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Old Nov 12th 2019, 4:21 pm
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Originally Posted by Hurlabrick
Just when you start to think that maybe racism is starting to die out as the older generation moves on, you can see that it seems to be alive and active in the younger generation also. No one is born racist, it is a learned condition - where are they learning it from? It is sad and alarming and it seems to be on the rise worldwide.
There are also fans that shout racist slurs at black hockey players and at native teams. There is no reason this should be happening.
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Old Nov 12th 2019, 7:17 pm
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Originally Posted by dave_j
Who is Don Cherry?
Welcome to Canada's Brexit.

Endless arguing over whether an old bigot should be fired for "saying what he thinks".

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Old Nov 12th 2019, 9:48 pm
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Old Nov 12th 2019, 10:29 pm
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One educator thinks firing Cherry means a missed opportunity to tell the real story.
"But Steven Purewal, a historian who has long researched the contribution and sacrifice of Indian soldiers during the First World War, said his immediate reaction to the news that Cherry was stepping down was one of disappointment.
“Firings and apologies don’t always work, because what they don’t do is tell the whole story…. What we need to be telling Canadians is that many, many diverse communities fought in the Great War and the Second World War. Without their contributions, we wouldn’t have the freedoms we have today.”
“To my mind, the best possible thing that could have happened was for him to have invited someone more informed on his show, and use his platform to correct what he said,” he said.
https://globalnews.ca/news/6155539/d..._campaign=2014
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Old Nov 13th 2019, 1:54 am
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Do we all vote him prime minister now, or am I mixing up my racists ? :@) Canada gets so confusing when it gets racist or anything else ist here
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Old Nov 13th 2019, 11:17 am
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Truly earth shattering stuff.....media frenzy, outrage bus running at capacity.......Zzzzzzzzzzzz
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Old Nov 13th 2019, 11:30 am
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Originally Posted by macadian
Truly earth shattering stuff.....media frenzy, outrage bus running at capacity.......Zzzzzzzzzzzz
It's not a matter for outrage. He speaks for a living. He said something unacceptable. He gets the boot. Easy stuff.

The comparison above with the Conservative candidate in the last election doesn't hold because Scheer is primarily known for being sexist and homophobic. One may reasonably guess that he's a racist too but that's not his claim to fame. Again, there's no cause for outrage, just don't vote for him, as we didn't.

Tucker Carlson, of course, achieves the trifecta.

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Old Nov 13th 2019, 2:34 pm
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Sorry, forgot to add " shock, horror"....
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Originally Posted by macadian
Truly earth shattering stuff.....media frenzy, outrage bus running at capacity.......Zzzzzzzzzzzz

I'm pretty sure there will be another outrage bus along shortly.
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Old Nov 13th 2019, 4:19 pm
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Originally Posted by Oink
He's a **** and he should of retired, at least 30 years ago.
In this as many things, I'm entirely of an accord with Oink!
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Old Nov 13th 2019, 5:23 pm
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Originally Posted by caretaker
Whether or not 30 years is true, he's stepped in it now. At 85 creeping senility is a fair call. Ron Maclean has apologised for not stopping him, and I wonder if this is going to take him down too. He's only 59 and very popular, but without Cherry he might not carry the spot, and no network will match what he's making now. I think there are retired coaches out there that can replace Cherry and keep the show going, or they can develop a new intermission show. They replaced the HNIC theme song; they can replace Coach's Corner.
I didn't detect much creeping senility in Don Cherry. Set in his ways maybe. What's interesting is that he has said similar things in past years about specific groups but he wasn't ordered to step down immediately. His firing might say something about the change in culture (for the better you think?) over time. Ron MacLean gave a series of nods and a thumbs up while Don was ranting and his rambling apology the next day might not save him.
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Old Nov 14th 2019, 1:09 am
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I don't think anyone should really be shocked that he said what he did, he is speaking his mind, disgusting as it obviously is. He's obviously got superpowers, as he can detect someone not wearing a poppy is an immigrant.
yes, I am being sarcastic, we all know he was just being a blatant racist and to be quite blunt he was talking about non-white immigrants, regardless of his attempt to backtrack, even though he claims it's not backtracking by saying he could be talking about Scottish, or Irish immigrants, ie; white immigrants.

I see that many on twitter are dumping sportsnet / rogers over his firing, which I find rather silly, and perhaps they might not realize that this could possibly be seen by others as them endorsing his foul views.

MacLean should have stepped in and said something right then and there, and I think he should learn in the harshest possible way, by being fired, the mistake he made.
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Old Nov 14th 2019, 2:14 am
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Originally Posted by sharkus
I see that many on twitter are dumping sportsnet / rogers over his firing, which I find rather silly, and perhaps they might not realize that this could possibly be seen by others as them endorsing his foul views.
None of them can really dump Rogers.

Rogers have a huge financial stake in all of Toronto's sports teams and provide media for them.

They'll all be back within a week.

Rogers stock in the green today.
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Old Nov 14th 2019, 2:20 am
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He's just the old days and no matter what old people say, they weren't as good as today.
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Originally Posted by sharkus
MacLean should have stepped in and said something right then and there, and I think he should learn in the harshest possible way, by being fired, the mistake he made.
When has Ron McLean ever done anything so bold as to question the great cerebral entity Don Cherry.
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