Geraldo Rivera: What if LeBron James wore a “Be a Better Father” shirt instead of “I Can’t Breathe”?

[geardaddy]

The Fox News contributor said protests of Eric Garner's death are an example of a "victimization mentality" VIDEO

http://www.salon.com/2014/12/11/geraldo_rivera_what_if_lebron_james_wore_a_be_a_better_father_shirt_instead_of_i_cant_breathe/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

What an ignorant, racist, hypocritical POS.

At Monday night’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James joined several other players in donning “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts, in protest of a grand jury’s decision in the Eric Garner case. Several of the contributors at Fox News saw a problem with James’ solidarity, made clear on Wednesday’s edition of “Hannity.” Most notably, Geraldo Rivera took issue with James’ shirt — not so much with the player wearing it, but rather with what the shirt protested. Apparently, in Rivera’s world, objecting to Garner’s death at the hands of a New York police officer performing an illegal chokehold might indicate some misplaced priorities.

“What if LeBron James instead had a shirt: ‘Be a better father to your son.’ ‘Raise your children,’” Rivera said. “Those difficult issues are not being dealt with by the black community, because they are so complex, they are so deep rooted, they are really so profoundly troubling that they don’t want to try — and it is a victimization mentality that says ‘we can only motivate when we are the victims.’”

“It’s easy to demonstrate and be outraged when we are the victims,” Rivera went on. “Look what they are doing to us rather than what we are doing to ourselves. There is a kind of urban suicide happening here that has to be dealt with.”

Video at link.

[JI7]

1. WTF, from everything we have seen Garner was a great father and what the fuck does that have to do

with anything.

fuck WHOREaldo .

btw, how many kids does WHOREaldo have ?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. Fuck whore-aldo is right. What a useless POS.

[tenderfoot]

2. What if Geraldo wore a "Be a better Husband" shirt?

He can certainly use one.

[KamaAina]

15. Or an "I Used To Be A Journalist" one?

h/t FloridaJudy

[Uben]

3. Rivera should wear a shirt saying.....

....."Kick Me! I'm Stupid!"

[gwheezie]

4. Fuck him

Why don't white people wear t shirts that say I won't leave my guns laying around so the 5 year old can shoot the 2 year old.

[okaawhatever]

11. Ouch. Good one nt

[muntrv]

5. Geraldo, go play in Al Capone's vault!

[blkmusclmachine]

6. Nice racist comment, there, GR.

[olddots]

7. what if Geraldo shaved his ass and walked on his hands ?

He has been talking put his ass for years and the air is getting pretty stale .

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

8. What if Geraldo shaved that molester 'stache and disconnected his mouth from his rectum? Oh I

wonder. What if?.......

[Journeyman]

10. Le Bron married his high school sweetheart in 2012, has 3 children (in wedlock) with her. . .

Rivera: married 5 five times, divorced four, has 5 children (one out of wedlock with an unnamed woman).

Not hard to tell who's the better human being between the two.

[Johonny]

12. +1

[erpowers]

20. Not Really

Not that it matters to me, but only one of his kids was born in wedlock. They had the two boys before they were married.

[graegoyle]

13. He should wear a shirt that says:

Be a journalist.

[gollygee]

14. Being a better father doesn't make you able to breathe better when strangled

and I've never heard that Garner was a bad father anyway.

Totally idiotic and racist. Let's just assume all African American men are bad fathers, and then let's assume that, instead of the police, explains why African Americans are being killed at such a scary rate.

[KamaAina]

16. This from the man who styled himself "Gerald Rivers"

until the network decided they wanted a Latino.

[oberliner]

24. That's not actually true

Though a fairly common misconception.

[Erose999]

17. What if Geraldo wore a T-shirt with nothing on it, much like Al Capone's vault.

[Yavin4]

18. Trayvon Martin had a father

In fact, he was on his way home to see him when he was killed.

[erpowers]

19. Eric Garner Was Married and a Father

First, Eric Garner Was a married father of about six kids. Second, the idea of the absent black father is largely a myth. Even though many black kid children are born outside of marriage many of those children actually have relationships with their fathers. Black fathers see their kids daily. Third, as far as I know, Michael Brown, Jordan Davis, Trayvon Martin, and Jamal Crawford all had relationships with their fathers.

[REP]

21. Being/having a "better" father doesn't make you bulletproof or unchokeable

Nice handwaving, asswipe, but "better fathers" isn't the problem. Police murdering people is.



Maybe if those cops had had better fathers, they wouldn't murder unarmed citizens.





(Rivera is the asswipe, not the awesome GearDaddy - just to be clear )

[geardaddy]

28. popeth yn iawn, REP

I knew you didn't mean me.

[joeybee12]

22. Next game, Lebron should wear a shirt with a photo of Geraldo..

With the caption, "I can't think."

[whatchamacallit]

23. Hate that tool Geraldo n/t

[Iggo]

25. You mean, be a better father and don't let your kid grow up to be a murdering cop?

I can get behind that.

[tavernier]

26. Really???????

Of all people ...

Shame on him.

[Takket]

27. it wouldn't matter if every black person on earth was a terrible mom/dad

... there is no exception to the laws regarding murder for killing someone with a bad dad. so what point is he trying to make?

[JonLP24]

29. Fucking stupid

Geraldo is one of the smarter ones at Fox too.

[MineralMan]

30. What if Geraldo retired and disappeared completely from public view?

That's what I suggest.

[geardaddy]

32. Spot on, MM

[Capt. Obvious]

31. I'm waiting for Geraldo to hold up Adrian Peterson as exemplary father figure