10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
I don't think anyone disagrees with "buy a poppy". That's not why Don got fired.
It was referring to immigrants as "you people" (ie "the other", which is inherently xenophobic). If Don had just say "buy a poppy", or "I think all Canadians should buy a poppy" or some inclusive variant thereof, this would never have become a discussion.
But because he basically said "Immigrants don't buy poppies, and they should", he's generalizing, excluding, and otherwise coming across as anti-immigrant. Regardless of whether "buy a poppy" is important, the issue is that he was criticizing immigrants to Canada. That's the only issue here.
I don't think anyone disagrees with "buy a poppy". That's not why Don got fired.
It was referring to immigrants as "you people" (ie "the other", which is inherently xenophobic). If Don had just say "buy a poppy", or "I think all Canadians should buy a poppy" or some inclusive variant thereof, this would never have become a discussion.
But because he basically said "Immigrants don't buy poppies, and they should", he's generalizing, excluding, and otherwise coming across as anti-immigrant. Regardless of whether "buy a poppy" is important, the issue is that he was criticizing immigrants to Canada. That's the only issue here.
(and shit, on my settings we're only on page 2! There's a lot more ground to cover if we're going to make it to 10...)
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
10 Team, Points Only, Cash League
25 Man Roster (no position), top 20 point getters count at end of month
Keep 20/25 at seasons end, Cut 5 to FA for redrafting
Goalie points W=2pt L=-1pt SHO=2pt
Stamkos, Tavares, Eichel, Mercer, JRobertson, RThomas, Kucherov, Nugent-Hopkins, Tuch, KConnor, Necas, Point, Konecny, SJarvis, Cozenz, Morrissey, Bouchard, Josi, Novak, Tolvanen, Peterka, SBennett
G- Vasilevskiy, Sorokin, Oettinger
"Cleavage is like the sun. You can look, but dont stare.. Unless you're wearing sunglasses."
This is false.
He chose his words poorly, as he often did. Nobody is overlooking that.
His intentions were good though. That is what his supporters are trying to say.
And they are also a little tired of SJW mobs taking over society. Understandably so. This incident with Cherry is just another example of that. He has said far worse things on the air without this kind of uproar. Without getting canned.
Maybe you're not then, but plenty of people are. And his intentions WERE NOT GOOD. His intention was to single out immigrants and slam them based on his own prejudicial views. His intentions were only good if you overlook the immigrant part, which is what you seem to be doing even though you said nobody is.
To be fair, I'm not a huge fan of the constant SJW stuff either, and if this was an isolated incident I would be more likely to support him, giving him the benefit of the doubt that it was just a mis-speak. But the guy has been preaching his xenophobic views for decades, and it seems pretty clear that he was ranting about new Canadians not being as Canadian as him.
When I was a kid, 7 or 8, I was trying to pitch a softball, doing ok but not great. This guy on my team, who was playing second base, started chirping me, saying I suck and someone else should take over. I got upset. After the game my dad noticed something changed in me a bit and asked, so I told him. He gave me some advice I will never forget and I think many people never got told this, just judging by whats going on lately. He said "son, how do you feel about this guy? Do you like him? Do you respect him?" I said "No dad, he is a bully and a fool". My dad replied "then why does what he said matter to you?". Simple and effective. All cleaned up, im my head, and Ive never been insulted ever again.
Don Cherry, blah blah, it isnt the point. The point is that one day, the way we are trending its gonna be you. You will have good intentions, but be misunderstood, and you will burn for it. Or worse yet itll be me. I'm still struggling to find this new rule book of life but I sure hope I do before the bus runs me over. Or people can thicken up, focus on their own shortcomings and forget about all the word daggers that are meaningless. Getting offended is easy and lazy, looking past it is much harder to do but make life easier to deal with.
/done with this
12 Team Keep 5 (2 F, 1 D, 1 G, 1 Any) G,A,PTS,PPP,SOG,HITS,PIMS,W,GAA and Sv%.
F: Kucherov, K.Connor, J. Hughes,, J.Guentzel, A.Svechnikov,
D: Q. Hughes,
G:Bobrovsky