- Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden resigned Monday evening after emails from 2011 thru 2018 surfaced featuring him using misogynistic, homophobic and racist language.
"I love the Raiders and do not want to be a distraction," Gruden said in a statement Monday night. "Thank you to all the players, coaches, staff, and fans of Raider Nation. I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone."
A good number of people want to write this off as Gruden being a victim of "cancel culture," but I believe that's far too simplistic. Given the Raiders have a significant number of black players on their roster in addition to the first openly gay active player, how could those team members have any respect for their coach upon learning the way he spoke about black people and gays when in a private conversation? So from a sheer business standpoint (i.e. wins and losses), Gruden's continued presence would be untenable.
It's highly unlikely Gruden will ever again have a job of any capacity in the National Football League.
- Oof. Man this was cringe inducing, courtesy of your favorite prog ice cream moguls.
Ben and Jerry's founders can't answer why they boycott Israel but not states in the US over policy disagreements. pic.twitter.com/j4gvSyvRSG
— The First (@TheFirstonTV) October 11, 2021
Beyond parody. I don't believe you could have used sketch actors to better encapsulate "wokeness" and leftist virtue signaling.
- With America currently enduring multiple crises, from the porous handling of the southern border to the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan to COVID-19 raging on to a foundering supply chain due to cargo ships being held up at the ports, you need to look no further than the incompetence within the Biden administration.
I've said it before and I'll say again: if any organization (whether it's a presidential administration or private sector outfit) prioritizes diversity ahead of strongest qualifications, your mission, more likely than not, will suffer. That's not to say a racial minority or member of the LGBTQ+ community can't be the most qualified candidates for a position. Absolutely they can and, more so in the 21st century, often are. But given Joe Biden made diversity the predominate factor in forming his cabinet, America is now enduring the consequences.
Albert Hunt at The Hill concurs.
The record on diversity of the Biden appointments is terrific and welcome — but too often the White House stresses that instead of the quality of the appointees.
A question on the lips of more than a few Democrats these days is “Where is Kamala Harris?” The vice president was assigned to handle the border crisis and securing voting rights legislation, either near-impossible tasks or ones that will be taken over by others in the crunch. Biden gave her "a portfolio that's not meant for her to succeed," complained Bakari Sellers, a Harris ally and political commentator.
Above all else, the vast majority of Biden's inner circle have never even held a private sector job. Regardless of one's race or sexual identity, that's just a recipe for disaster.
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