Probably wouldn’t. I don’t let words offend me very easily. It might have something to do with maturity, and just letting people have their own opinions without thinking they need to be silenced and/or punished.
You seem somewhat offended right now.
Never said he’s not representing the school to some degree. I think head coaches are far more in the representative role than a coordinator, but that’s beside the point. I’m saying he was hired to be a coach. If he’s doing a good job of doing his job, then don’t suspend or fire him. Tell him he’s not going to be doing interviews anymore, have a sit down with him and let him know the university doesn’t approve of that stance, and move on.
Not offended at all. Irritated with people that overreact to such stupid things. His comments have zero bearing on anything in life at all. Did he resurrect Hitler with his words? Did he openly support killing Jews? If you read what he actually said, what impact does that have on anyone at all? Fake outrage is all this is.
Fake outrage is very real. I'll give you that.
His ability to rally people to his side. That requires skills. That is undeniable. you need to be a good speaker, and you need to be convincing, to do what he did. I couldn’t get 10 people to march down the street with me to protect clean water. He rallied an entire military into supporting him, and then got them to do something horrendous. You can be an evil person, and still be good at what you do. His “leadership decisions” are not what was being praised. Just as the coach didn’t praise any specific decisions of Hitler, I can’t list any either. None of the decisions were good. The coach specifically noted what he was praising. I know what he meant. Definitely nothing to do with the holocaust. He was only praising the way Hitler was able to rally people to his side. Like I’ve stated a couple times already, I wouldn’t have said what the coach said. But I get what he meant. He said it wouldn’t be reviewed well, and he was totally right. People did what he predicted they would do, misunderstand and overreact. People do this all the time, they take a comment made by someone and put their own spin on it. It went from him saying Hitler rallied people around him well, to this coach is praising the killing of Jews. It went from me defending the coaches ability to say it without being suspended or fired, to I must be a white supremacist. I say it’s fake outrage, because this is outrage that didn’t have to exist. It was created from the twist that people have decided to put on the actual words of the coach (and myself).
I defend people’s ability to speak their mind. Yep. I’m a person, not a thing.
You’re being ridiculous. Who said anyone wants to put a hood on and burn a cross? You’re bringing unrelated shit into this. This is exactly what I was talking about. You’re making my point. Overreaction at it’s finest. Do you have zero ability to see that even the worst people will still have one or two qualities? My sister is a pile of shit, horrible person, but those facts don’t take away that she’s good at taking care of animals.
The way people want to police speech and ruin the life of someone for saying something stupid seems very Nazi-like.
The coach's life isn't ruined. He's suspended. Even if he was fired, it's not ruined. He works in a very public-oriented job (not many jobs have "fanbases"). If the employer feels the employee's statements are hurting their product they have a right to discipline him. He has a right to say what he wants, they have a right to discipline him. Anyone that works in a job that is somewhat in the public eye should know that.
Are you choosing to ignore any qualities he may have had because of him being one of the most evil people of all time? Because I’m almost certain, that even the worst people still have one or two qualities.
Who has a copy of Mein Kampf by their bedside? Did I miss where someone said that?
so you’re answering with a yes, that you’re choosing to ignore
If Hitler was a genius at math, you’d say he wasn’t because what...? He was evil, so that undoes reality
So being able to rally people is not a good quality. MLK’s ability to rally hundreds of thousands of people in marches for equal rights, not a good quality. It isn’t a good quality to be able to get large quantities of people on board with an idea.
Yes I do defend Fleck’s leadership. I love Fleck. I also think you’re a fucking idiot.
I agree with this post, but we are talking about Hitler here. There really is no room to give the benefit of the doubt in this case. Tone deaf is tone deaf.
Also, another correction. most of my 30 posts, that you took the time to go through and count, were defending a coach that praised Hitler’s ability to rally so many people to his side. I said I wouldn’t have said it. But I don’t believe his comments were suspension/firing worthy.
