What surprises me is the difficulty understanding Ron Maclean's place in this picture. Ron was listening and processing his own stuff...waiting for his moment to speak, listening to his Producer in his ear, and in that instant of Cherry-speak there was no time to process for reaction (or better: response).
He was as surprised as the rest of us. Few people can reasonably manage to react/respond to something like that in the blink of an eye - which is about all the time he had.
Rogers Sportsnet/CBC was surprised at the lack of the 7-second delay that was no more (it was removed in 2007).
Rogers Sportsnet/CBC *still* aired the segment on ALL other broadcasts. And no-one is slamming them.
What Maclean said the next day was prepared. What he said last night was not...and should not have been. It was the honest expression of a stunned friend that his pal of 38 years - likely from before some posters here were born - could do something so absolutely, positively stupid, in public, and without apology. (For that lack of apology alone, Cherry should have been terminated.)
I'm fed up to the eyeteeth with all things PC, SJW etc. but pure expressions of bigotry have no place being aired on a public broadcast (CBC or anyone else) in a country that welcomes all. Hopefully.
Then again, maybe I'm just an old guy yelling at clouds. (D'accord Boomer?)
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