KKK supports Augusta National? What the hell?

[SiliconHero]

Just when I thought I had read every possible f'ed up sports story in the past year (Olympic ice skating scandal, drug tests in baseball, Tonya Harding's boxing career)...I heard about THIS little tidbit on SportsCenter this morning:

http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/story?id=1515675

I just know that this is going to bring about bad publicity for the Masters Tournament. Now, Augusta's going to HAVE to fold to Martha Burk's wishes if they don't want to look like the bad guys here.

[Beldaran]

Martha Burk is stupid. Why should the men's golf club be forced to admit women when the women's golf club is not forced to admit men?

I know why. It's because no man is stupid enough to want to play golf with a bunch of women.

I think they should just accept the woman's application but then have every member wear t-shirts with lesbian pornography on them everytime she comes to golf.

[TheGeepster]

Sheesh.. Augusta's getting so much flack for a perfectly legit membership policy. It's not like it's a public or non-exclusive club. It's not even the case that women cannot play on the course as guests. They do so frequently. As a matter of fact, only Martha Burk's ilk seem to have any complaint at all about this. And this "support' will definitely do more harm than good. (Thanks oh ye of the white sheets for the gasoline. It just lit this right up..)

And consider this little hypocrisy... They expect Tiger to boycott Augusta because he's black and ought to be sensitive to this OBVIOUS display of bigotry against women, but not any of the myriad of white golfers who play it (Why?, I have to ask)

[VashdeStampedo!]

Silly rabbits. Why does it matter? This is a debate children might have. If they have minority-only groups, why can't there be majority-only groups? Not that I'm racist or sexist or anything, but all these issues like this are stacking up against us white males. Soon, we won't have any power at all. Especially in the social aspect.

[TheGeepster]

You're right. It absolutely should not matter. No rights have been breached; no person has been harmed, insulted, or threatened; no laws are being broken; and no public funds are involved. It's sad that such a group as the KKK has to pipe up to make it worse.

[AtmaWeapon]

As long as an organization is not federally funded, it has the right to exclude any person it so desires.

I think some men ought to force their way into the women's PGA. The average man drives a little farther than your average woman...

[VashdeStampedo!]

Yeah, I never quite got how the KKK doesn't realize that they're dumb. There's no difference between me and a minority person that is the result of they're being a minority or my not being one. I just can't figure how prejudiced people still exist. There should be a law saying that, since science has proven that there is no difference between minorities and the caucasian male, anyone who thinks there is should be fined. I know that goes against free speech/belief in the Constitution, but come on. It goes with common sense.

[Myth]

The male golfers should join the womens tournaments and then wipe the florr with them..
thus men win all tournaments gg we win

[SiliconHero]

Originally posted by AtmaWeapon
As long as an organization is not federally funded, it has the right to exclude any person it so desires.

I think some men ought to force their way into the women's PGA. The average man drives a little farther than your average woman...

Funny you should mention that, Atma. There's a male golfer who's trying to get himself into an LPGA tour event.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/golf/2_20_03kontak.html

I dunno who the guy is, so it might just be a publicity stunt. If, on the other hand, someone along the lines of a Phil Mickelson or a David Duval wanted into an LPGA tour event, then I'm sure a story like that would raise a lot more eyebrows.

[Gerudo]

i dont care about the whole woman in the augusta issue... any reference to KKK or "white power" makes me sick!

[stormwatcheagle]

The way I see it, If there was a unified, let any being capable of sentient thought league, it would be more fun. Why? So then we could determine who is the best golfer in the world. If you get rid of these stupid sex divided things, wich i'm surprised still exist, you could actually get a feel for who is the greatest of all time. Ya know what i'm saying?

[AlexMax]

Fuck the KKK and all of their shitty white costumes.

[Brian]

If a man wanted to get into a women's only fitness club, would people support him? No. But of course they support a woman in this case. I agree that the club should have the right to choose. As for the KKK thing, I think its very funny actually. I am glad someone is standing up for the club, althouh the KKK doing it will probably cause more trouble for the club then help, as many people will take this as an oppertunity to call the club KKK supporters or the like.

[TheGeepster]

The head of Augusta declined the KKK protest, and Martha Burk hopped right on this development. It does not logically follow that someone who is socially and morally despicable cannot be right every once in a while in a specific case.

Just look at the lack of protest at men not allowed in all-women clubs. That's called double-standards, a form of hypocrisy common with many protesting groups.

A private, non-publicly funded organization ought to have a right to accept and exclude whomever they want. If someone wants to start a lodge consisting of only married male red-headed Irish Catholics with freckles, more power to them. If I believe a particular private organiztion is morally wrong in their policies, that doesn't change anything. In this case, the policy is quite understandable, and not hateful in the least. The wives often play on course, and are treated cordially and respectfully by members. Any other female guests are treated with the same level of respect.