Saturday, November 27, 2010

There's A Douche Part Two: Spector Returns

Less than three months after my rant about Sportsnet's Mark Spector being an ignorant racist douche, as if to prove my point and revive the flames of my anger, the currently-most-read CFL blogger and part-time sports journalist was at it again - this time not just dissing Quebecers, but adding a totally crazy comment I'm not even sure attacks just one race, which goes:
(In the CFL), there are entire receiving corps of white guys, for Pete’s sake. One of them — Saskatchewan’s — is maybe the best in the league!
Like, how imbalanced is the chemistry in his brain to even think about thinking that way? Who gives a shit what skin colour athletes are in the context of league play? A league that barely has eight teams and ran for years with two teams sporting the exact same name spelled differently?

But the man was into the subject of race - and perhaps the sole reason he even brought it up was to segue into his need to reiterate that one of the country's two founding peoples were too demanding for inferior folks:
Yet, faced with questions from the Francophone media over Alouettes complaints regarding their hotel and dressing room, Cohon switched into commissioner mode again.
He may have wanted to say, "Is anything ever good enough for you whiny Quebecers?" or, "My Gosh, do you divas EVER stop expecting preferential treatment?"
First, let's get this straight: the ''Francophone'' media asked a question regarding Alouettes' players complaints, who play in Edmonton  - where the Grey Cup game is being held this weekend - all year long and felt that this time, with the league taking care of accommodations, they are less comfortable this week in preparation for the season's most important game - the Final - than when they're in town for a regular-season game. That, perhaps, while they are in a hostile city (the crowd will, for sure, encourage the Western team), the other team is being treated with the respect Champions deserve. Oh, and the Als are the defending Champs.

Second, most Alouettes aren't Quebecers, they're American. And people of colour. Essentially, ''non-whites'' are asking for 'preferential treatment''... kinda feels like the 2008 U.S Presidential elections, when people were calling Barack Obama ''uppity''.

Jesus Christ, Spector. Look at a calendar. November. 27. 2010. Twenty-fucking-ten. They don't make people like you anymore, haven't in years; what fucked-up manufacturing plant are you from?

Mind you, I'm all for freedom of speech, I'm not asking for the douchebag to get fired. But since my freedom of speech also exists, I'm allowed to call him out on his bigotry. And, like most bigots, he justifies his reasoning with a vague (and false) sense of truth, right before going on on both tirades:
Just because it’s true, it doesn’t mean the commissioner can say it. And just because he can say it, it doesn’t mean it’s true.
In other words: the commissioner can't say these things in this PC-friendly era, so I have to. Because it's true.

Here's the truth, Spector: you are sick in the head. Every excuse, to you, is good enough to bash people for their race - especially Quebecers. Even when those who commit ''the actions'' aren't actually Quebecers, just representing a city full of them.

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