in the foot sometimes with some of the things he does or says,he isn't the monster everybody makes him out to be!!|||Obviously you have an opinion regarding race, and think that anyone that criticizes Mayweather must be doing so because he is black.
The only time someone loses credibility is when they have said something that is not true.
Many people criticize Mayweather because of the things he has said and done, it does not relate to his race, or ability.
The people on this forum who continue to call others rude and profane names are the ones without credibility.|||I think some people do lose credibility for the manner in which they criticize Floyd, especially if they aren't willing to examine their own favorite fighter under the same microscope. Anyone who starts in with the "ducker", "coward", "KFC" nonsense loses credibility with me. Anyone who says he only fights small guys when he has gone up to win titles in 5 weight classes loses credibility with me. Anyone who questions the fact of him being truly 41-0 loses credibility with me. Anyone who accuses him of cherry picking but cant see how their guy is cherry picking too loses credibility.
I agree with you that Floyd is one of the best fighters in the game still, possibly the best and he is one of it's bigger PPV draws (if not the biggest). Some of this nonsense is hate and jealousy and the rest sometimes is plain old racism.|||Cash cow? LOL, De La Hoya MADE Mayweather %26amp; Pacquiao. And those two UNGRATEFUL cowards are afraid to give younger fighters the very same opportunity. They are both over rated money grubbing cowards who could care less about that sport that made them rich and are contributing to the sports downfall but putting out GARBAGE fights rather than try to fight the best out there. You honestly think history is gonna put them favorably compared to other eras where the top guys actually wanted to fight each other? LOL, Keep dreaming!|||@Malik - if it quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, then it must be a duck.
if it looks like a PU$$Y, smells like a PU$$Y, acts like a PU$$Y, then it must be a PU$$Y.|||Yeah they're incredible!
@galactus
It hurts to hear that from a brother. Go easy on me man! I'm just making wise business decisions here. My life is on the line everytime I fight you know?
Shane Mosley is also Black. His record does not LOOK as impressive as Mayweather's (though he has faced far tougher competition). Yet, people don't hate him. Only a very small group of people feel the way they do because of Floyd's race. Most feel the way they do because of his attitude.
If people would judge Blacks, in general, by Mayweather's behavior, they are sadly lacking in personal experience. Personally, I would not want a guy like Mayweather to ever claim to represent Blacks in any way. He has made it clear that he represents only himself.
There is one VERY IMPORTANT thing that Mayweather obviously NEVER learned. It's well known, at least by some, that Blacks have not had an easy time in American history, beginning with slavery. It is also well known of the many prejudices that Blacks have suffered. However, to be a Black man, and to practice such prejudices against others, is only counter productive. History is all the more reason why Blacks should understand that this is the one time when it's important to understand that "two wrongs don't make a right".
Some might disagree with me on this but, take Mayweather's racist tirade on You-Tube, against Pacquiao. When have you ever heard Pacquiao say anything negative about Blacks? Never.
If you feel that Blacks have been mistreated, throughout history, ask yourself if the mistreatment of others is the answer. If you believe it is the answer, than you make your life much harder than anyone else ever will. If Pacquiao ever said the same things about Mayweather, he'd be the first to cry racism. This is where he went from "self promoter" to "public enemy".
For a time, Mayweather was not the jerk he often portrayed himself to be. It's true that Mayweather's behavior was mostly self promoted. To his credit, he wanted to be a star from the beginning. It always helps to know what you want in life. He made it clear that he envied and disliked Oscar de la Hoya. While I can understand some of his reasoning, I don't agree with the way he handled it. Floyd realized that he would never be viewed in the same way that Oscar is viewed, even if he beat him in the ring. So he decided to sell tickets by becoming the villain. This was his choice.
While his choice was understandable, Floyd took it a bit too far when Pacquiao came along. It's clear that he feels upstaged by Pacquiao's presence. All the time it took for Oscar to retire and Floyd STILL does not get the public's respect. However, the problem is that he created much of that sentiment himself.
People like Pacquiao. He doesn't brag. He does a lot for his country and he's humble. As for the PPV numbers that Floyd often brags about, they are exaggerated and serve no purpose if he's inactive. It still appears that he's ducking Pacquiao or waiting for him to burn himself out. It's the "perception" that the public has and Floyd has caused much of that himself.
Regardless to how you feel about Pacquiao, if you can not see a few facts, you're just not very objective.
Fact: Pacquiao has a much more entertaining style. We boxing fans can appreciate Floyd's talent. But, what good is talent if you are not willing to face the best?
Fact: Pacquiao has always appeared to be humble and gracious. Whether or not you buy into it, you MUST understand that "pubic perception" is very powerful. It's what people SEE. Floyd is still probably not the jerk he appears to be. However, he seems to have started a path down a road from which he will not soon return. Again, the perception he gives people is not a good one.
Fact: In the eyes of people, it's FLOYD who keeps this proposed fight from happening. The drug test story can only go so far.
Floyd's racist tirade, against Pacquiao and against Filipinos, is where he made the turning point. There was NOTHING good about it and it was totally WRONG. It's where smart people separate him from decent Blacks and dumb people just have more ammunition to spew their racist venom. FLoyd did that to himself. He does not represent Blacks or Americans in any positive way.
He's a great athlete but the public perception that he has created for himself is that he is envious of Pacquiao's success and the way the public has taken to him. He appears unsure of his ability to beat Pacquiao in the ring and he fears what he looks like, should he lose.
Floyd is a great athlete. With his recent behavior, he has proven that he's not a great man.|||I don't think it's got nothing to do with him being black.People just don't like his personality and the way he acts sometimes,also some fans feel threatened by him because they know he's a threat to their fighter.You have to be a really big fan of Floyd and appreciate his talent in the ring to like him,if your neither of those then your just one of the many that want to see Floyd lose.A lot of it is just self-promotion which he's the master of and that's why he is where he is today,people sometimes forget the huge Charity work that he does and although i agree that he does shoot himself in the foot sometimes with some of the things he does or says,he isn't the monster everybody makes him out to be!!|||Obviously you have an opinion regarding race, and think that anyone that criticizes Mayweather must be doing so because he is black.
The only time someone loses credibility is when they have said something that is not true.
Many people criticize Mayweather because of the things he has said and done, it does not relate to his race, or ability.
The people on this forum who continue to call others rude and profane names are the ones without credibility.|||I think some people do lose credibility for the manner in which they criticize Floyd, especially if they aren't willing to examine their own favorite fighter under the same microscope. Anyone who starts in with the "ducker", "coward", "KFC" nonsense loses credibility with me. Anyone who says he only fights small guys when he has gone up to win titles in 5 weight classes loses credibility with me. Anyone who questions the fact of him being truly 41-0 loses credibility with me. Anyone who accuses him of cherry picking but cant see how their guy is cherry picking too loses credibility.
I agree with you that Floyd is one of the best fighters in the game still, possibly the best and he is one of it's bigger PPV draws (if not the biggest). Some of this nonsense is hate and jealousy and the rest sometimes is plain old racism.|||Cash cow? LOL, De La Hoya MADE Mayweather %26amp; Pacquiao. And those two UNGRATEFUL cowards are afraid to give younger fighters the very same opportunity. They are both over rated money grubbing cowards who could care less about that sport that made them rich and are contributing to the sports downfall but putting out GARBAGE fights rather than try to fight the best out there. You honestly think history is gonna put them favorably compared to other eras where the top guys actually wanted to fight each other? LOL, Keep dreaming!|||@Malik - if it quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, then it must be a duck.
if it looks like a PU$$Y, smells like a PU$$Y, acts like a PU$$Y, then it must be a PU$$Y.|||Yeah they're incredible!
@galactus
It hurts to hear that from a brother. Go easy on me man! I'm just making wise business decisions here. My life is on the line everytime I fight you know?
Will NPR go the way of Media Matters in terms of credibility with their mutual sponsor with Media Matters?
How much credibility did NPR have to begin with since Terry Gross and other characters like her fouled up the public airwaves?|||NPR has been doing quite fine on its own, ruining its credibility! Soros' "pledge" only validates the serious slant both MM and NPR deliberately take.|||I would love to see you challenge something written at media matters.
Only thing conservatives do is make baseless attacks on people providing facts refuting republican lies.|||You guys are nothing but a bunch of smear-mongers. Media Matters For American hasn't lost any credibility.
Only thing conservatives do is make baseless attacks on people providing facts refuting republican lies.|||You guys are nothing but a bunch of smear-mongers. Media Matters For American hasn't lost any credibility.
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