The "Complain About ESPN" Thread

[state of hockey]

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I have no problem with poking fun at someone about their faith, thus this meme is funny to me and so would the hypothetical one. But, actually being MAD about it seems odd to me.

[unofan]

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Would it be viewed that way in the media as a whole though? Hell no.

Of course, since most reporters are nominally christian, as are most people in this country, it's kind of a "we can mock it because we are one" kind of thing. That it happens to involve the majority instead of the minority is, well, too bad for Tebow.

Also, if a Muslim starred in a Super Bowl ad, wore eye black with verses from the Koran on it, proseltyzed generally, and started praying towards Mecca during the game...well, I bet he would get mocked.

[WeWantMore]

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I have no problem with poking fun at someone about their faith, thus this meme is funny to me and so would the hypothetical one. But, actually being MAD about it seems odd to me.

Of course, since most reporters are nominally christian, as are most people in this country, it's kind of a "we can mock it because we are one" kind of thing. That it happens to involve the majority instead of the minority is, well, too bad for Tebow.

Also, if a Muslim starred in a Super Bowl ad, wore eye black with verses from the Koran on it, proseltyzed generally, and started praying towards Mecca during the game...well, I bet he would get mocked.

To be clear, I have no problem with the mockery of Tebow, or this hypothetical player.

Simply making the point that we would see a whole lot more hand wringing over the latter case.

[Priceless]

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I have no problem with poking fun at someone about their faith, thus this meme is funny to me and so would the hypothetical one. But, actually being MAD about it seems odd to me.

Of all the things that bother me, Tebow ranks pretty low. There are plenty of things to get more upset about (like the Patriots lack of a pass defense).

[bronconick]

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I thought this article raised some interesting points.

What if the NFL had a Muslim quarterback, and people mocked him by miming praying to Mecca? Bet that's not funny, right?

On the other hand, like the article says, that hypothetical quarterback probably doesn't have the ardent batch of defenders Tebow has either.

I dunno, does this hypothetical muslim QB's act of publically praying to Mecca become an internet meme where people take pictures of themselves praying in the middle of McDonalds that the media hypes up?

[bigblue_dl]

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I think South Park needs to do a MuslimTebow episode.

[bigmrg74]

I think South Park needs to do a MuslimTebow episode.

That could be epic.

[zamboni crash-test dummy]

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[NMU8405]

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[FlagDUDE08]

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They showed the champagne party celebrating the NBA lockout being over on The Ocho.

[St. Clown]

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They showed the champagne party celebrating the NBA lockout being over on The Ocho.

There was an NBA lockout?

[bronconick]

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"LSU-Alabama will be the first ever rematch of a regular season game for a title."- Repeated multiple times last night on ESPN.

Good, I always wished that the 1997 Sugar Bowl had only been a nightmare.

[SteveP]

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There was an NBA lockout?

What is this 'NBA' you speak of?

[MountieBoyOz]

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The sound you hear is Gary Bettman jumping out of a window.

[joecct]

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The sound you hear is Gary Bettman jumping out of a window.

But stock in tattoo parlors just doubled.