[yesthatjallen]

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[Lowell1775]

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Reds announcer Thom Brennaman removed from broadcast after hot mic catches homophobic slur
The Hill ^ | 08 19 2020 | Marina Pitofsky

Posted on 8/19/2020, 11:23:17 PM by yesthatjallen

[American Infidel]

Perhaps he was referring to the number of smokers in KC. He simply used the British synonym for cigarette. What's the big deal?

In all seriousness, we have to move beyond this permanent ostracizing of people for using a word that is deemed offensive.

Do we really want to live in a society where people are 'wished into the cornfield' and deemed unable to ever make a living again over uttering a word? How about just issuing an apology, making a donation to a charity and moving on?

On the flip side of this; an actual elected official in Minnesota can show up in a suburban neighborhood with a bullhorn outside of the home of a police union chief and use threatening, racial invective towards him, his family and towards all of the white residents in the town with no consequences whatsoever.