How unbelievably Charmin soft has our society become where people are constantly and actively searching for ways to be offended.
The latest example comes from Texas Tech University, where the school has SUSPENDED the basketball coach for quoting a "racially insensitive" part of the Bible.
Not a joke.
Texas Tech's athletic department has suspended head basketball coach Mark Adams after he quoted a Bible verse in an interaction with a player that the school deemed "racially insensitive."
Adams, who is in his second year with the Red Raiders, had been "encouraging the student-athlete to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters," the athletic department said in a statement.
"Adams immediately addressed this with the team and apologized," the statement said.
Okay, maybe I'm the idiot here (spoiler: I'm not) but where in the world do you come up with the idea that verses in the Bible that talk about "slaves and masters" is racist?
Slavery when the Bible was written was not the same as the race-based chattel slave system that came along later. Slavery was a reality for all of human history and it is obviously NOT talking about "black people" like the idiots at TTU are implying with this suspension.
The statement also noted that Athletic Director Kirby Hocutt addressed the issue with Adams and issued him a written reprimand.
"Hocutt subsequently made the decision to suspend Adams effective immediately in order to conduct a more thorough inquiry of Adams' interactions with his players and staff," the statement continued.
He was written up, suspended, and publicly humiliated.
For what?
Adams told the Stadium website he was referencing Jesus' words.
"I was quoting the Scripture," Adams told the Stadium. "It was a private conversation about coaching and when you have a job and being coachable."
"I said that in the Bible that Jesus talks about how we all have bosses, and we all are servants," Adams added. "I was quoting the Bible about that."
The school did not say which Bible verses Adams quoted. In Luke 17, Jesus recounted a story often called the Parable of the Master and Servant. In 1 Peter 2:18, the Apostle Peter wrote, "Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust."
Adam addressed the team about the incident but did not apologize, he said.
"One of my coaches said it bothered the player," Adams said. "I explained to them. I didn't apologize."
How incredibly sensitive and stupid have we become as a society?
This is beyond insane.
Hopefully Adams won't apologize and will stand his ground.
