The Kyle Lowry incident

Fans watching the NBA Finals no doubt saw it. And have probably seen it a hundred more times since via replay. The politically correct crowd just can't get enough of it.

That would be Toronto Raptors player Kyle Lowry sailing into the court-side seats trying to keep a loose ball from going out of bounds, and bulldozing a lady in the process.

Well, OK. If you want to sit that close to the action, you take your chances something like this could happen.

But then a man sitting next to her gave Lowry a little shove and apparently had some not-so-kind words for him. In the whole scheme of things, it really didn't amount to much. It's not like the guy clubbed Lowry with a bat, shot him, and/or called him the "n" word on national TV. It was a harmless little push and a bit of trash talk.

And then everything went berserk. The PCers wanted to hang this guy by his thumbs, or at least banish him for life from the NBA and fine him every last dollar to his name.

NBA Commish Adam Silver quickly jumped in, banishing such an "egregious" offender for one year and fining him $500,000.

Turns out, Lowry is black, and the fan is white, who BTW, owns a stake in the Golden State Warriors. His name is Mark Stevens.

So here's a few questions. How do you think this would have played out had the roles been reversed?

A white player being "abused" in the exact same manner by a black fan?

Would it have been such a big deal?

Would it have been even news-worthy?

As I write this, two days after it happened, they are many that are still howling about it, saying the already ridiculous punishment mentioned above wasn't nearly harsh enough.

I suspect had the situation been reversed, as also mentioned above, any that would have dared further persecute the "offender" would quickly have been labelled racists. Who's kidding who?

If I was Stevens, I wouldn't pay. A half million for THAT? Not a chance. And peanut-head Commish Silver doesn't have the legal authority to take it from him. If I had to sit out a year of NBA action or even sell my share in the Warriors -- so be it. But I would not, repeat NOT cough up 500 large for something so trivial.

Of course, Stevens has made the same mistake so many have before when they've incurred the wrath of the crazed PC crowd.

He apologized -- as if that was going to help him.  Not a chance.

All that guarantees is the mob will hammer him even harder.

He nudged a guy and told him to f-off. That's it.

Should have stood his ground, cuz trying to make things "right" with that bunch NEVER works.

That would be akin to throwing bloody meat into shark-infested waters. It's not going to exactly make them friendlier if you decide to hop in with them-- ya know?

Bad idea. REALLY bad idea.