The words are hushed (let's not get busted)

I really respect what my boy Willings had to say about the Josh Howard incident, but I'm inclined to see the issue through a different lens. I mean, what do we really know about Howard (aside from the fact that he's a fantasy basketball dynamo who can help you in virtually every category)?:

He is a dumbass.
He likes smoking that cali weed.
He didn't rep the national anthem at Allen Iverson's Celebrity Flag Football game.

Writers on virtually every sports site have been putting Howard on blast for his thoughtless remarks about the anthem, and deservedly so. However, my issue is that these writers are treating Howard's non-sequitur like it's his honors thesis on the economic modalities of the Southern colonies. People like Charley Rosen act as if Howard's five second blip on youtube was a treatise on race relations in the 21st century. But let's take Howard's comments for what they were: A stupid remark made by a stupid person.

This point is especially clear when you take into account the medium through which Howard is supposedly "disseminating" his message. He's mugging for some guy who's taping him on his LG Chocolate. Did Howard have the foresight to know that this guy would post the video on youtube? Probably Not. The only thing Howard is capable of planning ahead of time is what munchies to crack open after puffing some nuggets with his bois. I'm thinking funyuns and 2 liters of Cherry Vanilla Diet Dr. Pepper.

Does this lack of prescience excuse Howard's comments? Of course not. My point is merely that this was a random act of stupidity done primarily to be outrageous. As you know, Howard's are prone to hyperbole. How many times have you guys heard ME expound on Alexis Bledel's pixie charm (registered COAT), or deride some guy for having a light switch di-ack? This is the nature of male discourse--people say things that they only vaguely agree with just to make their friends laugh (granted, I mean everything I say about Bledel. She's the SOAT, HOAT and COAT all rolled into one). A spyda does what a spyda do. I think that the reactions to Howard's comments should be tempered accordingly. In the end, Howard's rebuke should be interpreted more like a line from someone on Chappelle's Show than an attempt at being a racial gadfly like Malcolm X.