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Nice Planet IX: Oh that's just GREAT...

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Spartanforlife4 said:
The Rockets tweeted "Just close your eyes, it'll all be over soon" with emojis of a horse and a gun, obviously in the context of a horse being put down.
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Obviously that's not the only way to take it and a couple small emoji's are hardly mitigators.
 
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Foxton said:
Obviously that's not the only way to take it and a couple small emoji's are hardly mitigators.
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Over-reaction, in my eyes. I thought it was funny.

It's people like her who think me saying "Go make me a sandwich" is sexist. It's not. It's elitist. I'm better than you, therefore you should serve me. There is no gender indication in the statement.
 
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Brenthoven said:
Over-reaction, in my eyes. I thought it was funny.
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That's nice for you. Firing was an overreaction but people have been fired for less and in far less public roles.
It's people like her who think me saying "Go make me a sandwich" is sexist. It's not. It's elitist. I'm better than you, therefore you should serve me. There is no gender indication in the statement.
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You're not taking it back you little porch monkey. That's part of a longstanding tradition of sexist statements and you're smart enough to know better than to say it's just some dominance thing.
 
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Foxton said:
That's nice for you. Firing was an overreaction but people have been fired for less and in far less public roles.

You're not taking it back you little porch monkey. That's part of a longstanding tradition of sexist statements and you're smart enough to know better than to say it's just some dominance thing.
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I've always used it as an elitist statement. All my friends have always used it as such.

And I agree on the view of those being fired for lesser offenses, and I don't agree with that, either.
 
Foxton said:
That's nice for you. Firing was an overreaction but people have been fired for less and in far less public roles.

You're not taking it back you little porch monkey. That's part of a longstanding tradition of sexist statements and you're smart enough to know better than to say it's just some dominance thing.
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I guess I just read it and saw the emojis and didn't think much of it. Not sure how it'd be construed as rape humor, is it a movie quote or something?

Anyhow I think Toni Mac does a good job in regards to highlighting issues with sexism especially when it comes to hockey culture. Just not sure I see where she's coming from here.
 
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trixR4kids said:
I guess I just read it and saw the emojis and didn't think much of it. Not sure how it'd be construed as rape humor, is it a movie quote or something?

Anyhow I think Toni Mac does a good job in regards to highlighting issues with sexism especially when it comes to hockey culture. Just not sure I see where she's coming from here.
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Without emojis, apparently (I stress this), the whole "it'll soon be over" is a rape situation cliche, so therefore when ANYONE says this, it's obvious that it's a rape-culture statement.
 
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Wait, gawker/kinja thinks something harmless is violently sexist or racist?!?

I'm shocked. SHOCKED!!

Gawker/kinja is everything that is wrong with the intarwebs right after twitter and comment sections.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Wait, gawker/kinja thinks something harmless is violently sexist or racist?!?

I'm shocked. SHOCKED!!

Gawker/kinja is everything that is wrong with the intarwebs right after twitter and comment sections.
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You are a white male. Your opinion is obviously biased in some way, shape, or form. ;)
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Wait, gawker/kinja thinks something harmless is violently sexist or racist?!?

I'm shocked. SHOCKED!!

Gawker/kinja is everything that is wrong with the intarwebs right after twitter and comment sections.
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No. Gawker/Kinja is saying it's not racist, violent, or sexist... for once. Mainly because Jezebel hasn't gotten their hands on it yet.

And the Deadspin comment section is one of the best parts of the Internet. The other comment sections on Gawker, on the other hand, are what's wrong with the interwebs.
 
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Spartanforlife4 said:
No. Gawker/Kinja is saying it's not racist, violent, or sexist... for once. Mainly because Jezebel hasn't gotten their hands on it yet.

And the Deadspin comment section is one of the best parts of the Internet. The other comment sections on Gawker, on the other hand, are what's wrong with the interwebs.
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Ok. Now I'm legitimately shocked.
 
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Foxton said:
That's nice for you. Firing was an overreaction but people have been fired for less and in far less public roles.

You're not taking it back you little porch monkey. That's part of a longstanding tradition of sexist statements and you're smart enough to know better than to say it's just some dominance thing.
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The most surprising thing to me is this guy was fired for doing this in Texas. When in the heck did Texas become politically correct, or making jokes about shooting things result in termination? Just surprised the guy wasn't promoted.
 
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SJHovey said:
The most surprising thing to me is this guy was fired for doing this in Texas. When in the heck did Texas become politically correct, or making jokes about shooting things result in termination? Just surprised the guy wasn't promoted.
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Texas is fairly liberal in Austin, DFW, Houston, and San Antonio. Three of which have NBA teams :)

Put another way, Minneapolis and Austin had nearly the same percentage of voters go for Obama.
 
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So if I quote Teddy "KGB" from Rounders and say "Don't worry son, it will all be over soon..." I am now making a rape joke? Who knew...

The over use of outrage just numbs the masses to the true outrages in this world. Its like people who call everyone they disagree with a nazi, makes it kind of tough to see the real nazis.
 
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Handyman said:
So if I quote Teddy "KGB" from Rounders and say "Don't worry son, it will all be over soon..." I am now making a rape joke? Who knew...

The over use of outrage just numbs the masses to the true outrages in this world. Its like people who call everyone they disagree with a nazi, makes it kind of tough to see the real nazis.
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Pretty much sums up what I was thinking. We live in such a silly, idiotic world.
 
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