If people really think so, they should man up. It's as offensive as the "refs, you suck" chant.
It's just funny word-play on a name being similar to a female celebrity.
I don't disagree. Too many sensitive people.
If people really think so, they should man up. It's as offensive as the "refs, you suck" chant.
It's just funny word-play on a name being similar to a female celebrity.
I don't disagree. Too many sensitive people.
The biggest one by a wide margin for me was the Capitals no goal in game five. Changed the whole series.
Should have counted, Caps lose, series over.
Agreed, except when the name caller gets confronted.
If people really think so, they should man up. It's as offensive as the "refs, you suck" chant.
It's just funny word-play on a name being similar to a female celebrity.
So you're saying the Caps gave up for the next 7 periods?
So it would be just as hysterical if they had been chanting "Matthew Perry"?
It's insinuating that a hockey player has the qualities of - gasp! - a girl. If you don't see the inherent sexism in that (and based on your assertion that I, and others, should "man up", you clearly don't), then I don't know where to begin.
it was a harmless joke to try and knock Perry off his game, silly thing to get all huffy about imo. There is a reason there are no women in the NHL and it ain't because of their designated sex but rather their physiological makeup.
Some of the best hockey players I know happen to be female but after a certain point when the intensity turned up very few were able to raise their game to the level of everyone else around them or handle the increasing physicality when things got tough. (the ones who could ended up playing NCAA WD1, some winning national championships). I'm not saying that there will never be a woman in the NHL, but it would take a very special lady to get it done.
I still don't get the picture. Are you all just "getting it" for getting it's sake?
Agreed, except when the name caller gets confronted.
So it would be just as hysterical if they had been chanting "Matthew Perry"?
It's insinuating that a hockey player has the qualities of - gasp! - a girl. If you don't see the inherent sexism in that (and based on your assertion that I, and others, should "man up", you clearly don't), then I don't know where to begin.
So it would be just as hysterical if they had been chanting "Matthew Perry"?
It's insinuating that a hockey player has the qualities of - gasp! - a girl. If you don't see the inherent sexism in that (and based on your assertion that I, and others, should "man up", you clearly don't), then I don't know where to begin.
I don't understand what your offended with.
Who says I'm offended? I'm just pointing out that calling someone a woman, with the insinuation that being a woman is "bad", is sexist. And I'm having a hell of a lot of fun watching you guys do mental gymnastics and contortions to try to save face and justify it not being sexist (while deflecting by suggesting that I'm "part of the PC brigade" and need not be listened to for it), rather than just admitting that it's sexist.
If you think it's funny, fine. If you want to chant along, go ahead. Hell, one of my favourite scenes in Scrubs is when Cox, unable to think of a girl's name to call JD, literally calls him "Girlsname". Yeah it's sexist, but it's also funny. I'm not in a glass house flinging rocks around. To quote Jake Peralta, "stuff can be two things". Just don't stick your head in the sand because a little critical thinking makes you uncomfortable.
Or likely she would have to be a goaltender. Not trying to be sexist at all. I apologize if it comes off that way. But I see no issue with a woman being able to play goalie at the NHL level. Playing the other positions could get a little rough, honestly. But I'll never say never. It could happen one day, and I wouldn't mind at all.
However all these people complaining that everyone is so pc or too sensitive are the most pathetic. NO BIGGER COWARD THAN THE ONE THAT COMPLAINS THAT OTHERS ARE COMPLAINING. Thats just a fact. Don't like what they are complaining about? Don't pay attention to them or don't change. The second you complain about people complaining you are the biggest coward in the room. its pathetic.
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For what it's worth, I agree with you.Who says I'm offended? I'm just pointing out that calling someone a woman, with the insinuation that being a woman is "bad", is sexist. And I'm having a hell of a lot of fun watching you guys do mental gymnastics and contortions to try to save face and justify it not being sexist (while deflecting by suggesting that I'm "part of the PC brigade" and need not be listened to for it), rather than just admitting that it's sexist.
In isolation, a case can be made that it isn't sexist. But in context, can we really doubt that it is? A very common way to insult a player, especially when that player is not seen as tough or aggressive, is to turn their name feminine. Cindy Crosby, and so on.I don't think the chant is inherently sexist. IMO, the "If his last name were Bieber" argument does have merit. However, Bettman gave a tactless answer in which he basically presented every argument why the chant was sexist. Therein lies the problem.
Dude was warned. He was smug and should have had his jaw broken.
I don't care that people complain that people are offended by their offensive comments but when they get the **** kicked out of them for it, its a ****ing miracle how fast they tuck tail.
I don't understand why people are giving you a hard time.Who says I'm offended? I'm just pointing out that calling someone a woman, with the insinuation that being a woman is "bad", is sexist. And I'm having a hell of a lot of fun watching you guys do mental gymnastics and contortions to try to save face and justify it not being sexist (while deflecting by suggesting that I'm "part of the PC brigade" and need not be listened to for it), rather than just admitting that it's sexist.
If you think it's funny, fine. If you want to chant along, go ahead. Hell, one of my favourite scenes in Scrubs is when Cox, unable to think of a girl's name to call JD, literally calls him "Girlsname". Yeah it's sexist, but it's also funny. I'm not in a glass house flinging rocks around. To quote Jake Peralta, "stuff can be two things". Just don't stick your head in the sand because a little critical thinking makes you uncomfortable.