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Waters · 11-13-2019, 06:37 PM

11-13-2019, 06:26 PMMook Wrote:
11-13-2019, 06:12 PMWannabeFinn Wrote: Is it not possible to honor and respect the sacrifices made without wearing a poppy?

It is, there are many levels to this as with any other issue in the world. It is a very slim middle ground on this issue though, where there are the people who wear poppies because they recognize the sacrifices made and honour them, the one's who don't wear a poppy because they hate the military etc. etc., and the ones who don't wear a poppy but still recognize and honour the sacrifices made. The latter are the ones who should be going out and donating that dollar and wearing the poppy with pride and I believe are the smallest demographic out of the 3

Where’s the demographic where I respect and am grateful for the sacrifices the military made during WW1 and also don’t feel any kind of need to spend 1$ to prove I have the capability of wearing a flower on my chest

JumpierPegasus · 11-13-2019, 06:41 PM

Don Cherry more pwease don pop my cherry OwO

dankoa · 11-13-2019, 06:59 PM

11-13-2019, 06:41 PMJumpierPancakes Wrote: Don Cherry more pwease don pop my cherry OwO

Great content right here

nour · 11-13-2019, 07:00 PM

I’m gonna weigh in because this topic is really close to my heart and has put a genuine burden on me emotionally for a few days now.

I don’t know how many of y’all know this but I’m a Canadian immigrant. I was born in Jordan, my parents are from Iraq, and we immigrated here when I was a kid. My identity as an Iraqi person living in Canada is a big part of me, but I’ve always thought of myself just as Canadian as I am Iraqi. I love Canada, I’m fortunate to have grown up here and build a genuinely good life and plan for a future, safe from war that we had to flee.

Don Cherry’s comments are fucking bogus.

I’ve lived most of my life here in Canada and I’ve done more than my fair share to contribute to Canadian society as an individual as I can. I’ve shown respect for traditions like Remembrance Day that I’ve taken as part of my identity. I am a Canadian. The last thing I need or want to hear is some old, white guy talk to me like I’m freeloading off the country and enjoying all its delicacies, while contributing nothing because I didn’t but a poppy. Count the amount of people you see wearing poppies in November, you’ll sure as shit find just as many white families not wearing them as you’ll find immigrant families not wearing them. This isn’t an immigrant issue. His comments made me feel like my citizenship meant less than a bunch of dudes named Tanner and Cody because they were white and born here and I wasn’t. His comments made me feel like my value as a Canadian was less than thought of my counterparts raised in the same Kindergarten class as me because they were born into a citizenship.

Piece of shit deserved to get fired, he’s spouted rhetoric like this before and it’s about time SOMEONE put their foot down and said enough is enough. The last thing the western world needs is more anti-arab and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Dude had it coming, and I feel genuinely safer knowing he won’t be on national television spouting ideologies that put me and my family at risk of being the target of social and political blame in the country we’ve called home for over 20 years now.

Don Cherry is off the air, that’s a win. If you twist it any other way, you’re blind.

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JumpierPegasus · 11-13-2019, 07:02 PM

11-13-2019, 07:00 PMnour Wrote: I’m gonna weigh in because this topic is really close to my heart and has put a genuine burden on me emotionally for a few days now.

I don’t know how many of y’all know this but I’m a Canadian immigrant. I was born in Jordan, my parents are from Iraq, and we immigrated here when I was a kid. My identity as an Iraqi person living in Canada is a big part of me, but I’ve always thought of myself just as Canadian as I am Iraqi. I love Canada, I’m fortunate to have grown up here and build a genuinely good life and plan for a future, safe from war that we had to flee.

Don Cherry’s comments are fucking bogus.

I’ve lived most of my life here in Canada and I’ve done more than my fair share to contribute to Canadian society as an individual as I can. I’ve shown respect for traditions like Remembrance Day that I’ve taken as part of my identity. I am a Canadian. The last thing I need or want to hear is some old, white guy talk to me like I’m freeloading off the country and enjoying all its delicacies, while contributing nothing because I didn’t but a poppy. Count the amount of people you see wearing poppies in November, you’ll sure as shit find just as many white families not wearing them as you’ll find immigrant families not wearing them. This isn’t an immigrant issue. His comments made me feel like my citizenship meant less than a bunch of dudes named Tanner and Cody because they were white and born here and I wasn’t. His comments made me feel like my value as a Canadian was less than thought of my counterparts raised in the same Kindergarten class as me because they were born into a citizenship.

Piece of shit deserved to get fired, he’s spouted rhetoric like this before and it’s about time SOMEONE put their foot down and said enough is enough. The last thing the western world needs is more anti-arab and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Dude had it coming, and I feel genuinely safer knowing he won’t be on national television spouting ideologies that put me and my family at risk of being the target of social and political blame in the country we’ve called home for over 20 years now.

Don Cherry is off the air, that’s a win. If you twist it any other way, you’re blind.

LIFE

ACapitalChicago · 11-13-2019, 07:02 PM

11-13-2019, 07:00 PMnour Wrote: I’m gonna weigh in because this topic is really close to my heart and has put a genuine burden on me emotionally for a few days now.

I don’t know how many of y’all know this but I’m a Canadian immigrant. I was born in Jordan, my parents are from Iraq, and we immigrated here when I was a kid. My identity as an Iraqi person living in Canada is a big part of me, but I’ve always thought of myself just as Canadian as I am Iraqi. I love Canada, I’m fortunate to have grown up here and build a genuinely good life and plan for a future, safe from war that we had to flee.

Don Cherry’s comments are fucking bogus.

I’ve lived most of my life here in Canada and I’ve done more than my fair share to contribute to Canadian society as an individual as I can. I’ve shown respect for traditions like Remembrance Day that I’ve taken as part of my identity. I am a Canadian. The last thing I need or want to hear is some old, white guy talk to me like I’m freeloading off the country and enjoying all its delicacies, while contributing nothing because I didn’t but a poppy. Count the amount of people you see wearing poppies in November, you’ll sure as shit find just as many white families not wearing them as you’ll find immigrant families not wearing them. This isn’t an immigrant issue. His comments made me feel like my citizenship meant less than a bunch of dudes named Tanner and Cody because they were white and born here and I wasn’t. His comments made me feel like my value as a Canadian was less than thought of my counterparts raised in the same Kindergarten class as me because they were born into a citizenship.

Piece of shit deserved to get fired, he’s spouted rhetoric like this before and it’s about time SOMEONE put their foot down and said enough is enough. The last thing the western world needs is more anti-arab and anti-immigrant rhetoric. Dude had it coming, and I feel genuinely safer knowing he won’t be on national television spouting ideologies that put me and my family at risk of being the target of social and political blame in the country we’ve called home for over 20 years now.

Don Cherry is off the air, that’s a win. If you twist it any other way, you’re blind.

Thank you for sharing that, that was very insightful and I respect you immensely for saying it.

S66 Damian Littleton

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***Gwdjohnson*** · 11-13-2019, 07:05 PM

I cheered at that fuck's firing. It's sad and worrying to see how many people stand with him on those comments

charlieconway · 11-13-2019, 07:11 PM

11-13-2019, 07:00 PMnour Wrote: [...]

Don Cherry is off the air, that’s a win. If you twist it any other way, you’re blind.

Good post

Don Cherry is terrible, he's fired now, that's good and should've happened sooner.

Samsung virtual assistant · 11-13-2019, 07:53 PM

Wtb the full clip

***WannabeFinn*** · 11-13-2019, 08:18 PM

11-13-2019, 07:53 PMスウェグキング Wrote: Wtb the full clip

Sportsnet emptied it into Don Cherry

Samsung virtual assistant · 11-13-2019, 08:25 PM

11-13-2019, 08:18 PMWannabeFinn Wrote:
11-13-2019, 07:53 PMスウェグキング Wrote: Wtb the full clip
Sportsnet emptied it into Don Cherry

I only find recaps

**.bojo** · 11-13-2019, 08:37 PM

I never even heard of poppies

**The__Y-man__100** · 11-13-2019, 09:23 PM

People have nothing better to do with their time. Everyone knows Don is getting a little wild in his old age and they blow something way out of proportion. If he was prime minister and said something like that then okay I get it, but the man is on TV for what, 6 minutes a night? Give me a break

Other celebrities/music artists say wayyy worse things and you don’t see people black listing them in their profession

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caltroit_red_flames · 11-13-2019, 10:05 PM

11-13-2019, 09:23 PMThe__Y-man__100 Wrote: People have nothing better to do with their time. Everyone knows Don is getting a little wild in his old age and they blow something way out of proportion. If he was prime minister and said something like that then okay I get it, but the man is on TV for what, 6 minutes a night? Give me a break

Other celebrities/music artists say wayyy worse things and you don’t see people black listing them in their profession

Other celebrities don't represent the hockey community.

Hockey is For Everyone can't coexist with these racist takes from someone who has an entire weekly segment on Hockey Night in Canada.

caltroit_red_flames · 11-13-2019, 10:07 PM

11-13-2019, 05:54 PMMook Wrote: If you go the whole period from the last Friday in October and November 11th without wearing a poppy, you get no respect from me. Yes, Cherry worded his statement wrong, but is 100% accurate in what he said. People take things for granted and don't realize the sacrifices that were made in order so we can live the lives we do. The least someone can do it spend 1$ and wear a poppy. I don't care if you attend a ceremony, it's cold as fuck most years and a lot of people don't want to deal with that, and you can keep the poppy multiple years.

Don deserved a better farewell after all the years of dedication and good he has done for Canada and hockey. Sportsnet and HNIC has been looking for a reason to fire Cherry and they finally got an easy out.

This is the worst take lmao

People can absolutely support the military and those that died without wearing a poppy. If it's about money you can donate directly to a charity that helps veterans. Lots of people don't care about these sorts of things.

Don Cherry is a racist xenophobe and people were/are tired of it.

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