Hulk Hogan's racist rant (Your thoughts?)
Recently several news sites have reported a sex tape of Terry Bollea (better known as Hulk Hogan) saying some very rude, offensive and racially abusive language regarding his daughter and the son of a billionaire (forgot his name). Hogan has since been completely erased from pro wrestling in a 24 hour or so period
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Oh for fuck's sake, it was a private sex tape from years ago. Political correctness is way out of hand. Is it a shitty thing to say? Yes, but this something that was said years ago in private and we shouldn't even have access to the tape. I'm sick and tired of living in a culture where saying the wrong thing can get your livelihood instantly taken away. And I'm sure somebody is going to say 'oh, it hurts the company image; companies can do whatever they want!' There has to come a certain point where we protect freedom of speech from private institutions as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxwRqQNDUSs
I agree as American citizens we have a right to privacy behind closed doors but I understand the WWE's position as a business. Many of the workers and fan base are African American and other wrestlers we're enraged by it to such a point that it resulted in too much controversy in the work place which could lead to further problems and more negative attention drawn to the company
When a black person uses racial slurs, no one blinks an eye. When a white person uses racial slurs, EVERYONE LOSES THEIR MINDS!
Honestly society is completely hypocritical, judgemental, a lot of double standards and overall stupid. Yes, I don't like racism/racial slurs but at least I'm aware of how stupid things are. This is an 8 year old video tape. It's in the PAST. People change over time, whether good or bad. It was a mistake yes, but at least Hogan admits that and is responsible about it. Anyway, like Sarangholic said it took place in a sex tape that was private and should have never been released to the public in the first place. So technically people are invading personal life. It's absolutely ridiculous how one mistake that you said, even if it's from long ago, jeopardizes your entire livelihood. This isn't the first time either, a woman who hosted a show once said it, and her life went downhill because people got all butthurt. And I can't say I'm really surprised from WWE, considering how there's obviously corruption in that company.
why do private sex tapes even exist
When Hulk Hogan sextape gets leaked, no one blinks an eye no one cares but when Jen Lawrence selfies get leaked everyone loses their minds and wants internet censorship XD
Vanity.
still love the guy,pc correctness took over the world.
I understand why they wouldn't want to have anything to do with him from now on, but to delete him from the records is so. Fucking. Stupid.
What is WWE history without him? Do we delete something from the records because it was bad? It's so stupid, what happened is in the past, it's like trying to recap WW2 without mentioning Hitler, it's a part of the show's history.
Thanks Amazing Atheist
Another gilded age fast approaches, only one based in fear of public opinion rather than greed.
You caught me. I just liked the analogy he used :P
As did I, haha.
He claims he didn't know he was being filmed. The articles I'm reading are saying that the woman's husband got off watching her have sex with other men. I guess they realized they could sell it for a lot of money all these years later..
My opinion is that the WWE didn't have much choice but to fire Hogan once the tape went public. Though they went a little overboard by scrubbing Hogan's history. Still, we should more be going after the scumbag woman who secretly filmed and sold the video. Also, Gawker for buying and publicizing it. Not to mention the government. It's amazing, but secretly filming and publishing videos of someone isn't explicitly illegal in many states.
Honestly, I couldn't care less about The Hulkster's "livelihood" being taken away. Guy is rich beyond our wildest dreams.
Hogan should be ashamed of himself, both for the racist comments and being stupid enough to make a sex tape and not expect it to leak. That said, the decision to sanction/blacklist him lies squarely on the WWE and nobody else.
Lmao I forgot Hulk Hogan existed.
I thought Liberals wanted this.
IMO it makes the company look worse. It makes them look like they over reacted and destroyed Terri's life. He was a hero to so many people in the eighties nighties, and now he is "disgraced."
Personally IMO i found this whole thing funny, Who cares. A lot of people don't want their daughter dating a black guy, i remember when i was younger and my grandparents would tell me the same stuff, but more like, you need to find a nice CATHOLIC "ITALIAN GIRL." . I would make jokes about Marrying a black girl, because i knew they would freak out. Fun Times.
You are just noticing the double standard now?
If you want a laugh, look at how women are charged for serious crimes, compared to men in the US.
People got problems. They want to brag to their friends.
This started with this on a sex tape?
I guess you could count Aileen Wuornous. She was a serial killer and an extremist she got the death sentence
Never forget Benoit
Oh god that shit left the biggest stain on WWE in history
Definitely worse than Hogan, the worse part was just how bad they tried to cover him up lmao
Who?
WWE: Uhh no one... no one... just a whiff of air (Looks away suspiciously)
I don't really care that much that their firing Hogan, but I don't like that their trying to pull a Chris Benoit with him and try to pretend he doesn't exist.
;_;
Who am I kiddin'? I used to go bat shit for Hogan! I had like 7 different Hulk Hogan toys, every old Wrestling tape I had, Hogan was in it, I thought him turning Heel in WcW was the coolest shit ever, and his match with The Rock at WrestleMania is still one of my favorite moments in WWE!
Who talks about their daughter while having sex?
Exactly. Also, were people expecting a sex tape to be family friendly?
You mean Stevie Richards? (Only few will get that :P)
It's not like he killed anyone. Most likely once everything calms down he will be rehired by wwe.
But does anyone else remember that time when a sniper shot Kevin Nash on WCW Nitro?
Also kind of ironic wwe fired someone for being racist yet they themselves used to always get away with the most racist gimmicks for example:
The mexicools and Cryme Tyme:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7fl9x_mexicools-debut-23-6-05_sport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSMIMQZq-Xs
And of course, there's this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsQpjMwRgwg
The bigger question is how the hell does this kind of conversation come up during sex?
Bill Maher is a liberal, I'm a liberal, not all liberals are pc nutjobs; though there are far too many of them in our camp...
Your grandparents? My parents are like that - they'd probably get over it but they certainly would be very uncomfortable at first. Clearly my parents and your grandparents should all lose their jobs and have their pensions taken away (jk).
My response to Hulk Hogan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJpnYg4Lrrs
Hogan has always been a real piece of shit backstage. Not just for racism, but for politicking in general and getting young guys buried to preserve his top spot. So I am glad karma finally caught up to him.
Kind of hypocritical on WWE's part too, with the fact that the Ultimate Warrior was inducted into the Hall of Fame last year despite being one of the most racist and homophobic people I have EVER seen.
Stupid too. Not like anyone is going to remember this Hulk Hogan guy years from now, is it?
The Finger Poke of Doom that killed WCW. Truly awesome stuff.
Chris "We don't know a Chris Benoit because he's disgraced and forgotten, no more Benoit according to Vince" Benoit
Edited because original was a little far lmao
Well my parents were like that too. I would troll my mom when i was younger. Good Times.