irishbucsfan wrote: » He completely dismisses a serious female journalist while laughing off the idea that a female would ask football tactics, then the next day he gets praised for his apology. His apology was literally him saying he had made a bad "word choice"... as if there are better words to say what he said. What an ass. I hope the Bucs destroy the Panthers.
Cam Newton wrote: “After careful thought, I understand that my word choice was extremely degrading and disrespectful to women. And to be honest, that was not my intentions. And if you are a person who took offense to what I said, I sincerely apologize to you. “I’m a man who tries to be a positive role model in my community and tries to use my platform to inspire others. And I ... take ownership to everything that comes with that. And what I did was extremely unacceptable. “I’m a father to two beautiful daughters, and at their age I try to instill in them that they can do and be anything that they want to be. The fact that during this whole process I’ve already lost sponsors and countless fans, I realize that the joke is really on me. “And I’ve learned a valuable lesson from this. “To the young people who see this, I hope that you’ve learned something from this as well. "Don’t be like me; be better than me. “To the reporters, to the journalists, to the moms, the supermoms, to the daughters, the sisters and the women all around the world, I sincerely apologize and hope that you can find the kindness in your heart to forgive me. Thank you.”
irishbucsfan wrote: » She might be the worst person in the history of the world, I doubt I'll ever encounter her again. But Cam is someone who should learn and turn it around and lead by example, it doesn't seem he's learned anything at all.
Bazzo wrote: » Maybe it's just me but if I gave a crap about Cam Newton or his views it would still annoy me that he initially apologised for his choice of words rather than his sentiment, and then went on to apologise for offending people, rather than just apologising for being a dick.
CatFromHue wrote: » Paul Howard was turned away from Spin, it's a radio station aimed at Dublin's youth for those not in the know, this morning as he writes for the IT! This is crazy stuff. I didn't even know that spin was owned by the same person/company who owned NT.
errlloyd wrote: » Also owns the Indo, Belfast Telegraph, Evening Herald and a stack of locals.
sydthebeat wrote: » It's another example of taking offence when none was offered. Pat didn't make comments about CF being a cause for higher rates of abortion. He asked a question, which is a HUGE difference.... And what he is paid to do. He at no point suggested that CF should be a reason someone would have an abortion, which is exactly the offence the 'eternally offended' took.
DGRulz wrote: » In a similar vein, someone in work yesterday pointed out to me that the Hook thing has been taken completely out of context so I went back and found what he actually said.
mfceiling wrote: » It really is reaching the stage of "if you don't agree with me then I will be offended by your different opinion". The old - just because you were offended doesn't always mean you were right.
Bazzo wrote: » Before I say anything let me just say I'm a million miles away from levelling this accusation at you, or anyone in this thread. The problem is that this argument along with phrases like "PC Brigade" are frequently used for people with overtly racist or otherwise deplorable opinions to justify themselves.
mfceiling wrote: » That's true enough but you are getting a lot of people who will call you out on anything if you have a different view than theirs regardless if they are right or wrong.
Interested Observer wrote: » I think Hook had an ok-ish point when he was just trying to suggest that people should look out for themselves and be careful. I should really look up the exact quotes here but when he said (not exactly) "is there no blame on the person for putting themselves in danger" and "should she be surprised when she goes back to a hotel that another man comes and rapes her", I really don't know how to take those comments in any other context than it's at least partly her own fault for getting raped.
Teferi wrote: » Likewise, this exact argument is used to silence moderates because nobody wants to be associated with racists. It's the curse of social media - create your very own personalised echo chamber where every single ridiculous opinion you hold is constantly reinforced by other eejits and then when you reach outside your bubble you are shocked to learn that the world isn't the same way as your bubble.
Teferi wrote: » Likewise, this exact argument is used to silence moderates because nobody wants to be associated with racists.
irishbucsfan wrote: » There is nothing moderate about wanting the right to be able to say extreme things without being criticised for it.
Zzippy wrote: » The ban on all IT journos is just a little bit silly...https://twitter.com/RossOCK/status/916254949394321408https://twitter.com/RossOCK/status/916256383493902341https://twitter.com/RossOCK/status/916257306333020162
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