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eddiememphis
11-11-2019, 16:31
https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/28059815/hockey-icon-don-cherry-fired-immigrant-comments

He thinks people should honor fallen soldiers. What a fool.

Maybe he should have done it in blackface?
Bailey Guns
11-11-2019, 16:59
It's odd how certain freedoms...speech, for example...are only extended to certain people who believe a certain way.
TFOGGER
11-11-2019, 17:26
Sounds like he's 85, and has zero fucks to give. You may or may not agree with him, but I certainly respect him sticking to his position, consequences be damned. Maybe he can get a deal with Nike...
Bailey Guns
11-11-2019, 17:34
Agree with him or not, why is what he said offensive, but what Colin Kaepernick says and does in terms of dishonoring a country not offensive? It's offensive as hell to me. Of course, I'm part of the demographic that nobody gives a fuck about offending.

Fuckin' liberals.
eddiememphis
11-11-2019, 18:15
Well, it IS Canada...

They have prosecuted comedians for arguing with hecklers under "hate speech" laws.
WETWRKS
11-11-2019, 18:18
It is also Canada. They don?t have our free speech rights. The government there sensors the news and shows on a level we have never seen but that Obama tried to achieve.

All said...he is right.
spqrzilla
11-11-2019, 18:54
If you think Canada has less free speech than we do, just wait.
Bailey Guns
11-11-2019, 19:45
I know it's Canada. But the same thing happens here all the time.
enfield
11-11-2019, 20:15
disappointing to see his long-time broadcast partner Ron MacLean grovel and issue the standard BS apologies to the PC crowd.
Ridge
11-13-2019, 06:54
It's odd how certain freedoms...speech, for example...are only extended to certain people who believe a certain way.

They only protect you from government retribution. A company can still fire you if they think you're hurting their brand.
BushMasterBoy
11-13-2019, 14:05
OMG they lost their Cherry.
Bailey Guns
11-13-2019, 15:09
They only protect you from government retribution. A company can still fire you if they think you're hurting their brand.

I'm referring to speech in a general sense. Not in a Constitutionally protected way.
iego
11-13-2019, 19:14
I used to hang around in high school a bit with his son, Tim Cherry, when they lived here in Denver. Never knew the Dad, not in touch since then with the son, but still, lol. I guess I had an idea his Dad was famous, but had no idea what Hockey was back then.

-John