Posted on 01/12/2021 10:20:05 AM PST by Red Badger
Progressives relish the death of free speech because it allows them to silence opposing arguments that are difficult to refute and facts that undermine their narrative. However, the monster they have unleashed will devour all and sundry, them eventually included. We now live in a country where anyone can be destroyed at any time for saying anything deemed afterward to be politically incorrect. Since political correctness is a totalitarian ideology, this applies to every corner of society. For example, an offhand remark by a sports announcer can result in cancelation:
Nearly five months after drawing criticism for making a sexist comment while broadcasting a game, Mike Milbury is out at NBC Sports, the network confirmed.
Prior to his cancelation, Milbury announced hockey games.
Presenting the thought crime that wrecked his career:
After play-by-play man John Forslund said, “If you think about it, [the bubble is] a terrific environment with regard to — if you enjoy playing and enjoy being with your teammates for long periods of time, it’s a perfect place,” Milbury replied, “Not even any women here to disrupt your concentration.’’
That’s all it takes.
The next day, the NHL issued a statement criticizing Milbury’s remark, saying the league “condemns the insensitive and insulting comment that Mike Milbury made during last night’s broadcast and we have communicated our feelings to NBC. The comment did not reflect the NHL’s values and commitment to making our game more inclusive and welcoming to all.” …
As we learned while watching ballplayers kneel to Black Lives Matter rioters as they looted stores, set fire to police stations, and tore down statues of the Founding Fathers, no bastion of the liberal establishment is more militant than professional sports.
Milbury promptly issued an apology, but this was futile, as usual.
If you enjoy old movies, get them on DVD. Half the dialog in anything made early enough to be worth watching would now qualify as wrongthink. It is only a matter of time before everything from the unwoke past is erased.
Soon even liberals will realize that they don’t like living in a country where you constantly have to walk on eggshells and can never speak naturally. By then it will be too late — if it isn’t too late already. Repression has a mind of its own.
On a tip from Wiggins.
he was a lousy GM, the man traded away a young Zdeno Chara and Roberto Luongo,
Old timers no bellyfeel Newspeak.
So now we have to pretend that men don’t notice attractive women? Good grief. Maybe we should ban all cosmetics and hair salons and require women to wear burkas so that women won’t try to attract the attention of men.
Agreed—folks need to buy printed versions of their favorite books, DVDs of their favorite TV shows.
They will either be banned or “edited”—count on it.
Fahrenheit 451.......................
Coming soon—the left will require all women dress like they did in Communist China—baggy mono-chrome clothes that prove their obedience to The Party.
Whether he was or not, he should not lose his job and livelihood over an innocent remark.......................
Oh, what he said is so wrong on so many levels. Men shouldn’t objectify women by finding them attractive. And his comment doesn’t take into account any homosexual players, who wouldn’t be distracted by women in the first place. Sexist. Homophobic. Disgusting. /s
And what about trannys? Don’t forget them!.........................
See? This just points out my own failings, blindness, and bigotry. I should be banned.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell................................
Well, YouTube has plenty of vintage games on, complete with fewer helmets, more organ music, and other things that made the game so much better during the 1960s to ‘80s era.
Soon even liberals will realize that they don’t like living in a country where you constantly have to walk on eggshells and can never speak naturally. By then it will be too late — if it isn’t too late already. Repression has a mind of its own.
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Most liberals won’t have to worry about it. They are above the laws and not subject to repression. They are the ruling class.
Hire Don Cherry, that’ll show them.
We are in a media drought I expect nonsensical news going forward.Like favorite ice cream flavor.
He is an old, white guy.
Yes... bring Don Cherry back!!
This started with Brian Williams, Charlie Rose, Matt Lauer, etc. and now it's going one round further. Television is not going to reverse its decline.
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