While it does say a lot about Rocker I agree ....I am not an overt racial minority (yet) in my country and though it is cliche to say it I havent walked a mile in their shoes. However if I was coloured and already in a minority position, and found out that another player in the game has a reputation as a racist I would be concerned about my future in the game if that person was in a position of power. Thus I would do whatever possible within my means to rid that person from the game to further my chances. I dont happen to think its dirty pool, Rocker brought that on himself when he returned to the public eye.
. From Jeremy and Natalie's perception he was a danger to their standing in the game and needed to be taken out..rightly or wrongly and as fast as possible. Also remember that Natalie's sister was the first person voted off from Rockers tribe and on discovering who he was and his reputation you can be certain that she felt he was behind it and was pissed.
Anyways I respect your opinion on the matter, just trying to present how I felt about it. Its not your obligation to like Natalie.
However if I was coloured and already in a minority position, and found out that another player in the game has a reputation as a racist I would be concerned about my future in the game if that person was in a position of power.
Hmmm I'm not so sure I buy this line of thinking. I'm assuming that in this day and age that most individuals who apply to be on Survivor are unlikely to harbour blatantly racist ideology, let alone try to play the game along ethnic lines if only because doing so (and being obvious about it) would almost certainly put a huge target on their back.
Had Rocker shown any inclination to play in this idiotic strategic manner, I'm sure the producers would not have passed up this footage and milk it for all it's worth to boost up the ratings. The fact that we didn't see anything of the sort makes me lean towards giving Rocker the benefit of the doubt on this one
IMO you gotta be absolutely damn sure you have got all your facts straight the moment you decide to start throwing serious accusations (racism, paedophilia, etc..) of that sensitive nature around. It is not something that should be done lightly. Especially when it's said in front of all and sundry, immediately impacting the reputation of that person often for the worst.
And no, relying on the word of some embittered angry entitled arrogant douchebag with an obvious revenge agenda does not fall in that category. lol
It seems to me that there is an unspoken acceptance for people to flippantly call others racist and suffer no negative consequences in return if they're proven to be baseless and false.
I wonder whether the perception of nat's rant would be different if it was about him being say.... a paedophile instead. Not doing your due diligence can result in people taking you to court for defaming a person's character in the public arena and nat can consider herself lucky that in the eyes of the law alleging that someone is a racist is not deem serious enough to warrant legal recourse.
However in this case it is much worse since all nat had on Rocker was what someone else had relayed to her about him; like myself she had no fucking idea who the hell he was. lol
If I hadn't know any better I could've sworn that nat was well versed in every incident Rocker was allegedly guilty of uttering racist/bitgoted opinions over the last decade or so, such was the strength of her conviction in her ridiculous emotional expletive ridden diatribe.
Not that her actually knowing about Rocker's sketchy past lessened the severity of her actions, it was a still a low class act regardless.
And that's what I mainly took issue with nat about as it was unnecessarily obnoxious, spiteful and low, traits that I abhor in people. Someone with a bit class about them would not have gone there, not even to win a million dollars. I guess some are willing to overlook it (or don't deem it sufficiently important to affect their opinion of her) but to me it is most definitely a deal breaker.
