Donald Sterling Interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper

[Neurotic Guy]

Some people, unfortunately, will enjoy seeing him publicly hung and humiliated.  That could be what he deserves, but I'd rather he just went away.

Count me as someone who doesn't want him to just go away.  There are larger societal issues regarding race at play here.  People just want to hope that if they ignore things, then the problem will be solved.  That's the failed strategy that the NBA tried with Sterling.

I want this to interrupt everyone's fun and drag out in the courts in a manner that sustains a long-running national conversation about race.

Careful not to suggest that I want to ignore things just because I'd like him to go away.    I'd rather the public face of racism was not someone who I suspect has dementia or mental health issues related to aging. 

[GreenFaith1819]

From what I've heard, and discussed with my family and others who have watched videos, I/we just don't get impression that DTS has mental issues, as some have alluded to.

The man is playing a LOT of people....I truly believe that while he may be up in age, he has all of his faculties about him....

Looking forward to the day when this is all done and he is without his team. And no - it doesn't need to drag on. It shouldn't drag on.

[LooseCannon]

Some people, unfortunately, will enjoy seeing him publicly hung and humiliated.  That could be what he deserves, but I'd rather he just went away.

Count me as someone who doesn't want him to just go away.  There are larger societal issues regarding race at play here.  People just want to hope that if they ignore things, then the problem will be solved.  That's the failed strategy that the NBA tried with Sterling.

I want this to interrupt everyone's fun and drag out in the courts in a manner that sustains a long-running national conversation about race.

Careful not to suggest that I want to ignore things just because I'd like him to go away.    I'd rather the public face of racism was not someone who I suspect has dementia or mental health issues related to aging.

The discomfort that some people may feel because they know someone who reminds them of Donald Sterling is a good thing.  Too many white people think that they live in some sort of racism-free bubble.

[Celtics18]

TP to Neurotic Guy,

I'm not going to suggest that I have any idea if Donald Sterling suffers from dementia or alzheimer's or whether or not his faculties for thinking clearly are at all compromised.  He could very well simply be a racist, old fool who really doesn't care what he sounds like, believes what he is saying, and living in the twisted, backwards world that his wealth has allowed him to live in.

Either way, I'm growing increasingly uncomfortable with the way this whole thing is going down.  It's like everyone can just go around patting each other on the back, saying "look how great we are, we got rid of the racist.  It's that guy.  Now, that's over with and we can all move on in peace and harmony."

It's easy to point the finger at the blathering, old, saggy-eyed, millionaire weirdo as emblematic of the problem of racism in sports and society.  I just down like the public trial aspect to the whole thing. 

On the other hand, I can't for the life of me figure out why Donald Sterling isn't smart enough to just go away as quietly as he can.

Hopefully, now that he got that interview out of the way, he will. 

There just doesn't seem like there's anything for him to fight for.  If he takes the NBA to court and tries to prolong this process and keeps himself in the public eye, then he deserves everything he gets.