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Former player accuses Flames head coach Bill Peters of using racial slur -- Peters resigns

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7 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said:

are you kidding? Peters wrote a letter to the GM to get the kid sent to the E. He had no power in it at all. 

 

Why should Peters not be held accountable? 

Why didn't the player come out ten years ago? And have public opinion judge him at that time? A lot of things can happen in ten years. Many people who have said racist things back in the day, don't say them now.

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1 minute ago, riffraff said:

That would be career suicide on Akims part. 

Not much of a career.

 

1 minute ago, Jimmy McGill said:

are you purposely ignoring the power situation here? 

He got traded the next year. Why didn't he say anything at that time?

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7 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said:

are you purposely ignoring the power situation here? 

Irony, poster lives in a country with an communist government that controls what the citizens are allowed to see and say, yet seems not to understand that people don't get far pissing off the boss.

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33 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said:

this isn't cancel culture, not in the least. 

I must be confused at what cancel culture is then. Care to explain?

 

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Call-out culture (also known as outrage culture) is a form of public shaming wherein people identify offenses committed by members of their community and publicly "call out" the offenders, thereby shaming or punishing them.[1] Its proponents aim to hold individuals and groups accountable for their actions by calling attention to behavior that is perceived to be problematic, usually on social media.[2][3]

 

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Dinosaurs will die. 

Cherry babs Peters id bet there’s a much longer list just bubbling. I can think of a few ego maniac hot headed coaches that are probably pretty nervous right now. Maybe making those forgiveness calls as we speak. 

Never liked Peters. Bummer thou he had the flames playing worse than the Canucks. 

 

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Just now, Jimmy McGill said:

why didn't Peters man up and apologize? 

Why should he? If Akim wanted an apology, he could call up Peters anytime and man to man hashed it out. Instead he comes out to try to destroy him over something he said 10 years ago. Peters is wrong on the racial slur but Akim is wrong for trying to get everyone to hate the guy.

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19 minutes ago, Monty said:

I know you’re just being cheeky, because hating on the Flames is what CDC does. But this is not a “Calgary Flames” problem, this is a “Bill Peters” problem. The coaches, the players, and the fans of the Flames are not culpable, here.

The whole team is a tire fire.

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3 minutes ago, gurn said:

Irony, poster lives in a country with an communist government that controls what the citizens are allowed to see and say, yet seems not to understand that people don't get far pissing off the boss.

See that is racist in itself. People here are free. If they are not free, how do so many allowed to leave the country?

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1 minute ago, smokes said:

Why should he? If Akim wanted an apology, he could call up Peters anytime and man to man hashed it out. Instead he comes out to try to destroy him over something he said 10 years ago. Peters is wrong on the racial slur but Akim is wrong for trying to get everyone to hate the guy.

Yep, totally wrong to expose a bigot.  Akim doesn't control anyone's opinions on the matter; all he did was be honest.

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Just now, Baer. said:

I must be confused at what cancel culture is then. Care to explain?

this isn't a case where an online mob tries to drown out the other side of some issue or some public figure is being boycotted based on a quick judgment. This is a corroborated racial slur incident that requires a response of some kind. 

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1 hour ago, smokes said:

Yes but passing judgement on something that happened 10 years ago going on he said he said? Also it's a little unfair for the woke to judge people at a time when society wasn't woke. 

10 YEARS AGO!  Pretty sure the N word has been a no go for way way longer than that.  We're not talking about 1950 vs 2019....it's 2009 vs 2019.  

 

In 2011, Philadelphia forward Wayne Simmonds had a banana thrown at him during a preseason game in London, Ontario.

In 2012, then-Washington forward Joel Ward was the subject of racist social media posts after he scored a game-winning playoff goal.

In 2014, then-Montreal defenseman P.K. Subban was the subject of racist social media posts after he scored a game-winning playoff goal.

 

Btw, your he said he said, as now been corroborated by at least 2 former teammates of Aliu, go read Fran Seravelli's articles on TSN.

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