OHLTG
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I've heard multiple stories about guys on various social sites, not just Tinder. It's an underlying issue in society that makes the general male population look horrible.
I've heard multiple stories about guys on various social sites, not just Tinder. It's an underlying issue in society that makes the general male population look horrible.
Oh there are plenty of them. Made me feel bad for the good guys that I know do exist.
Oh there are plenty of them. Made me feel bad for the good guys that I know do exist.
I'm not trying to be all women's power here or anything, I realize that there are girls that are shallow and go for hockey players just for the status. They make good honest girls look bad. However, without actually knowing the girls involved in this story, no one can really make a judgement as to their intentions. Not that their intention is really relevant, IMO no one deserves to ever have insults hurled at them, especially when it comes from a belief of entitlement or status over the victim. How is this any different than disparaging comments a player would make to a teammate/fan/opponent regarding their race, religion or family's wealth? It's not!
Yes, I can make judgements on their intentions because screen caps of the conversations found their way to the league office when the conversations didn't go as well as they hoped. Intentions are pretty clear, this is a blatant stab at wounding two men's careers. In my 40 years I've had far too many uncomfortable, disagreeable conversations to count. You know what I do? I stop talking to the and go on with my life. These players didn't commit a crime, they had text conversations on their private cell phones where they insulted some girls. Whoop de doo! For some reason in todays era of social justice and hypocrisy that is now reason to derail a career? Come on, time to put on the big girl pants, get over the fact you were called a few names and move on with your quest to find a hockey player to date who won't be an asswipe to you. We need to stop policing how people think, there's more important problems in the world than a couple of princesses who were called names by a hockey player. Grow up.
Yes, I can make judgements on their intentions because screen caps of the conversations found their way to the league office when the conversations didn't go as well as they hoped. Intentions are pretty clear, this is a blatant stab at wounding two men's careers. In my 40 years I've had far too many uncomfortable, disagreeable conversations to count. You know what I do? I stop talking to the and go on with my life. These players didn't commit a crime, they had text conversations on their private cell phones where they insulted some girls. Whoop de doo! For some reason in todays era of social justice and hypocrisy that is now reason to derail a career? Come on, time to put on the big girl pants, get over the fact you were called a few names and move on with your quest to find a hockey player to date who won't be an asswipe to you. We need to stop policing how people think, there's more important problems in the world than a couple of princesses who were called names by a hockey player. Grow up.
Yes, I can make judgements on their intentions because screen caps of the conversations found their way to the league office when the conversations didn't go as well as they hoped. Intentions are pretty clear, this is a blatant stab at wounding two men's careers. In my 40 years I've had far too many uncomfortable, disagreeable conversations to count. You know what I do? I stop talking to the and go on with my life. These players didn't commit a crime, they had text conversations on their private cell phones where they insulted some girls. Whoop de doo! For some reason in todays era of social justice and hypocrisy that is now reason to derail a career? Come on, time to put on the big girl pants, get over the fact you were called a few names and move on with your quest to find a hockey player to date who won't be an asswipe to you. We need to stop policing how people think, there's more important problems in the world than a couple of princesses who were called names by a hockey player. Grow up.
Yes, I can make judgements on their intentions because screen caps of the conversations found their way to the league office when the conversations didn't go as well as they hoped. Intentions are pretty clear, this is a blatant stab at wounding two men's careers. In my 40 years I've had far too many uncomfortable, disagreeable conversations to count. You know what I do? I stop talking to the and go on with my life. These players didn't commit a crime, they had text conversations on their private cell phones where they insulted some girls. Whoop de doo! For some reason in todays era of social justice and hypocrisy that is now reason to derail a career? Come on, time to put on the big girl pants, get over the fact you were called a few names and move on with your quest to find a hockey player to date who won't be an you. We need to stop policing how people think, there's more important problems in the world than a couple of princesses who were called names by a hockey player. Grow up.
Blaming the victims. Lovely.
How dare they not expect to be verbally abused?
Honest to ****...
Exactly.Charlie some people's point of view is unchangeable when they are set in their ways.It has nothing to do with the careers of hockey players. Only one percent make it in hockey. It's about having an established moral code that each player agrees to follow. The players that got nailed were used as an example to send a message to the rest of the league that this kind of abuse will not be tolerated with in the league. Next time I would bet a player will be banned at least a season. The league gets painted with enough black eyes and it's nice to see them react to these issues in a proper manner.
We aren't policing the way people think....last time I checked we can't read people's thoughts. It's when people act on and verbalize those thoughts that other people get involved. Hell I've had lots of thoughts about you from this discussion but I'm not about to go on some meaningless rant at you and throw out a bunch of insults. It's not worth it, you are so obviously missing the moral issue at hand.
Ask Donald Sterling how his private conversation full of nasty words ended. With him losing his NBA team.
It's kind of pathetic to suggest that the girls should just accept being called the names they are, because they were on a dating site.
misogyny is not a crime.
These princesses are just want some of that luscious attention for themselves and it doesn't apply here, sorry it doesnt'.
Of course not, and these players aren't in jail. They were suspended from playing a game. A little perspective is a good thing.
Yes, every girl grows up dreaming of being called disgusting names and verbally abused. I'm pretty sure that's page 32 of the girls handbook, right below "dress like a tramp and you deserve to get *****".
You can try to justify it all you like. Doesn't change the fact that these two players acted like *******s. Did the league come down hard on them? You bet. Will the next player choose to act like that? Bet not. The players brought the OHL into the conversation, not the girls.
I've heard multiple stories about guys on various social sites, not just Tinder. It's an underlying issue in society that makes the general male population look horrible.
Jsavoire: The difference is the guys who acted like jerks are, like it or not, representatives of the teams they play for. As such, they're held to a higher standard(Charles Barkley's "I am not a role model" statement notwithstanding).
Just one more thing: As to your last sentence, the next person that comes out of the closet in major junior hockey will be the first.
In all honesty when I look back into my past (turning 60 this yr) I can honestly say that at no time in my life would I ever think of talking this way to a person let alone a woman. I suspect that's the case with a vast majority of us and any code of conduct is just needed for ones who just missed out on some evolution gene.Code of conduct doesn't even need to exist. In the real world you don't need a code of conduct to deal with someone representing your company who is being an asshat. Common sense should tell you that when you're driving the company van that you don't flip the bird to someone and when you are in the public eye (like an OHL player) you don't make derogatory comments.
Read a couple of the above and realize people have moved into the future. The dinosaurs have left the building.I'm a bit late but this suspension was a bit over the top.