Don Cherry fired by Sportsnet

[Highlander]

OK that is fairly open minded....not.  What is below has nothing to do with Don Cherry by the way.
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I'm not reading all your nonsense.  You're trying to defend Cherry as not being racist, bigoted, discriminatory, etc.  He is and has been for decades.  End of story.

Avro, completely to the contrary, and this is truly my final on this. I am not defending Don Cherry, he made a racist and bigoted comment, he deserves to be fired and was.
What I am defending is his right to make these comments and be punished if need be, which has happened and it's a good thing he was.  So please stop and say I was defending him.  I would defend someone burning our flag, as they have the right to do so (even though a part of me would want to kill someone for doing so).  People died for our freedom. I am accused of not getting it.  But freedom does mean free..or does it truly mean nothing left to lose.
Goodnight Grandma Nik
Goodbye, see you in the Leaf chats.

 

[AvroArrow]

I really don't believe Don is a racist anymore than you and I are.

This literally you defending him, unless you think I'm as racist as him and admit that you are too.

 

[Kin]

Avro, completely to the contrary, and this is truly my final on this. I am not defending Don Cherry, he made a racist and bigoted comment, he deserves to be fired and was.

Then why boycott Budweiser for not wanting to sponsor him? Seriously, you can't even form a consistent opinion from post to post.

What I am defending is his right to make these comments and be punished if need be

Except you said Sportsnet should pre-emptively censor him.

I would defend someone burning our flag, as they have the right to do so

This is not about anyone's legal rights. They were never infringed. Nobody ever suggested they should be. The government did not punish anyone for speaking their mind. A private company decided they no longer wanted to employ someone for bringing their company into disrepute.

Many people have made the above point.  At this point either you're unwilling or unable to acknowledge it.

 

[rdowdall]

I think I made my point about free speech yesterday.

Yes, and it betrayed a complete and total lack of understanding as to what free speech is, either as a charter right or a concept. Cherry was fired by a private company. This has nothing to do with anyone's charter rights.

Cherry should have not been allowed on air without some assessment of what he was going to say.

Again, who cares? The issue is whether or not they reacted appropriately this week.

What I find is our society is being homogenized where any personality of any kind is being scrubbed out.

Ok boomer.

Mr. Boomer to you Nik, as my good friend used to say, "everyone is open to their own wrong opinion" and seeing you are never wrong, I guess you have already achieved Godhead status.

This reminds me that there?s 3 sides to every story, yours, mine and the truth. This has nothing to do with anything other than to plug my favourite Extreme CD

Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you

EVERYBODY!!!!!

 

[rdowdall]

Maybe I should have gone with "Get the Funk Out"

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Don Cherry just appeared on Tucker Carlson's "White Power Hour" over on Fox News.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Don Cherry just appeared on Tucker Carlson's "White Power Hour" over on Fox News.

Sounds he?s preparing to go on a rant tour.

 

[Deebo]

Don Cherry just appeared on Tucker Carlson's "White Power Hour" over on Fox News.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1194431282660265985

 

[Zee]

I think I made my point about free speech yesterday.

Yes, and it betrayed a complete and total lack of understanding as to what free speech is, either as a charter right or a concept. Cherry was fired by a private company. This has nothing to do with anyone's charter rights.

Cherry should have not been allowed on air without some assessment of what he was going to say.

Again, who cares? The issue is whether or not they reacted appropriately this week.

What I find is our society is being homogenized where any personality of any kind is being scrubbed out.

Ok boomer.

Mr. Boomer to you Nik, as my good friend used to say, "everyone is open to their own wrong opinion" and seeing you are never wrong, I guess you have already achieved Godhead status.

This reminds me that there?s 3 sides to every story, yours, mine and the truth. This has nothing to do with anything other than to plug my favourite Extreme CD

Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you

EVERYBODY!!!!!

Wrong album man

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/wholegrainne/status/1194045606924148736
This is pretty amazing

 

[ZBBM]

Don Cherry just appeared on Tucker Carlson's "White Power Hour" over on Fox News.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1194431282660265985

It's been rumored that one guy in this pic is going to run for US president in 2024 after Trump finishes his second term.  I'm not kidding.

 

[Arn]

Hey, it even made it into the UK media

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/nov/13/its-good-don-cherry-is-gone-itll-be-better-if-his-successor-represents-todays-canada

Makes a couple of fairly pertinent points considering some of the arguments made on here

Perhaps you?re wondering why this gong show routine was allowed to continue for so long. Rogers Media and Sportsnet did not suddenly decide to act with integrity. Cherry?s brand made them a lot of money. Cherry, himself, is a very wealthy man who has profited off of his racist remarks and openly supported right-wing political candidates in recent elections.

His brand is arguably synonymous with hockey culture in Canada. And Sportsnet didn?t suddenly decide to challenge him with integrity. Don Cherry became a liability for Rogers Media and, ultimately, more hassle than he was worth. But let?s move beyond the why? and focus on the what now?

The concern with the firing of this so-called Canadian media icon is that his cause is now being taken up by right-wing media, and those who oppose his dismissal, who cloak their own regressive views in arguments for freedom of expression. Make no mistake: Cherry has the right to express himself. He also has the right to be held accountable for his words and for offending thousands with his bigotry. His martyrdom is not something I am interested in partaking in. He went down in flames because what he spewed was tantamount to a burning pile of trash.

 

[Zee]

https://twitter.com/wholegrainne/status/1194045606924148736
This is pretty amazing

Something tells me Nike won?t be using Don in an upcoming ad campaign

 

[Bender]

I'm too tired to care at this point, but I'm not shocked Don went on to Fox. I think if anyone was confused as to what his politics are, well, there they are. He backtracks on what he says on Fox but wouldn't apologize to his own network. Yeah, I'm done.

 

[Zee]

I'm too tired to care at this point, but I'm not shocked Don went on to Fox. I think if anyone was confused as to what his politics are, well, there they are. He backtracks on what he says on Fox but wouldn't apologize to his own network. Yeah, I'm done.

I don't know what his end goal is here.  Not to be blunt, but he's 85 and should just enjoy retirement, get out of the public eye, continue to go watch minor hockey etc.  Does he expect to be on TV forever?

 

[Highlander]

Don Cherry just appeared on Tucker Carlson's "White Power Hour" over on Fox News.

https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1194431282660265985

It's been rumored that one guy in this pic is going to run for US president in 2024 after Trump finishes his second term.  I'm not kidding.

What Cherry can't run for President as he is a Canadian Citizen.

 

[herman]

https://twitter.com/account4hockey/status/1194687813134016512

 

[rdowdall]

I think I made my point about free speech yesterday.

Yes, and it betrayed a complete and total lack of understanding as to what free speech is, either as a charter right or a concept. Cherry was fired by a private company. This has nothing to do with anyone's charter rights.

Cherry should have not been allowed on air without some assessment of what he was going to say.

Again, who cares? The issue is whether or not they reacted appropriately this week.

What I find is our society is being homogenized where any personality of any kind is being scrubbed out.

Ok boomer.

Mr. Boomer to you Nik, as my good friend used to say, "everyone is open to their own wrong opinion" and seeing you are never wrong, I guess you have already achieved Godhead status.

This reminds me that there?s 3 sides to every story, yours, mine and the truth. This has nothing to do with anything other than to plug my favourite Extreme CD

Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you

EVERYBODY!!!!!

Wrong album man

Hmm, so it is.  This is what I get for trusting memory instead of verifying with Google.  Warheads then?

 

[Zee]

I think I made my point about free speech yesterday.

Yes, and it betrayed a complete and total lack of understanding as to what free speech is, either as a charter right or a concept. Cherry was fired by a private company. This has nothing to do with anyone's charter rights.

Cherry should have not been allowed on air without some assessment of what he was going to say.

Again, who cares? The issue is whether or not they reacted appropriately this week.

What I find is our society is being homogenized where any personality of any kind is being scrubbed out.

Ok boomer.

Mr. Boomer to you Nik, as my good friend used to say, "everyone is open to their own wrong opinion" and seeing you are never wrong, I guess you have already achieved Godhead status.

This reminds me that there?s 3 sides to every story, yours, mine and the truth. This has nothing to do with anything other than to plug my favourite Extreme CD

Saying I love you
Is not the words I want to hear from you

EVERYBODY!!!!!

Wrong album man

Hmm, so it is.  This is what I get for trusting memory instead of verifying with Google.  Warheads then?

Bingo!

 

[Zee]

Part of the protesting "throng" of people.