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coyoteugly:
you'd have threads like the hockey thread where you would have repetiive posts like Adam's \"I got an email from my super double secret, stalker penpal John Buccigross...\"
Don't you dare pick on Adam -- I will not stand for this! If you don't like the hockey threads then do your part to improve them. wink
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Gaga4Gaby:
I don't know how fair it is to post a list of PhillyFan's comments from around the board. (I didn't recognize them all, so I assume they aren't all embedded in this thread somewhere.) I think the point of his language going too far in this thread is valid; however, by-and-large, PhillyFan's courseness is on display in the P&R forum. And I think the people who enjoy political debate and enjoy going into those threads actually want things to get heated. It's part of the passion of political debate for those who enjoy it and riling someone up comes with the territory. It works both ways with PhillyFan, too. He may be reacting but he may also be using language to prove his points. More than any poster I've seen on Outsports, PF can be very tongue-in-cheek and push people's buttons for the sake of getting a rise out of them. And he usually does have a point to make by doing so, I'd say. So taking quotes out of context is a tough way to condemn someone for being sexist.
Well said.
Some have said this thread was "hijacked" because the Mohr article was posted and the disucssion was supposed to be about the Simmons article. Seeing as how both articles were about the WNBA in general and why neither writer is interested, to me it's appropriate to discuss them in the same thread. But I can understand their point.
The Mohr article took a different tone because he's not exactly a brilliant writer and as a performer, he's not exactly a superstar. In fact, his shots at stardom (the TV show "Action" for example) have pretty much met with failure, and as a result he now is reduced to making appearances in flop movies like "King's Ransom." He's definitely not an A-list player. The fact that CNNSI.com gives him a column is due to the fact that he still has a somewhat recognizable name and, thanks to his not being an A-lister, he comes cheap. And this is in no way a defense of Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons, whose writing I find overrated. I don't see why he's any more deserving of a column than Jay Mohr.
To me, the thread has now been hijacked, however, as it's become all about PhillyFan. This is interesting because in the days after the original "bull dyke" comment he made, there was pretty much no reaction to it. None. The discussion has mainly revolved around the Mohr article, to a lesser extent the original Simmons article, the WNBA in general, and some complaints about the "anti-woman, anti-lesbian tone" of the thread. It's only in the last day or so that PhillyFan has been singled out. This is patently unfair. If we're going to now have threads where we single out individuals for their
perceived character flaws, please let me know because I'm ready to start a few.
If however, we're going to have consructive and insightful dialogue on whether or not the WNBA is properly marketed, or the future of women's professional sports leagues, or how we can get more young girls to be interested in sports -- and young boys, for that matter, because I bet younger kids show more interest in Xbox and the like -- then let's do so.