"I Was An NFL Player Until I Was Fired By Two Cowards and a Bigot"

[Marco Polo]

The Vikings organization and the NFL could be sued if any of this is true from the special teams coordinator.

I can't imagine the depths of lawsuits that would accrue if any leader in my organization said some of the things that the special teams coordinator said.

Not to turn this into a Duck Dynasty/religion conversation but you can have your opinion, you just can't say those vile things ("nuke it until it glows") while representing your organization.

http://deadspin.com/i-was-an-nfl-pla...208214#replies

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

Exactly! If I start a thread on ChiefsPlanet denying the Holocaust solely to rustle people's jimbobs, it isn't the same as somebody who genuinely thinks the Holocaust didn't happen and actually thinks that it's a giant conspiracy started by the Jews to control Israel. Does saying it for trolling/joking purposes make me a piece of shit? Yeah, probably. I accepted that notion in elementary school. I'm just less shitty in the process.

The good news is that we now know you're an idiot as well as a douchebag. When it comes to the workplace, offensive is offensive. You don't get to skate because you weren't serious.


This is P.C. 101, for crying out loud.

[Bufkin]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

The good news is that we now know you're an idiot as well as a douchebag. When it comes to the workplace, offensive is offensive. You don't get to skate because you weren't serious.


This is P.C. 101, for crying out loud.

"Idiot" and "douchebag"? Are you collecting your insults from a 90's Macaulay Culkin movie?

I learned a long time ago that guys with females in bikinis as avatars on message boards often provide precious little to the conversation, and are most likely frequent masturbators.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

The good news is that we now know you're an idiot as well as a douchebag. When it comes to the workplace, offensive is offensive. You don't get to skate because you weren't serious.





This is P.C. 101, for crying out loud.

Obvious joking in the workplace might get you written up. Not joking is likely to get you suspended and/or fired.

[Bufkin]

Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball!

Obvious joking in the workplace might get you written up. Not joking is likely to get you suspended and/or fired.

Because apparently cracking a racist joke with your friends at the water cooler is the same as telling your employees that you hold the view that black people shouldn't be allowed in public with Aryans.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

"Idiot" and "douchebag"? Are you collecting your insults from a 90's Macaulay Culkin movie?

I learned a long time ago that guys with females in bikinis as avatars on message boards often provide precious little to the conversation, and are most likely frequent masturbators.

I didn't get to take that class (it conflicted with Chem 2). What did they teach you about posters with old guys wearing monocles as their avatars?

[Bufkin]

Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball!

I didn't get to take that class (it conflicted with Chem 2). What did they teach you about posters with old guys wearing monocles as their avatars?

Balls as smooth as eggs.

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

"Idiot" and "douchebag"? Are you collecting your insults from a 90's Macaulay Culkin movie?

I learned a long time ago that guys with females in bikinis as avatars on message boards often provide precious little to the conversation, and are most likely frequent masturbators.

Well, at least you learned something in your life, even though you learned something wrong, because you don't know shit about this topic.

Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball!

Obvious joking in the workplace might get you written up. Not joking is likely to get you suspended and/or fired.

Incognito was just joking. How'd that work out for him?

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Fried Meat Ball!

I didn't get to take that class (it conflicted with Chem 2). What did they teach you about posters with old guys wearing monocles as their avatars?

Is that what they call that monstrosity cradling him plums these days?

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

Balls as smooth as eggs.

Hang on. I think I've got some eggs in the fridge.

[Bufkin]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

Well, at least you learned something in your life, because you don't know shit about this topic.

Incognito was just joking. How'd that work out for him?

Incognito was directly impacting a teammate in a negative way. Comparing Richie Incognito bullying a kid into a depression to Chris Kluwe making a joke about the Sandusky trial makes you look like a real candy ass.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

Because apparently cracking a racist joke with your friends at the water cooler is the same as telling your employees that you hold the view that black people shouldn't be allowed in public with Aryans.

Apparently you think there's a difference, just can't articulate what that difference is, outside the tautological 'well, one's a joke and one's serious.'

[Just Passin' By]

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

Incognito was directly impacting a teammate in a negative light. Comparing Richie Incognito bullying a kid into a depression to Chris Kluwe making a joke about the Sandusky trial makes you look like a real candy ass.

So offensive is not offensive, and joking is not joking.



You're on a roll here.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Eric Fisher

Incognito was directly impacting a teammate in a negative way. Comparing Richie Incognito bullying a kid into a depression to Chris Kluwe making a joke about the Sandusky trial makes you look like a real candy ass.

Klume knew with certainty that none of his co-workers were impacted, directly or indirectly, by child rape?

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Klume knew with certainty that none of his co-workers were impacted, directly or indirectly, by child rape?

To be fair, he said Incognito was directly impacting a player. If Kluwe's child rape joke offended someone who had been a victim, it was more of an indirect effect since he wasn't going up to that individual. As well, he presumably didn't do it with forethought and malice.

[Bufkin]

Originally Posted by Just Passin' By

So offensive is not offensive, and joking is not joking.



You're on a roll here.

I don't give a frog's fat ass if it's offensive or not, that's not what made Priefer's comments so startling. You also need to recognize the difference of authority between the two. What an NFL coordinator says or does in the locker room should be held under more scrutiny than what a placekicker does. As I said, Kluwe probably shouldn't have done what he did, but to use that to try and counter the homophobic comments is nothing more than a red herring.