NBA's Meyers Leonard Suspended After Using Antisemitic Slur On Warzone Twitch Stream

@esqueejy: Something something freedom of speech, something something cancel culture. Something something you are the real fascist.

@Z_Buster: The word that means female dog.

My God you are too far gone for hope.

@ClericIdola: Uh huh...sure. Context never matters and owning the word to purge it of its power has nothing to do with it. Your presponse, yes, PRE-sponse, because it's a card played every single time this comes up, was PRE-dictable.

@wtf_666: What?

@wtf_666: Well if you know anything about Theodor Seuss Geisel he pressed for changes to his Dr Seuess books throughout his career recognizing that many of his ways of addressing other races was racists and simplified countenance of the day. He pushed for his publisher to change new printings so that generations of children would not also see how objectifying people were back then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss

Dr Seuss was introspective, lived a long life and recognized that we grow as a person, as a civilization. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2019/02/26/695966537/classic-books-are-full-of-problems-why-cant-we-put-them-down Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by his pen name Mark Twain works, would be considered very culturally offensive today, and even Twain knew his work was a sign of the times and wanted this known that his work was a reflection not tablets from the mountain. As he was also a champion of changing people views that were considered backward, classist, and racist during his day.

We do and say stupid shit throughout our lives, it does not have to define us, we do not have to defend it, but can learn from it. I grew up in Southern West Virginia coal fields surrounded by racist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic family you ever met. But through education, life lessons, and common sense- do not hold the same beliefs that I did at 18. Nor would I want my children to be exposed to the simple minded bigotry of that time and culture. No one needs to hold it as a family crest, we all can change our minds. I mean... I hope.... that WWE wrestling fans that grow from kids, to adults to the grave, still do not believe it is real. Change is good.

@justin01: Well America was very racists to the Irish and Polish during the 18th century with tons of racist terms and beliefs. But people nations change, generations grow, learn, teach and die off. Hopefully so will bigoted terms and beliefs. And future kids will have to watch old episodes of All in the Family as a history lesson to figure out, just what all that was about.

@redviperofdorne: If this particular word he said is one of your go-to stock swear words for when you're having an infantile outburst, a word that comes out naturally or "accidentally" as an exclamation when you're excited and yelling off the cuff, then yeah, you've got some work to do on un-anti-semiting yourself. This isn't like yelling one of the magic 7 that George Carlin used to rant about or dropping something mildly creative like "clowndick" or whatever. It's a VERY particular word and NOBODY uses it unless they've become accustomed to using it in some fashion. It's one of those words at the top of the list of words with the red lights and alarm bells on it, not some run of the mill cuss word you blurt out, even in the middle of a tantrum. It literally has a price tag on it that says "inexcusable."

@redviperofdorne: Exactly, the guy was just frustrated with a dumb game and he cursed like a idiot. That makes him a idiot, not the reincarnation of Hitler. If we are going to crucify anyone who says a "bad word", then humanity itself will be crucified, lol This kind of aggressive conservationism is ludicrous

@redviperofdorne: He shouldn't be fired or banned or canceled or whatever, but what's wrong in someone telling him that racial slurs are not OK and that there are consequences to your actions. Just because your parents are not around to teach you better doesn't mean we should ignore bad behavior.

@redviperofdorne: He wouldn't be forgiven anyway. There is no mercy in Cancel Culture, for anything at all. It's why if I'm going to get insulting, I burn as many bridges as possible. Make it completely absurd. Include like 5 or 6 different races, multiple sexualities, genders, what have you. Go nuts.

Okay, he said a bad word. But what did he DO? People are actually, legitimately being HARMED in the world. Like, beatings and murders and rapes. Can we solve all the stuff that leaves people dead, or scarred for life, before we rend our clothing and weep because somebody said a bad word in a videogame????

@JSusie: It's been at least 5 minutes so yes, very much overdue. We shall only be satisfied if he is turned completely destitute.

@j3diknightdave: I'm Jewish and this pisses me off, feel better?

@jeremyalexander: I don't think that's true. I've had a korean friend call me honky, cracker, white devil, it's all just been for shits and giggles. He's not a racist, I love the guy.