Shady Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Sportsnet dismisses broadcaster Damian GoddardTORONTO — On-air host Damian Goddard is no longer part of Rogers Sportsnet following a controversial tweet on Tuesday. Goddard supported hockey agent Todd Reynolds’ anti-gay marriage stance on Tuesday. Reynolds spoke out against New York Rangers forward Sean Avery and his public service announcement which supported gay marriage. Vancouver Sun This story has lawsuit written all over it. Quote
Remiel Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Mr. Goddard was a freelance contractor and in recent weeks it had become clear that he is not the right fit for our organization. Bolding mine, obviously. Contractors are generally in a poor position when it comes to this sort of thing. Quote
BubberMiley Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 I didn't realize Rogers was both leftist and Fascist. (Seems like conservatives are the only ones around here allowed to call people fascist anymore. If I were Jack Weber, I'd be P.O.'d.) Quote "I think it's fun watching the waldick get all excited/knickers in a knot over something." -scribblet
Moonlight Graham Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 "fascism" completely misused for the sake of shock value strikes again. Quote "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain Partisanship is a disease of the intellect.
scribblet Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Geez, it's amazing how freedom of speech has eroded, twits should be careful about their tweets from now on - Orwell would be proud. Quote Hey Ho - Ontario Liberals Have to Go - Fight Wynne - save our province
BubberMiley Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Geez, it's amazing how freedom of speech has eroded, twits should be careful about their tweets from now on - Orwell would be proud. How come it's a freedom of speech issue when you agere with the person and an issue of taking responsibility for one's statements when you disagree? Quote "I think it's fun watching the waldick get all excited/knickers in a knot over something." -scribblet
Shwa Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Geez, it's amazing how freedom of speech has eroded, twits should be careful about their tweets from now on - Orwell would be proud. Freedom of speech that is likely regulated by contract. It seems many firms have rules and limits to employee expression on social (i.e. public) networks. Quote
Black Dog Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 The problem with freedom of speech is that it allows lackwits like the OP to take giant shits all over the English language with threads like these. It's funny how right-wingers always fancy themselves hard-eyed realists, yet they seem blissfully ignorant of the real world limitations on everyday speech that are put in place, not by the lefty PC police, but calculating capitalists in boardrooms. Quote
BubberMiley Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Freedom of speech that is likely regulated by contract. It seems many firms have rules and limits to employee expression on social (i.e. public) networks. Of course they do. And scribblet/shady wouldn't have a problem with that if it were something scriblet/shady agreed with. That would be private business controlling its message, which is perfectly within its rights. But as soon as it's something scriblet/shady disagrees with, then they're anti-freedom of speech fascists. Pathetic, really. Quote "I think it's fun watching the waldick get all excited/knickers in a knot over something." -scribblet
Shwa Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 The problem with freedom of speech is that it allows lackwits like the OP to take giant shits all over the English language with threads like these. It's funny how right-wingers always fancy themselves hard-eyed realists, yet they seem blissfully ignorant of the real world limitations on everyday speech that are put in place, not by the lefty PC police, but calculating capitalists in boardrooms. Pretty much; and to be fair, not only calculating capitalists, but also scheming bureaucrats in government and private corporations; political parties, etc. There are all kinds of limits to expression in all kinds and types of contracts. The public has only a few restrictions on public expression, thus Goddard wasn't fired by "the public." Quote
Black Dog Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Personally I want to see Shady put his money where his mouth is: next time he's in a meeting (I'm going out on a limb here and assuming he has a job) he should stand up and call his boss a cocksucker. Then, as he's escorted out of the building, he can rail against the leftist fascists in the PC police. Quote
MiddleClassCentrist Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Troll. Shady is another example of how conservatives are less educated. Fascism is an extreme right wing trait. Communism is an extreme left wing trait. Totalitarianism is what he is talking about, the extreme of being Authoritarian. Quote Ideology does not make good policy. Good policy comes from an analysis of options, comparison of options and selection of one option that works best in the current situation. This option is often a compromise between ideologies.
Shady Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Posted May 20, 2011 he should stand up and call his boss a cocksucker. Then, as he's escorted out of the building, he can rail against the leftist fascists in the PC police. It's funny that you think this comparison is apt! Quote
Shady Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Posted May 20, 2011 Shady is another example of how conservatives are less educated. Fascism is an extreme right wing trait. Communism is an extreme left wing trait. Totalitarianism is what he is talking about, the extreme of being Authoritarian. It's funny that you people still don't understand satire and mockery. Quote
Shady Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Posted May 20, 2011 That would be private business controlling its message, which is perfectly within its rights. Except that's not what Sportsnet said was the reason he was fired. Quote
Pliny Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 It's funny how right-wingers always fancy themselves hard-eyed realists, yet they seem blissfully ignorant of the real world limitations on everyday speech that are put in place, not by the lefty PC police, but calculating capitalists in boardrooms. Lefty PC police are about the public and the law, calculating capitalists are not about regulating "public" speech. Since Rogers is a media outlet I find this type of politically correct social engineering problematic. If it had an open policy of supporting the left wing there wouldn't be a problem whatsoever but it doesn't claim to be left wing and that allows some to argue the media is not biased to the left. Quote I want to be in the class that ensures the classless society remains classless.
Shwa Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Except that's not what Sportsnet said was the reason he was fired. Then, according to the article as to what Sportsnet said, why would you post that there is a lawsuit to be had? Or were you just being satirical with that comment? Quote
Black Dog Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Lefty PC police are about the public and the law, calculating capitalists are not about regulating "public" speech. Since Rogers is a media outlet I find this type of politically correct social engineering problematic. If it had an open policy of supporting the left wing there wouldn't be a problem whatsoever but it doesn't claim to be left wing and that allows some to argue the media is not biased to the left. Your premise is flawed. Here's a hint: the decision was not motivated by "left wing bias" or any other such bugbear. Quote
Black Dog Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 It's funny that you think this comparison is apt! It's not a comparison, dummy. Quote
Shady Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Posted May 20, 2011 It's not a comparison That's for sure! Quote
Shady Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Posted May 20, 2011 there are no words. Then don't say something so stupid and unrelated to the topic at hand. Quote
guyser Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Then don't say something so stupid and unrelated to the topic at hand. true......no one can beat you at that. Edited May 20, 2011 by guyser Quote
WIP Posted May 20, 2011 Report Posted May 20, 2011 Lefty PC police are about the public and the law, calculating capitalists are not about regulating "public" speech. Since Rogers is a media outlet I find this type of politically correct social engineering problematic. If it had an open policy of supporting the left wing there wouldn't be a problem whatsoever but it doesn't claim to be left wing and that allows some to argue the media is not biased to the left. You and Shady, and the whole host of rightwing pundits, broadcasters and blogger just feel free to make this shit up as you go along! Calling a corporation that deliberately seeks monopoly markets "left wing" means that terms: left wing and right wing have no meaningful relevance in the real world. They are just characters in rightwing dramatizations of real life. Real fascisms are totalitarian, authoritarian systems that use traditional cultural values and traditional levers of power in the society to exercise control of the population....and that makes them conservative and rightwing in any honest analysis of the problem: “When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving a cross,” attributed to Sinclair Lewis. Quote Anybody who believers exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist. -- Kenneth Boulding, 1973
Shady Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving a cross, attributed to Sinclair Lewis. Nope. It'll be smiley-faced fascism. You know the kind. You're part of it. The group that tells you what you can and cannot eat, what you can and cannot say, what you can and cannot drive, what lightbulbs you can use, what toilets you're allowed to flush, etc. Look in the mirror. Edited May 20, 2011 by Shady Quote
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