RIP Mr Hogan

Dude was also the reason unions in wrestling never went anywhere. So a racist and a fucking union buster sellout. Good riddance.
- How?
  
  He ratted out Jesse Ventura to McMahon when Jesse was trying to get his wrestling colleagues to join a union. Source.
  
  I forgot who was trying to organize the union (Ventura??), but Hogan found out and ran to Vince McMahon.

He's right, everyone is a little racist. That's what happens when you're raised in a racist society.
But that shit was really racist
- And it was said privately that somebody filmed. Doesn't make it right but neither is releasing a private tape.
  
  Conservatives would do well to behave like everything they say in private will be published. If they can't be good people out of empathy they can be good people out of fear.
  
  https://www.newsweek.com/hulk-hogan-dead-controversy-racist-scandal-wwe-2103674
  
  In most states if you're party to a conversation you have a right to record it and share it with others if you'd like. Federally it's legal too, including phone calls. Some states do restrict recording without informing all parties, but most don't as it's important means of protecting yourself sometimes.
  I emphasized "if you're party" above because it's an important distinction. In many situations you cannot record the conversation of others if you're not an active participant, though there are exceptions for things said/done in public and in/on your property.

Ozzy dragged Hogan down on his way to Hell to do us all a favor
- Don't put him in hell or it's going to kill the vibe down there. Shove him in heaven with all the other insufferable dicks.
  
  I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints, the sinners are much more fun, darlin' only the good die young.
  (Which, if no one's noticed, is about a guy trying to get in the pants of a Catholic school girl.)
- Dude pulled nearly $200,000,000 for charity giving his last concert. If he deserves to be hell, Hogan should be elsewhere.
  
  Ozzy would be there because it's metal, Hogan would be there to suffer.
  
  You don't understand, Ozzy Osbourne is not damned, he is there simply because he wants to trip crazy train with Allister Crowley
- I have quite a few people of the same age in mind that I'd much rather have seen dragged to hell - not that I am too bothered with Hogan
- If we’re doing “old guys with reality shows in the early 2000s”, I know a person that would complement this specific rule of three very well.

Gawker media died for this post.
- nothing of value was lost back then either, they kept pushing bs clickbait and calling it journualism
  
  BS clickbait is annoying, but it shouldn't be made literally illegal.

I read a few of those replies... holy crap Twitter sucks
- ...Defending the racist?
  
  Worse - agreeing with him, or saying it makes them like him better. It seems like an awful mix of edgelords and actual racists.

Remember these things come in threes. Hmmmmmmm... I wonder what other major 80s/90s icons who had reality TV shows come to mind?
I wonder...
- Didn't we already hit 3? Hogan, Malcom Jamal Warner, and Ozzy.
  
  Chuck Mangione too
  
  I'm counting Brian Wilson/Ozzy Osbourne/Chuck Mangione as the trilogy, although Wilson was a month and a half ago
- Remember these things come in threes.
  No.
- Made-up bullshit

Jesus Fucking Christ

Oh no. Anyways.

I guess we're all a little racist.
Cope. Racists simply can't imagine that being a hateful bigot makes them a bad person- so they HAVE to pretend that everyone feels that way but we just keep it quiet.
I had a co-worker who insisted he wasn't racist, but he did hate 'Sand-Nwords'. He said "Everybody hates one group or another". He refused to believe that I hate literally no one in the world because of their race.
- Yeah, this is straight up “I have a black friend” and citing the wealthy basketball payer as worthy is “You’re one of the good ones.”
  Bet if questioned publicly he’d have said he’s not racist.
  
  He tried to walk it back after facing the consequences- who knows if it was genuine or an attempt to salvage his reputation.
  "Eight years ago I used offensive language during a conversation. It was unacceptable for me to have used that offensive language; there is no excuse for it; and I apologize for having done it. This is not who I am. I believe very strongly that every person in the world is important and should not be treated differently based on race, gender, orientation, religious beliefs or otherwise. I am disappointed with myself that I used language that is offensive and inconsistent with my own beliefs."

I knew he as trash but ... yuck

She had two white kids. So, I guess she took this one to heart.

if you didn't before, now you know why he was campaigning for mango mussolini

Jesus Christ. I did a deep web search & I'm seeing this comes from a transcript from 1985. Apparently. IIRC that word only dropped out of favor with the OJ Simpson trials around 1990.
...not trying to excuse it, because goddamn that is some racist & hateful nonsense. Very concentrated. But for the internet kiddos that don't know the past very well, and don't research...I figured I'd supply some context for you all. Hateful by any context right there.
Not even from my time, I wasn't even born yet.
- Homie, IDK what dark corner of the web you found yourself on when doing your research, but take it from someone who was there. That word was a big No-No WELL before 1990.
  
  I would certainly hope so. Favor is the wrong word to use...its use was so heavily discouraged that, around 1990 with the OJ Simpson trials, it finally dropped out of most people's common vernacular & was not even referred to in media. Then referred to as "the n-word".
- You know who always resented the use of that word?
  Black people.
  
  Not just black people either, my mom heard my brother and I call each other that (we're white) and boxed our ears. I was like 5 years old so this was around 1979. She explained to us what racism was and why it's wrong to say that. I haven't used that word since.
  
  You must be new to rap.
  
  Are you serious? I think 99.9% of the time it is being used by them.

While racist, yes, it's funny how money appears to be the bigger issue to him. Sounds like he would be cool with Diddy.

I mean, he had a point.
Just kidding, he was a piece of shit

Okay, I am dense. Can somebody exlain to me the problem here?
Yes, granted, the obvious N-word, which is not to be said anymore but some people still do and back then when this quote was said, it was a normal word to use. And she was dating a POC at that time, so it was a bad label but for referencing the situation. So replace it with Asian, Mexican, French.
But aside from that, rewritten it says: "I mean, I'd rather if she was going to fuck some guy, I'd rather have her marry an 8-foot-tall guy worth a hundred million dollars! Like a basketball player! I guess we're all a little racist. Fucking guy." Which in essence means: "I'd rather prefer it if she marries a rich guy, like an athlete."
Really, I am lost.
- You can't be serious. You can get any hateful, racist sentence, take out all the racist bits and then say, "Huh? I don't get it." Yes, the obvious N-word to describe his daughter's boyfriend is the problem. No, it is not and never has been a "normal" word to use unless you were being a racist shithead (or, I guess, a black person 'owning' that word, but I can't speak for that). If he had said "guy" instead, as you suggest, there wouldn't be a problem as he would be just attacking the person instead of attacking a race.
  Remember kids, there is nothing wrong with having a problem with a black person, so long as that problem isn't merely the fact they're black.
  
  Okay, so the problem at hand is using the N-word and not the relationship of his daughter etc.
  The N-word is a very complex thing, which groups of people can use it, which not, how its use and meaning changed over time, how the different writings and spellings mean different things and connotations, etc.
  We are now using todays standards and meaing and socioaspects on quotes that have been made 40 (here) or maybe 100 years ago. This does not apply. For example the word "queer" or "gay" made a similar but smaller evolution or "dick" or "pussy" as other examples or "Indians"...
- what about the part about being racist?
  
  what about the part about being racist?
  What part? The "I guess we’re all a little racist."? Do you mean I should have rewritten that too? I thought about it but was not sure to what so I left it in as self-reflection. Or what do you mean?
- A rich black person would still be a rich removed. I am emboldening and writing it out right for a reason. It would override everything to a racist. Does not matter what they say and declare.
  Every piece of fucking art already stated this. Black people on podcasts, in media did numerous times.
  And to have it explained again is just fucking ridiculous.
  
  A rich black persons is still a rich black person. Just like a rich yellow persons is still a rich yellow person, or a jewish or a hawaiian.
  The people making distinctions are the racists.

hes correct, id rather have my kid have a good, rich nigga than a poor nigga xD
- I'd rather happy. Like sure, if everything else is even, but money shouldn't be in the top 5.