What? Is that racist?! That's the static I had in my head as I read through many paragraphs before I could see the actual quote that contained that word, "purity":
In an interview, Johnson indicated he would like to see the competitive nature of the PGA Tour remain unchanged by Saudi Arabian involvement and pointed to a framework agreement between the two parties that would give the PGA Tour regulatory oversight over the game of golf. “It’s just not the same thing,” Johnson said of the competition in the LIV compared to the PGA Tour. “And that’s certainly what I want to make sure is preserved — is the purity of the competition.”
Remember when Jimmy Carter got in trouble — accused of racism — for using the word "purity"? Here's a Harvard Crimson column, "On Purity," from April 1976, when Carter was vying for the Democratic Party presidential nomination:
The 1968 presidential campaign of George C. Wallace can only be characterized as overly racist. Wallace did not run on a major party ticket, did not expect to win, and concentrated on arousing latent racism among the disaffected. In 1972, before he was injured, Wallace was campaigning for the Democratic nomination and appeared to stand a good chance of emerging as a major power broker at the Democratic National Convention. This situation demanded a new political strategy, one which would appeal to a broader segment of the electorate, one which might be termed covertly racist. As a paralyzed Wallace, employing this latter approach faded quickly in the early primaries of this new presidential season, Jimmy Carter... has moved quickly in an effort to co-opt the Wallace strategy and, thereby, the Wallace constituency.
The starkest example of Carter's use of code-word racism in his search for votes came two weeks ago in South Bend, Indiana. Carter said the federal government should not attempt to break down the "ethnic purity" of white neighborhoods by assisting blacks or other minorities to move to such neighborhoods. He spoke of "alien groups," meaning blacks, and with less subtlety, in a newspaper interview a few days before the South Bend speech, referred directly to "black intrusion."
But while these remarks may be the most obvious indication of a racist current in the Carter campaign, this current has in fact been consistently present. Indeed as Senator Hubert Humphrey has said, heavily anti-Washington and anti-urban rhetoric is nothing more than the newest form of disguised racism. And although Humphrey, in noting this phenomenon, did not point specifically to any candidate, it is Carter who has decried federal aid to the cities, Carter who has spoken of the "burden" of welfare, and Carter who has posed himself as the anti-Washington force....
[I]t is Carter who has carefully but deliberately injected the race issue into the current campaign, and it would be wrong to fail to distinguish between him and the other candidates on this question.
The Carter campaign is then a dangerous campaign. Carter should be defeated in Pennsylvania, and those who have supported him but would still wish to view themselves as within the American liberal tradition, should repudiate that support.
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The shithead hypocrites what control the PGA tour, The Golf Channel, Augusta national lectured us that getting in bed with Saudis was wrong, immoral, akin to accepting blood money. Golf Channel destroyed last years US Open coverage with hours of PGA propaganda- instead of covering the US Open we had endless hours of every talking head farting preferred PGA Tour narrative.
Then PGA Tour was stuck having to make discovery disclosures it didn’t want to make. So they got in bed with those blood money people. Now we’re supposed to memory hols all that. Fuckers…
Ron Whatshisname thinks he’ll lean in to the PGA propaganda that was kind of successful and makes a Joe Biden level gaffe. Presidential material if I ever saw it…
Showing that "woke" is not really that new.
LIV is "The Kardashians" of professional golf.
It must be exhausting to have to find a racial angle in everything you read.
"Presidential material if I ever saw it…"
I know they say that all Senators think they could become President, but I really think Ron Johnson is an exception.
The Carter statement certainly ties "purity" to racism.
But to automatically link those two terms before seeing the context....
How sad for us all.
“Purity” in golf means you get paid if you play well, tournament by tournament (or in other words: week by week.). In LIV you get paid before you even step onto the course. That’s the point. It isn’t about where (from what race) the money comes from. It’s about what the player has to do to get the money.
'Racial purity' hearkens back to WWII and Hitler (and beyond -- back to Harvard-driven Eugenics platforms). But that was 80+ years ago -- long enough for 'purity' alone to shed the negative connotation.
I'm sure something like r/MadisonWI will find objection to Ron Johnson's use of the word, but everyone on that subreddit is anti-Johnson anyway.
The Pure Food And Drug Act was passed in 1906, so they were concerned with purity back then. The Act paved the way for the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. Given the nature of its racist history, we must abolish the FDA.
In 1972, before he was injured, Wallace was campaigning for the Democratic nomination
Poor fellow. Trip down some steps, did he ? Involved in a car accident ?
“And that’s certainly what I want to make sure is preserved — is the purity of the competition.”
Why is this Congress' business? How does competition become less pure when, for exampe, PGA and LIV players reunite in one competitive format? How does having one umbrella organization make golf less pure than the NFL?
Johnson is a good guy but like many GOPers is not fully attuned to the dangers lurking in progland. They need to get righty-woke.
Is that racist?
You can just ask Siri.
Hey, let's look at the bright side. If the Saudis take over professional golf, we can bet there won't be any Dylan Mulvaney partnerships.
The issues here involve maths. So getting the discussion going in the right direction is almost impossible
Think about Major League Baseball.
Add 12 more teams, increase the income and profit. Simple yes?
Not so fast Kemo Sabe.
Talent is finite. There are not enough pitchers and hitters to fill the rosters of more teams that will make them all competitive.
Golf will have the same problem. Enough elite golfers to fill all the tournaments. LIV was always designed to poach top talent from the PGA. Not bring in golfers that failed to get their "card"
Why is this Congress' business?
Congress get involved through the monopoly laws. The pro leagues are monopolies and need congressional approval.
Hey, let's look at the bright side. If the Saudis take over professional golf, we can bet there won't be any Dylan Mulvaney partnerships.
Islam supports transsexualism as preferable to homosexuality. In some Islamic countries the only way to avoid execution as a homosexual is to become a trans-woman.
When I hear the word "purity" I think of Dr. Strangelove.
The PGA, certainly in the recent past although less obviously than the NBA, just LUBBBBBS dem sum Chi-Comm support.
But, damn those Saudis.
To equate Johnson's statement: "purity of the competition" in the context of the merger of two golf organizations to Carter's use of "ethnic purity" in the context of arguing against racial integration of neighborhoods is one hell of a leap. The two statements could not possibly be more different.
Speaking of purity: Just to stay completely purely prog, shouldn't Madison want to rename the city?
I mean, you wouldn't want to keep being associated with that apostle of racial purity, Madison Grant, would you?
What exactly is the point being made by saying George Wallace was "injured" with literally no context? This sort of thing is kind of jarring to my eye.
What joe said at 10:41. But more like a warp drive transfer through a wormhole into a different galaxy in another universe.
LIV hopes to transform golf into a spectator sport with salaried professional players akin to the leagues that came to dominate team sports in the late 19th century. Golf was always different. It's not Team A versus Team B, it's one player against the course, and there lies the purity Senator Johnson hopes to preserve. He fears the merger of the PGA with LIV will ruin the game as he understands it. If golf becomes dominated by salaried professionals recruited and paid by corporations to play golf as an exhibition for spectators, what happens to the amateurs?
break down the "ethnic purity" of white neighborhoods by assisting blacks or other minorities to move to such neighborhoods.
a few days before the South Bend speech, referred directly to "black intrusion."
Carter who has spoken of the "burden" of welfare,
Three opportunities to actually quote Carter, but instead the writer uselessly (and fair to assume, deceptively), "quotes" one or two words at a time. It's really lame to not quote a full sentence or at least a meaningful phrase.
Purity in golf means maintaining the integrity of the game. It has zero to do with the color of the skin of any of the players.
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/p-g-wodehouse/jeeves-stories/text/the-purity-of-the-turf
It is absurd to associate Johnson's use of the term "purity" with race--indeed, as far as I know, the LIV tour consists entirely of white players, while the PGA's most famous player along with a many of the top pros are Black, Asian, or Indian.
Johnson's comment is about the "tradition" of the game. Which is legitimately important to fans and to the sport of golf for reasons of continuity and the integrity and credibility of the product, as well as for legitimate aesthetic concerns.
That being said, the reason Johnson is involved is that the PGA has a monopoly, which it has used to enrich itself at the expense of the players. LIV challenged (and frankly exposed) that monopoly, and all of the players (not just the LIV guys) made exponentially more money because of it. By combining with the LIV after the LIV sued it for antitrust/ interference with contract reasons, the new PGA/LIV now has a super monopoly. So Congress gets involved.
"While there was a lot of money in the PGA, at least it was a sport...now the Saudis are involved, that's *too* much money that it spoils the sport!"
That's how I read the 'purity' aspect: people play 'purely' for sport, not the money. Of course, when the PGA loses control...for anyone in power, losing that power is going to be sore.
Gahrie said...
"When I hear the word 'purity' I think of Dr. Strangelove."
When I hear the word 'purity' I think of Archimedes and chemistry class.
I wonder how much people's response to the word 'Purity' reflect the context in which they were first significantly exposed to the word. Would people who were teenagers in the late 90s think of purity rings? Would people who were aware of the potheads in school think of illegal substances?
We are all supposed to be upset because the Saudis are involved. Why? There are our allies and fought with us in 2 wars. And I thought liberal/leftists loved Muslims (cf: Trump Muslim ban)
If LIV was an Israeli owned, the same Non-Jewish Senators and MSM clowns hating on LIV would be saying how wonderful it is. Same ol' crap. We're all supposed to be against Bigotry and "Xenophobia" EXCEPT when its someone the Liberal/Left dislikes then its A-OK.
And for all the slow learners out there, I am not saying Johnson is a Liberal/leftist.
Senator Johnson, is one of the less objectional Republican Senators but he needs to do something better with his time. THis is just grandstanding over a sport.
If people are going to whine about words, by far the biggest sin here is the use of the word "injured" to describe what happened to George Wallace. I have no love of Wallace, but somebody did, in fact, try to assassinate him, and glossing over that fact is immoral journalism.
Enh. When I hear "purity" I think of Puritans, then of advertising palaver, then of "Reinheitsgebot."
"The [Saudis] are our allies and fought in 2 wars with us."
Corection: The Saudis are primitive shitheads and we fight their wars for them.
I share Mencken's opinion about golf.
Everytime I think Althouse can sink no further into space cadetery, she goes and posts a lengthy 50 year old opinion piece from a college newspaper.
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