Tackling any issue requires one to pick their battles.
There are plenty of people who don't believe it exists anywhere because they don't see it and its against the law. Worrying about something as insignificant as Finebaum when there are bigger fish to fry just allows people to ignore those bigger issues.
I respect your sentiment, but I would say a TV and radio personality, who has spent his entire career spewing disinformation about the history of our country all while never being able to form a valid argument MUST BE CALLED OUT.
Let's review some of his opinions that he has adamantly talked about on his radio and TV show:
"The Confederate Flag is just as much a symbol of American freedom from Britain as the Stars and Stripes"
Finebaum used to preach this in his radio show. He used to constantly attempt to rewrite history with the confederate flag was from the War of 1812. It's obviously an asinine statement made to defend confederate flag. His statement is completely FALSE. The first confederate flag WAS flown in the War of 1812 by six states (technically seven), but it did nothing but cause confusion on the battlefield. It was also not commonplace, even in the states mentioned. It was not even raised or seen at the battle of New Orleans.
Non-Oppressed Black People Part 1: "It is ridiculous that people see the Confederate Flag as symbol of oppression. Black people were never oppressed in this country"
Again, on his radio show the topic of the Confederate flag was a hot topic. I don't know who he is to say what a flag symbolizes to a group of people, but to say that black people were NEVER oppressed in this country is pretty unbelievable.
Radio theme song: Hank Williams Jr 'If the South Would Have One'
For a time this was his radio show theme song. There was a time when they were really close and Hank was going to run for office in Alabama. He came on the radio show multpile times. Finebaum has been asked about this on multiple occasions but has never provided anything more than a verbal attack. This is obviously referring to the South winning the Civil War. If you don't think there are racial undertones there in reference to black people and slavery, it's hard to deny what this line meant:
We'd put Florida on the right track, cause we'd take Miami back
And throw all them pushers in the slammer
Oh, if the south woulda won, we woulda had it made
Vehemently came to Hank Williams Jr defense (both times) when he had drama with Monday Night Football
Paul Finebaum went on air and defended Hank when he called Barack Obama "Hitler". Not that that is racist, but it was just an odd thing to defend. And Paul never gave a reason for defending it - he would just rant about how great a person Hank was.
Defense of David Allan Coe
Finebaum was offended that some of David Allan Coe's songs were removed from parts of the internet. While I respect his view of opposing the removing artifacts from culture, no matter how offensive, Finebaum didn't seem to come to the defense of any other artists.
Non Oppressed Black People Part 2: "Black people are not oppressed" and the Kaepernick thing
Finebaum decided to go to an ESPn TV panel to express his view on oppression. But this would be years after his Confederate flag monologues, and it didn't go over so well.
"Usually people protest when they've been oppressed, when they have a legitimate stake in the action. I don't know where Colin is coming from. What's his beef other than he's upset with how people, in his mind, are being oppressed in this country."
He then went on his radio show and said "black people as not oppressed in this country". Former LSU player Marcus Spears agreed with him. This would be the first time that he ever got repercussion for what he said on his radio show!
