But you always have a choice in your favorite BBQ sauce!

because i don't demonize a black man on the word of one anonymous white woman? yeah, sooooo racist of me, white boi.

If you're not going to at least share your favorite BBQ sauce, you should just leave. This is America, DAMMIT!

But yes, discrediting someone based solely on their skin color is always racist.

Take it from me, a white cis male. #livinginamerica

North, South, or Central America?

Anyone check fuzzy's Tweezer lately?

No. I've reached the point where my morbid curiosity about what the absolute lower bound of intelligence barring all cases of intellectual disability looks like in practice is exceeded by how sick of him I am.

That's subject to change at any time. Probably not because of the latter variable ever lowering, but the former variable being wont to increase.

moar hickory, moar better

i make a homemade bbq sauce on the stove with ketchup, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, dijon mustard (sometimes) Worcestershire sauce (sometimes), Dr. Pepper, molasses, garlic, cayenne, smoked paprika, and black pepper...right here in North America!

White fragility really was the missing ingredient in making this thread an accurate representation of the USA.

Eh. I'm not the one doing mental gymnastics to let a rapist off the hook, just because I like the way he bounces balls on the floor.

ANYWAY LaBelle, fav BBQ sauce or GTFO.

Sorry, that should be bounceD balls on the floor.

It's not a favorite, but I like the sound of North Alabama White Sauce. It's better on pizza or fries than on BBQ though.

Off the hook? The guy died on a helicopter crash along with 8 other people one of which was his 13 year old daughter.

What more really do you need to happen to him?

^racist

I really hate mayo, butt there is enough vinegar and spice in this to cut it. Homemade is the way to go, of course.

Have you ever put BBQ sauce on fish or shrimp? I do that sometimes to mix it up, and it's gooood. Way tastier than yet talking about a dead guy.

To be clear, what bothers me is the dismissal/denial of a victim, hence why I didn't trot out Option B/you're a racist until yo soy left me no other choice. I am more concerned about celebrity cults of worship than I am tribalism/racism in this case.

Should we be comfortable denying something happened to a victim just because the accused is a beloved ball bouncer who is now dead? He can't be held accountable any longer because he's dead, etc. Obviously I get that. But we don't need to paper over somebody else's trauma just because we want to read celebrity gossip rags and not feel bad. Believe victims, right?

Let's also keep in mind that death threats against the accuser and journalists have been issued from the Kult of Kobe. Some as recent as a handful of days ago.

But he looked so good in shorts, it doesn't matter! R.I.P.

You can express your grief and sadness over the loss of somebody you admire without going out of your way to deny their victims. Just sayin'.

There's no way to know what actually happened at a place we weren't at between two people we don't know. The only thing we know for sure is Kobe & his daughter are dead so like LaBelle said: what more do you want?

I believe I explained that already. Don't deny his victim just because you are blinded by star-power. Again, you can express grief without denying the victim.

You don't even have to mention the victim! But I take issue with "I don't believe her anyways because she's white and Kobe could dribble like a mofo."

I see. Well then, proceed.

Hey, buddy

Fav BBQ sauce or GTFO!