I am sick of this week's over-reported story of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen calling someone a fag. I listen to a lot of sports radio and all I heard was people talking about this incident. Good grief, when did calling someone a name become a capitol crime. Now I don't think it' s good manors to call someone names, but whatever happened to sticks and stones can break my bones but names can never hurt me. If anyone doubts that the public is being indoctrinated to react to politically incorrect thinking, I hope they are paying attention to this story. I seriously doubt that he would be sent to sensitivity training if he called the reporter a jackass instead. Although maybe the democratic party would have complained.
The tragic irony of this story is that all across the sporting landscape, there are many serious incidents that are being swept under the rug. Just this week, Brett Myers who pitches for the Phillies, was arrested for beating his girlfriend. This story received far less coverage and as far as I know he was not sent to sensitivity school and there is no clamor to suspend him so as to teach him a lesson. Earlier this month, JJ Reddick the former Duke guard was arrested for drunk driving. When asked how this might effect where he will be drafted, most commentators did not think it would matter at all. And that was the extent of the story.
I may be old fashioned but aren't domestic violence and drunk driving far worse offenses than calling someone a fag. Yet you would never know that by the level and intensity of coverage of these stories. The real story of this week is that our public moral outrage needs to be redirected and prioritized.
2 comments:
Does anyone even know if sensitivity training actually changes anyone? I'm pretty skeptical about it.
though I don't share many of his values, I appreciate the integrity with which Ozzie lives...he is what you see...not much by way of image management.
There are a couple of factors playing into the press he's getting. One is what you articulated...the politically correct priorites that society is embracing. The other is that Ozzie came against a reporter. Reporters stand with their own and against their foes. They who tell the story are defending their position as the ones who determine right and wrong. It's interesting how the tellers of stories are increasingly desiring and putting themselves in the story...
Right on, Fetz! Domestic Violence and Drunk Driving are horrible acts of domestic terrorism that each year kill probably 8-10x the # of Americans that have been killed in Iraq the last 4 years combined.
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