Truthbtold

June 3rd, 2016 at 12:26 PM ^

Looks to me like a routine, almost daily family squabble, obviously the girl on the ground ate the last piece of chicken and the girl in the pink wanted it. You can see this type of family interaction on any given day in every " Urban" family gathering.

A smart guy put it this way :

The Negro race ... is marked by black complexion, crisped or woolly hair, compressed cranium and a flat nose. The projection of the lower parts of the face, and the thick lips, evidently approximate it to the monkey tribe: the hordes of which it consists have always remained in the most complete state of barbarism. Especially if you ate the last piece of chicken.

OR as another put it

"
It is a serious question among them whether the Africans are descended from monkeys or whether the monkeys come from them. Our wise men have said that man was created in the image of God. Now here is a lovely image of the Divine Maker: a flat and black nose with little or hardly any intelligence. A time will doubtless come when these animals will know how to cultivate the land and share their fried chicken.

More accurate thoughts about this behavior are as follows:

David Hume, philosopher:
I am apt to suspect the Negroes...to be naturally inferior to the White. There nver was a civilized nation of any other comlexion than white, nor even any individual eminent either in action or specualtion, not ingenious manufacturers amongst them, not arts, or sciences.

John Burgess, scholar:
A Black skin means membership in a race of men which never created a civilization of any kind. There is something natural in the subordination of an inferior race even to the point of enslavement of the inferior race...

Richard Burton, explorer and writer:
The study of the Negro is the study of man's rudimentary mind. He would appear rather a degeneracy from the civilized man than a savage rising to the very first step, were it not for his total incapacity for improvement.

Thomas Jefferson, president: I advanced it, therefore, asa suspicion only, that the blacks, whether originally a distinct race or made distinct by time or circumstance, are inferior to the whites in the endowments of both body and mind.

Abraham Lincoln, president:
There is a physical difference between the white andthe black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living togther...while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any man am in favor of having the superior position assigned to the white race.

1464

June 3rd, 2016 at 1:05 PM ^

It bugs me that Ray Rice is the go to example for this. Of all the people that have been proven to be domestic abusers, he is the only one that seems to have been extremely conciliatory and appears for all intents to be a good father and a good husband who made one extremely bad decision.

I know that he sleeps in the bed he made, and I'm not losing any hair over it. If anything, I guess this shows the magnitude of what he did. He can live his whole life as a good person but still be identified by the one time he lost his cool.

UMinSF

June 3rd, 2016 at 1:40 PM ^

Knocked a woman out cold, then dragged her seemingly lifeless body out of an elevator. He could have killed her. I almost vomited when I first saw that video. 

I'm not judging the man's life, just that disgusting moment in his life.  I sincerely hope he's remorseful and that he has learned to control himself.

Maybe his infamy is the price he pays, and maybe it serves as a hard lesson for all of us.

I just looked at the Simmons video for the first time. It's bad, for sure, but not nearly on the level of Ray Rice. 

robbyt003

June 3rd, 2016 at 8:57 AM ^

I have to imagine this is going to get escalated now that it's in the media, and the suspension will be increased.

Regardless, what an asshat Mullen is.

Mr Miggle

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:23 AM ^

and fielded questions about it. There was some question about whether Simmons would even be admitted. While I don't doubt that Mullen approved, this was a decision made by the Miss St. administration, not him. In the wake of the Baylor scandal their answer is clear: who cares, we want to win football games.

I foolishly thought they would sit him for the season. I'm not foolish enough to think that what the national media says matters in Mississippi.

Rabbit21

June 3rd, 2016 at 11:16 AM ^

Have you ever tried to break up a fight?  I mean, a real fight, one in which both participants are going after each other rather than a couple of posers actually hoping someone breaks them up or some asshole beating down a weaker person?  You're likely going to get hit and getting hit always induces a fight or flight response.

I am going with the assumption he was trying to break up the fight as that is how it looks in the video, but am open to the possibility he was trying to participate instead:

Simmons' conduct in trying to break up the fight was absolutely unacceptable and wrong, he went way overboard and indulged some pretty bad instincts in hitting back vs. just trying to restrain the woman and getting multiple people to help him, and he sure as hell should be suspended for more than one game and the legal charges against him seem to be beyond weak and that is pathetic.  But trying to break up a fight sucks and that's something that may be worth keeping in mind as everyone begins wielding judgment.

gopoohgo

June 3rd, 2016 at 8:59 AM ^

Thank God the SEC is working so hard against the scourge of satellite camps.

People deserve second chances, especially young people, but after watching this video (link below), unbelievable he will be getting away with just a one game suspension

Truly, fuck the SEC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJRz49n1s-0

Edit: magnus beat me to it (link to vid)

Hail-Storm

June 3rd, 2016 at 11:04 AM ^

The article makes a fair compromise.  A redshirt year off and stay clean and stay on the team.  Community service and counseling and maybe a small retribution for the woman, seems just as well.  Stonum got a similar deal for drunk driving, and I thought that was the way to go.  give em a year to figure out if it's a one time thing and if they can stay out of trouble. 

Football programs can also go the positive ways to get troubled kids to get their lives in order. I think Joppru was a prime example of this where Lloyd gave an ultimatum to either shape up or ship out. 

ypsituckyboy

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:56 AM ^

Realizing he's a 5-star so Simmons may have the potential to make an immediate impact, but if Mullen had half a brain he should've just "suspended" him for like 8 games, redshirted him, and called it a day.

PopeLando

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:06 AM ^

I'm inclined to agree. You can't trust a guy like Mullen.

But are we sure that Mullen isn't a product of his environment? Remember that this is a guy who was Meyer's right hand man at Florida and Utah, and therefore got to see how effective cheating can be.

Create an environment where shitty behavior is the norm, and it takes one hell of a person to rise above. Mullen hasn't, but I'm also 100% positive that if he (or anyone) actually tried to show some integrity, they'd be kicked to the curb pretty quickly...

BigBlue02

June 3rd, 2016 at 2:18 PM ^

Being remorseful for being 300 pounds and punching a woman in the face is a very low bar to set. Is counseling really going to help someone his size who thinks it is ok to punch women repeatedly in the face? That's a character issue.

Jeff09

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:10 AM ^

The hits just keep coming for these sec scumbags, what an offseason they're having. I bet if this catches fire in the mainstream media this punishment changes quickly

Lou MacAdoo

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:16 AM ^

Similar to the Ray Rice case. I wonder if Mullen saw the video. If he saw the video then this is incredibly sad and laughable. If not then I could see how he could've been misinformed as to what really happened. He should make a change to this suspension immediately and probably explain his decision. 

1VaBlue1

June 3rd, 2016 at 10:31 AM ^

You're talking about the Ray Rice video, right?  I'll bet money I don't have that says he saw it, and probably railed against it - like we all did.  Regardless, he's a football coach, it is his business to stay on top of all football related developements - including NFL clusterfucks.  There is simply no way he can claim ignorance about crimes against women.

Sad to say I was one of the guys hoping Mullen would get serious consideration after the ass-whooping he put on Rich Rod.  So glad he wasn't...

turtleboy

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:17 AM ^

We dismissed a potential starter from the team for sucker punching a male student at a bar. This guy should get charged with assault at the least.

Wolvie3758

June 3rd, 2016 at 9:19 AM ^

this is considered HARSH punishment....Anything to win mentality in the SEC and incidents like this are just routine...On Finebaum yesterday one of the SEC homer journalist said this is normal living in neighborhoods that kids like this come from so they really dont know this wrong its just routine...SAY WHAT?