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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He's an 85 year old, outspoken man that was given a nationwide platform for decades because a lot of Canadians liked his brash takes. If he's always been a raging xenophobe what was the difference two weeks ago before these comments? Why was he allowed to be on the air all these decades being a raging xenophobe as you say? This is what happens when you give a person like this a big stage and really HNIC and RSN should be held accountable as this was a ticking time bomb as Cherry has been offending people for years and it was just a matter of when he was going to offend a larger portion of the population. They milk the guy for viewership and then cast him aside and wipe their hands clean like they had nothing to do with it.
To be clear I am no Don Cherry fan. The one plus of RSN getting the NHL rights at the time to me was that they had the opportunity to finally put Cherry and MacLean out to pasture. But in the name or ratings RSN kept them around. It's just sad that so many people are piling on an 85 year old man like this. How many people here have heard their grandparents say something that has probably not been politically correct but we just pretend we didn't hear it and accept it because we say to ourselves they grew up in a different era? He's an 85 year old man that has been milked for TV ratings and shouldn't have been on TV in the first place. I don't mind agreeing with him being let go but some of the comments here have been in pretty bad taste IMO.
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nothing changed in the past 2 weeks. I believe SN have looked for an opportunity to can him for a while and he giftwrapped it for them.
But yeah, I do think he's always been a raging xenophobe. Look, Iim 'm not going to pretend I fully understand Cherrys impact on Canada as a whole and I'm not going to take away anything from that. I'm just offering an outside perspective, and yeah, that whole "good old Canadian boys vs soft Euros" was a good example ot xenophobic BS.
Maybe people are going to say "he's 85 and he is what he is". Fine, but then maybe it's time to not give him that kind of platform anymore. He's been given an ultra long leash for a long time just because he's Don Cherry ... anybody else would have been let go much earlier for much less.
Again, not taking anything from him. Being active in the community, supporting veterans and troops, supporting emeegency services ... all fine and dandy, he just shouldn't be given that kind of TV platform anymore. I've always (granted, from afar) viewed Canada as a diverse and progressive country. I can't think of a TV personality more at odds with that than Don Cherry.