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Some of us remember the good old days of pigskins and leather helmets, when White folks called "Come On Team!" in educated tones from the sidelines. This "Go Team" culture filtered downstream into politics.
We have, for instance, the line from President Biden:
"C'mon Man!" It still carries the faint aroma of racist white team sports, only it means:
"You can't be serious, pal. Get with the program."There is also another version:
"Come ON." It means something slightly different. It means
"You can't seriously expect me to believe this horse pucky."That was in the olden days, when white supremacy ruled the Earth and Brit colonialists in India decided to forgive the payment of taxes during a drought on the outcome of a game of cricket - at least in the movie
Lagaan. And naturally, because it is a Bollywood movie, there is singing and dancing and plenty of costume changes. Of course. Jolly civilized, what?
Comment: Cosby admitted drugging women in pursuit of sex, and there is a rather large number of accounts from women who describe being drugged and sexually assaulted. In this age, polarization has made people to think in only black and white terms. It's is likely that Cosby is guilty, but it is also likely he and his victims, have been used to further an agenda that manipulates compassion in the pursuit of wreckless power and control.