6th Street

One of the great problems in America today is the thought police who look for racist comments when none are there. Gabby Douglas deserves to be admired as a American gymnast. When I read NBC Air An extremely Racist Commercial it is a sad commentary.

I had to watch it more then once, I honestly didn't get what set people off the first time because the jump from the Gold medal gymnast to a spider monkey didn't occur to me. It had to be a case of bad timing coupled with some hyper sensitive people in the audience.

Raise your hand if you think that's racist.

Please walk this way and pay no attention to the fact that we're walking you off a 5,000 ft cliff. Just move along. Eyes forward. Thank you.

Call it poor timing if you want but its only racist to those who are overly sensitive or that see everything as racist because they are racist.

To suggest its racist is to suggest NBC somehow scripted Costas comments and then ran the commercial which means they had to suddenly plan this after she won Gold or that whoever chose to put the commerical on the air either knew what Costas was going to say or in the blink of an eye chose that commercial.

But this is NBC, the most liberal company on the air, so hell no its not racist. That commercial has been airing all week long. Gabby is a badass and should be celebrated as a young girl who absolutely killed it under intense pressure. I for one was proud to watch her kick the russians butts. The overly sensitive are absolutely killing the fun of just about everything that makes the U.S. great.

If that is meant as a serious comment, I disagree.

Liberals divide people as to race. Unlike conservatives, they see race before they see individuals.

I sure hope I misunderstood you. If not, then I would disagree with you.

Is there a facepalm emoticon?

Perfect

Sadly this is still an improvement over Olympics of the past. They are far and away the worst network when it comes to sports.

Well now NBC has really gone and done it.

After moving from the US/Russia VB game, which has all white players, they immediately started a commercial with a turtle slowly crossing a finish line. Subtle racism? You make the call.

Not racist...could be one of the worst commercials of all time however.