Jim Traber's brain is why I hate sports-talk radio

See, this is why I hate listening to sports-talk radio.

There's no such thing as a reasonable discussion on a lot of shows, because you're too busy fighting off some meathead who won't shut the fuck up. It's like all that's required to be a sports radio host is not knowing how to engage in basic conversational techniques, like "not interrupting" or "using your inside voice."

Turns out a lot of people like for a host to just yell about nothing for four hours. That's why Chris Russo or Rush Limbaugh are so popular. Angry white people are chic in the post-Obama era, like leg warmers. Me, I can't deal with them or failed 80s fashion trends. And I feel especially sorry for the residents of Oklahoma City, who don't seem to have that many options outside of Jim Traber, the latest in a long line of stupid people who shut off their brains and scream into a mic about some imagined moral outrage.

This fucking guy got on the radio earlier in August and bitched about Sonics forward (I will not call them "the Thunder") Nick Collison liking Seattle, because as we all know, you're supposed to sell your fucking soul to the city where your team is based.

Then, Collison called into the show to defend himself because all he did was comment on the weather on his Twitter page. Traber basically told Collison that he should get down on his knees and suck off OKC for accepting the former Sonics, because no one was coming to the games in Seattle. I'm sure Collison was confused, because he doesn't speak Idiot. In Traber's language, "hot" is loosely translated as "Fuck Oklahoma City and all that it stands for in it's stupid gay cowboy ass."

I'm so glad this guy isn't on the air here in Atlanta. It makes me grateful that shows like "The Rude Awakening" are only "boring" and not "dumb as a fence post." See, what Traber doesn't seem to get is that Collison is a grown ass man and can like whatever city he wants, and if Traber doesn't like it, then fuck Traber. It's really just that simple. I pity the listeners who have to sit through Traber's rant on "Toothpaste that Collison likes," or "Collison's favorite Spongebob episodes."

The truth of the matter is, Clay Bennett bought the Seattle Supersonics with every intention of moving them to Oklahoma City, which makes him a liar. He never wanted to keep the team in Seattle, because if he did, they'd still be in Seattle. He went up there, went through the motions, and said, "Hey, look, they don't want to build us a new arena, so we're moving. I did everything I could. Look, I even set a deadline." Because if you set a deadline, everything that happens after that is the other guy's fault. You can claim, "They didn't want to meet the conditions." It doesn't matter that the conditions are one-sided or impossible. Like George W.'s deadline for Iraq to turn over it's weapons arsenal, despite the evidence stating that they never had one.

Fuck Clay Bennett. New arenas are not a requirement to compete in the NBA. If the Air Canada Centre (opened 1999) is supposed to be the vanguard that protects the Toronto Raptors from sucking, then it's failing in its stated mission.

Now, if Nick Collison didn't like that, he has every right not to, because in America, we're allowed to like or not like shit. I'm free to think that McDonald's hamburgers have the health benefits of a quart of motor oil or that I'm better than people who watch reality TV. I'm not going to get sent to the gulag for re-education, because it's a free country. But Collison didn't even badmouth OKC, even if it is some pissant, podunk cowtown (or so I've heard). All he said was that it was hot there, and it is unless the Weather Channel and his own perceptions are lying to us. But who lets facts stand in the way of a chance to spit on a microphone in feigned anger?

Collison DID say (in 2008) that he didn't want to leave Seattle and he still has a home there. Traber doesn't like that he feels that way, because in his mind, I guess a contract with the team should overtake pesky things like "ties to a particular location." But like I said before, fuck Traber. Who gets mad about shit like this?

Thing is, like Collison repeatedly said, liking Seattle has nothing to do with Oklahoma City, but who has time to listen to a rational argument? Traber's still got piss and vinegar to use up. The Sonics could have moved to Kansas City or Albequerque or El Paso, and Collison would have likely said the same thing, because it gets hot there, too, asshole. With an stupidity level that high, I'm willing to bet two inches off my dick that he watches Fox News.

If the criticism of your city that you just made up is bothering you that much, then maybe you should work on improving your city. It's not Seattle's or Nick Collison's fault that you think your city sucks. Much like your time spent in locker rooms around the world, it's clear that you have an inferiority complex.

I pity you, Oklahoma City, if this is the best you've got. This is the same guy who bashes ESPN's Bill Simmons for refusing to mention Oklahoma City's name (because he's not from OKC, he sees how shady that move was, too). Between this and Oklahoman sportswriter Jenni Carlson not knowing what the hell she's talking about, I could move out there and clean up. These fucking people are pissed at Nick Collison's geographic preferences, when they could be bitching about something that they actually have free reign to talk about: Those ugly jerseys that their stolen team is forced to wear.

Now that's something that should cause some outrage.