re: Antoine encouragers

[bird <birdwl@earthlink.net>]

> From: "Gene Kirkpatrick" <gkir@tjc.tyler.cc.tx.us>
>
> I don't like the designation "Antoine haters."  Surely there are a few, 
> but most who have been criticizing Antoine recognize his abilities and 
> wish him to be like last night, not like last week.  Quit the polarizing.
>   We're Celtics fans, as JB said, and we wish all of them well.

I wish "we" could be this inclusive and accepting, Gene, but clearly a few 
people have shown that they *aren't*, in fact, fans of the team at all.  
Not necessarily on this list (though I can certainly name one or two and 
would be surprised if you couldn't): the Ordway-types, your 
"Butch-From-the-Capes", the people with (possibly racist) prejudices 
against Antoine Walker.  Please don't pretend they don't exist -- the 
world is a wide and varied place, and has many, many kinds of people; some 
are even unpleasant.

There is a wide polarization between people who think Antoine Walker can 
do wrong (or even those that wish him well) and those that display 
irrational prejudices of the sort I'm talking about.  Choose another label,
  though, surely -- if it's not too euphemistic.  Some people really hate 
the guy.  They've said as much -- explicitly -- on this list.

(The Celtic "Tird")