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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Re: poll results
Basically 50/50 at this point. What he said was offensive. But I don’t expect an 85 year old to be “woke”.
Deserved better than to be fired on Remembrance Day, if for no other reason than his demonstrated support for the armed forces. Will always wonder what he would have said given a week to think about it and appear on 1 more Saturday Coach’s corner.
Guess I’m not the only one.
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Why are a few posters feeling so hot to trot about the poll numbers, as some sort of “vindication” for their views? I posted this on the 11th, when there was already hundreds of posts on the subject, and it remains true now:
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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
And "the whole nation piles on"? We can barely get a majority consensus on this message board, but it's the whole nation?
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All this silliness about people being “silent” or “going along with the crowd.” It rings a bit too victim-complex or self-important for me. I think it’s been pretty clear in this thread that the majority believed what he said was wrong, but there was no consensus for his firing.
I voted no. I think it’s silly to fire someone over that, but I also understand the context, so the firing really doesn’t bother me. I feel no vindication knowing 50% agree with me, considering how embarrassing some of the defences have been.