[Igottago]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Isn't part of it scale as well? Ya he showed insensitivity and made some stupid generalizations. And his conclusions were wrong.

But fire him over this where perhaps its a 2/10 on the offensive meter?

A fundamental facet of the outrage culture we live in today is the piling on/snowball effect.

I rolled my eyes at his comments when I saw the segment. But log on to the internet two hours later and you would conclude Cherry was a skinhead Nazi who had clearly demanded that Canada close its borders to immigration.

I'd put it higher on the scale, but I do agree with your last point. I am very critical of what he said, but I stop short of the "he has to get fired!!!" brigade on twitter. I think people deserve a chance to see where they've made errors, or to clarify the point they were trying to make if they simply fumbled the delivery.