The commentators have nothing to apologize for. Johnny Weir has done more to reinforce the stereotypes about men's figure skating at one Olympics than all his fruity predecessors combined.
Posted on 02/21/2010 4:37:36 AM PST by Loyalist
MONTREAL - A Quebec gay rights group plans to file a complaint Monday with the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council over comments made at the Olympics by two announcers on French-language sports channel RDS.
The Quebec council of gays and lesbians says it wants a public apology for remarks it deems homophobic from veteran sportscasters Claude Mailhot and Alain Goldberg earlier this week.
The remarks came during an RDS Olympic broadcast of the men's figure skating competition.
Mailhot, a former provincial assistant deputy minister, and Goldberg, were discussing the skating of Johnny Weir, the flamboyant 23-year-old and three -time U.S. champion .
"This may not be politically correct," Mailhot said during the segment, in which Weir, who is known for his extravagant performances and fashion flair, was shown sporting a semi-sheer, pink-and-black costume he designed himself.
"But do you think he lost points due to his costume and his body language?"
Goldberg replied that Weir's feminine style may reflect badly on other male figure skaters.
"They'll think all the boys who skate will end up like him," he said. "It sets a bad example."
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In the earlier RDS coverage of Weir, Goldberg and Mailhot also brought up South African runner Caster Semenya, who was forced to undergo gender testing following her 2009 win at the world track and field championships in Germany.
"We should make him (Weir) pass a gender test at this point," Goldberg said, and Mailhot then jokingly suggested Weir should compete in the women's competition.
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The commentators have nothing to apologize for. Johnny Weir has done more to reinforce the stereotypes about men's figure skating at one Olympics than all his fruity predecessors combined.
Thank God for Evan Lysacek! Enough said!
Anyone who can consistently shove one's pee-pee up another's poo-poo must have a strong will and be incapable of puking one's guts out!
Shaking hands with satan will be the highlight of this pervert's life.
I thank God that I don’t let myself get bogged down by all the things that others say that might rub me the wrong way. Too bad more people cannot do the same. This whole “he offended me so he has to suffer” mentality got old long ago.
I thought it was your week to keep Eaker in the closet.
Yup.
This guy is the most effeminate “man” I have ever seen in any Olympics competition. Thank heavens he lost.
If there was evidence that male figure skaters were poofters, as Bill Engvall says, “Here’s your sign”.
On what planet is that?
Black on black murders are the most rampant murders in this country, a lot of it as a result of one black guy “disrespecting” another black guy. People lose promotions at work every day, because they have offended some boss or the other, who in turn are vindictive and hold back their promotions. The suggestion by you that the “he offended me so he has to suffer”, “got old long ago” is like living in fantasyland.
When Bill Maher,Keith Olbermann,and Bryant Gumble start apologizing for some of the things THEY say........
Can’t wait for the Bull Dyke skating competition.
They were nicer than I was watching that flamer. And I was just guessing when I wondered out loud if he designed “his” ridiculous outfit.
I bet it's probably safe to say that this particular gay group, was one of the shrill Canadian groups that regularly used to refer to Bush as Hitler and a murderer. The loony left are the most vicious name callers on the planet, but then go crying to mama over the slightest aspersion being cast on them. They can dish it out, but then can't take it.
Hey, “flamboyant” literally means “flaming”.
Free and open speech in a general sense means that for anything you say someone else has the right to say the opposite. This applies as long as what is said is not slanderous or specifically incites violence that can hurt people physically.
Your own hurt feelings or “outrage” or “offense” don’t count for squat. Those are your problem. Deal with them on your own time.
This is yet another lesson we have to re-teach the nation. In a hurry.
Of course this is going to result in the obvious good-natured ribbing about his gender / sexual oriention...
Links to a couple of the picture galleries on his online web site:
http://www.figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir/gallery_08sa.html
http://www.figureskatersonline.com/johnnyweir/gallery_09sfh.html
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