He Should Have Said he is a Muslim
We read:
“Celtics radio analyst Cedric Maxwell apologized on the air last night for saying that a female referee should “go back to the kitchen” after he disagreed with one of her calls.
Maxwell made the comment during the Celtics’ 77-72 victory over the Rockets on Monday. He subsequently said, “Go in there and make me some bacon and eggs, would you?” in reference to referee Violet Palmer.
I doubt that “back to the kitchen” implies female inferiority. I myself am greatly respectful of good cooks. I often drive for miles in pursuit of a good dinner.
But if we take it as given that the commentator was disrespecting women (and men and women OFTEN say disrespectful things about the opposite sex) then he should have said that he was a Muslim — because female inferiority is part of Islamic doctrine and, as we know from experience, Islam is especially protected by the First Amendment. Christian utterances certainly are not — as I noted on on 6th, for instance.
Anyway, what is wrong with men and women being good at different things? They always have been and always will be. And why must people not say so? Has reality been outlawed? Mentioning a lot of it certainly seems to have been.
Above post crossposted from Tongue Tied
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Posted by JonJayRay on March 8, 2007 7:16 am
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Syndicate Me
I could not agree with you more, good sir. It is indeed about time that we accept that
different people are good at different things; why, how many times have I heard a
preacher or evangelical making some absurd statement (such as, say, that a small
conglomeration of parasitical cells should have the same rights as a human, or that
the United States was founded with the specific intent of becoming a christian
theocracy) and found myself thinking, “Would you please go back to bothering
your big invisible man in the sky so that the grown-ups can discuss reality?” Clearly,
I’m not against Christianity; I merely accept your premise that it’s nice and easy to look
at someone’s outward characteristics and arbitrarily decide what they should be allowed to
do.
May the heathens die screaming,
MGAANP
I think he meant exactly what he said. You don’t belong here, go away. All Refs are subject to taunts. They know this going in, and if they are going to require an apology when they are taunted, then they need to go away because they do not belong there. Get with the game or find something else to do.
Sorry, there, Jimbo, was just passing through and choked on some hypocrisy.
What, exactly, might a ref be? ‘fraid that one’s new on me. If you do
deem to explain, please speak up; one of my neighbors is giving a sermon
on the superiority of christian treatment of women over that of muslims
and the other is holding a witch burning; between the two there’s a fair
bit of noise.
thanks, jimmy!
To My Gods are all Nail-Proof: My, how juvenile of you.