The US War on Blacks!

[BlackCat]

Yup, no yanks play polo

http://uspolo.org/

[ZEE]

Polo is clearly a racist sport and should be banned.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

Top 10 Polo players - hey the US. Go USA.


# Name Nationality Points Status
1 Cambiaso, Adolfo Argentina 1166 Professional
2 Pieres, Facundo Argentina 994 Professional
3 Pieres Jr., Gonzalo Argentina 812 Professional
4 Mac Donough, Pablo Argentina 784 Professional
5 Nero, Juan Martin Argentina 783 Professional
6 Stirling Jr., David Uruguay 776 Professional
7 Pieres, Pablo United States 551 Professional
8 Pieres, Nicolas Argentina 539 Professional
9 Jornayvaz, Bob United States 534 Amateur
10 Caset Jr., Guillermo Argentina 503 Professional

[ZEE]

I am writing my senator as we speak about this atrocity.

[Hauldren Collider]

Do I expect you to know facts about polo? No. But why make your assertion base on your circle of friends?

I would think that if it were even remotely popular in the US I would have at least heard of someone who plays it, and I haven't.

The US has 300+ million inhabitants so I don't doubt someone here plays it but that's not my point.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

Looks like Argentina is the place to be for Polo.

[Dauphin]

I would think that if it were even remotely popular in the US I would have at least heard of someone who plays it, and I haven't.

The US has 300+ million inhabitants so I don't doubt someone here plays it but that's not my point.

i) The conversation wasn't about popularity in absolute terms. It was about "under-representation" in sport.

ii) How many NASCAR driver do you know (in your circle)?

[My Wife Hates CIV]

I only watch for the crashes... and always fast forward until I see a yellow flag. the main thing you need to be a driver is a very tiny body. there's not much room in there.

[kentonio]

the main thing you need to be a driver is a very tiny body. there's not much room in there.

Not really, Dale is 6ft and Jimmie Johnson is 5'11''. Oh and Tony Stewart isn't exactly a small lad..

[My Wife Hates CIV]

Tony Stewart couldn't see that driver he killed because he was all stuffed into his car and couldn't see out the window. Someone tiny, like all the other drivers that night... went around just fine.

[kentonio]

Ouch..

[MrFun]

[loinburger]

That's a very poor argument - the meaning of symbols evolve over time, unless you're saying that it's okay to get a swastika tattoo because it originally wasn't a symbol of Nazism.

I believe that the Confederate flag is often (perhaps predominantly) used as a symbol of racism, but not because "oh hey, go figure that a racist white southerner who lived 150 years ago designed the flag"

[I AM MOBIUS]

Good point. But that's still not racism.

No, but it goes a long way to explain how a cosseted little rich twerp like you is hideously out of touch with reality... [emoji1]

[MrFun]

That's a very poor argument - the meaning of symbols evolve over time, unless you're saying that it's okay to get a swastika tattoo because it originally wasn't a symbol of Nazism.

I believe that the Confederate flag is often (perhaps predominantly) used as a symbol of racism, but not because "oh hey, go figure that a racist white southerner who lived 150 years ago designed the flag"

Well of course the meaning of symbols can evolve over time.

And no, I would not make the argument for the swastika that you posted. You tried to put words in my mouth, and presented a strawman argument.

It depends on what specific symbol we are talking about, and in this instance, I was making a point about the Confederate flag.