Sports Reporter, The Brownsville Herald

Drip · Feb 19, 2013

Mark2010 said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
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because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
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Correct.

For those unfamiliar with Texas geography, Brownsville is located at the far southern tip, right across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. As a result, there is a very large Hispanic population, many of which do not speak/read English. And, yes, a somewhat brownish skin tone. Similar to a lot of places along the border.
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Whew!!!! I knew there was an answer that wasn't race related.

Tom Petty · Feb 20, 2013

Mark2010 said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
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because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
Click to expand...

Correct.

For those unfamiliar with Texas geography, Brownsville is located at the far southern tip, right across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. As a result, there is a very large Hispanic population, many of which do not speak/read English. And, yes, a somewhat brownish skin tone. Similar to a lot of places along the border.
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holy christ. admit to being a racist asshole and get it over with.
you're fooling absolutely nobody with an IQ above 80 at this point.

deskslave · Feb 20, 2013

Tom Petty said:

Mark2010 said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
Click to expand...

because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
Click to expand...

Correct.

For those unfamiliar with Texas geography, Brownsville is located at the far southern tip, right across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. As a result, there is a very large Hispanic population, many of which do not speak/read English. And, yes, a somewhat brownish skin tone. Similar to a lot of places along the border.
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holy christ. admit to being a racist asshole and get it over with.
you're fooling absolutely nobody with an IQ above 80 at this point.
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I don't think he's actually trying to fool anyone. Mark's readily admitted that he's a racist, homophobic piece of shit. His continued presence here is an actual stain on the board, and beggars belief in the face of the "we're going to get more visitors, so we have to clean up our act" spiel that we got a couple years ago.

Tarheel316 · Feb 20, 2013

deskslave said:

Tom Petty said:

Mark2010 said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
Click to expand...

because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
Click to expand...

Correct.

For those unfamiliar with Texas geography, Brownsville is located at the far southern tip, right across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. As a result, there is a very large Hispanic population, many of which do not speak/read English. And, yes, a somewhat brownish skin tone. Similar to a lot of places along the border.
Click to expand...

holy christ. admit to being a racist asshole and get it over with.
you're fooling absolutely nobody with an IQ above 80 at this point.
Click to expand...

I don't think he's actually trying to fool anyone. Mark's readily admitted that he's a racist, homophobic piece of shit. His continued presence here is an actual stain on the board, and beggars belief in the face of the "we're going to get more visitors, so we have to clean up our act" spiel that we got a couple years ago.
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That is really disturbing about Mark.

Drip · Feb 20, 2013

Tarheel316 said:

deskslave said:

Tom Petty said:

Mark2010 said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
Click to expand...

because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
Click to expand...

Correct.

For those unfamiliar with Texas geography, Brownsville is located at the far southern tip, right across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. As a result, there is a very large Hispanic population, many of which do not speak/read English. And, yes, a somewhat brownish skin tone. Similar to a lot of places along the border.
Click to expand...

holy christ. admit to being a racist asshole and get it over with.
you're fooling absolutely nobody with an IQ above 80 at this point.
Click to expand...

I don't think he's actually trying to fool anyone. Mark's readily admitted that he's a racist, homophobic piece of shit. His continued presence here is an actual stain on the board, and beggars belief in the face of the "we're going to get more visitors, so we have to clean up our act" spiel that we got a couple years ago.
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That is really disturbing about Mark.
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Race is a very touchy subject at SportsJournalists.com. I hope that this is not true about Mark. I'd like to hear what he has to say about all of this.

RonClements · Feb 20, 2013

We should all care about races, after all, as sports reporters, we cover our fair share of them.
Amirite?

Who's up for a track meet?

didntdoit19 · Feb 20, 2013

So, about this job...

Tarheel316 · Feb 20, 2013

Former Freedom paper, now part of AIM Media Texas. Not sure if that matters.

gravehunter · Feb 21, 2013

Mark2010 said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
Click to expand...

because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
Click to expand...

Correct.

For those unfamiliar with Texas geography, Brownsville is located at the far southern tip, right across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. As a result, there is a very large Hispanic population, many of which do not speak/read English. And, yes, a somewhat brownish skin tone. Similar to a lot of places along the border.
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aside from the geography, you also described a lot of Los Angeles. So what's your point?

HanSenSE · Feb 21, 2013

Baron Scicluna said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
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because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
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Nah, it's because years ago, they adopted the St. Louis Browns as their official favorite baseball team.
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So, you're saying they opted not to become Oriolesville in the 1950s?

Mark2010 · Feb 22, 2013

Tom Petty said:

Mark2010 said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
Click to expand...

because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
Click to expand...

Correct.

For those unfamiliar with Texas geography, Brownsville is located at the far southern tip, right across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. As a result, there is a very large Hispanic population, many of which do not speak/read English. And, yes, a somewhat brownish skin tone. Similar to a lot of places along the border.
Click to expand...

holy christ. admit to being a racist asshole and get it over with.
you're fooling absolutely nobody with an IQ above 80 at this point.
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Fooling anybody? Never set out to fool anyone. It is what it is. If you would like to point out some factual inaccuracy in something posted, by all means do so.

Every community is going to have certain identifying characteristics. Brownsville is no different. Whether one likes or dislikes that is in the eye of the beholder.

Tom Petty · Feb 22, 2013

Mark2010 said:

Tom Petty said:

Mark2010 said:

ColdCat said:

Mark2010 said:

There's a reason it's called BROWNSville.
Click to expand...

because one of the earliest actions of the Mexican War was the siege of a fort there and the fort's commander Jacob Brown was killed in action?
Click to expand...

Correct.

For those unfamiliar with Texas geography, Brownsville is located at the far southern tip, right across the Rio Grande River from Mexico. As a result, there is a very large Hispanic population, many of which do not speak/read English. And, yes, a somewhat brownish skin tone. Similar to a lot of places along the border.
Click to expand...

holy christ. admit to being a racist asshole and get it over with.
you're fooling absolutely nobody with an IQ above 80 at this point.
Click to expand...

Fooling anybody? Never set out to fool anyone. It is what it is. If you would like to point out some factual inaccuracy in something posted, by all means do so.
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no. please continue to point to skin color on all other job listings.
we appreciate your candor with your slice of bigotry.

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