Good. I hope he never works in sports media again.
http://www.thewrap.com/espn-fires-curt-schilling-over-anti-transgender-meme/
http://www.thewrap.com/espn-fires-curt-schilling-over-anti-transgender-meme/
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ESPN fires Curt Schilling over anti-transgender meme
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ESPN got it wrong....lets see
“ESPN is an inclusive company. Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable and his employment with ESPN has been terminated.”
Try this...
“ESPN is an inclusive company--unless you have differing opinions not conducive to current Leftist or politically correct thinking. If Curt Schilling had condemned the Governor of North Carolina as a homophobic bigot--he'd still be employed with us. Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable. Keep in mind we didn't find one instance where Curt Schilling actually discriminated against anyone, nor did his speech call for any harm to be committed against anyone. But during these current times only 'correct' thinking is allowed, so with the undeniable fact that we at ESPN are cowards, Mr. Schilling's employment with ESPN has been terminated.”
Better...
“ESPN is an inclusive company. Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable and his employment with ESPN has been terminated.”
Try this...
“ESPN is an inclusive company--unless you have differing opinions not conducive to current Leftist or politically correct thinking. If Curt Schilling had condemned the Governor of North Carolina as a homophobic bigot--he'd still be employed with us. Curt Schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable. Keep in mind we didn't find one instance where Curt Schilling actually discriminated against anyone, nor did his speech call for any harm to be committed against anyone. But during these current times only 'correct' thinking is allowed, so with the undeniable fact that we at ESPN are cowards, Mr. Schilling's employment with ESPN has been terminated.”
Better...
Whatever happened to just being polite? Is that so wrong today?
Try this: No one cares what Curt Schilling thinks about anything besides baseball. Any other subject is best kept to himself.
As my mama once said, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything. That's not liberal or politically correct. It's just good manners.
Try this: No one cares what Curt Schilling thinks about anything besides baseball. Any other subject is best kept to himself.
As my mama once said, if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything. That's not liberal or politically correct. It's just good manners.
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Schilling had to be aware that publicly making those comments would place his employment with ESPN at risk.
He must have thought that being able to express himself on the issue was more important for him than that continued employment. Further, because he has attached controversy to himself, he has effectively eliminated any prospects to work as a sports broadcaster.
He must have thought that being able to express himself on the issue was more important for him than that continued employment. Further, because he has attached controversy to himself, he has effectively eliminated any prospects to work as a sports broadcaster.
It's a shame he can't keep his non-sports opinions to himself -- or at least out of the mass media, old or new -- because he knows baseball and is obviously articulate. His lack of a sense of humor might have lowered his ceiling, but without the constant urge to comment on political/social issues he would never have lacked for employment as a baseball analyst.
I keep remembering something former Phillies GM Ed Wade was quoted as saying of Schilling about Curt's years with the Phils: "He's a horse every fifth day and a horse's a** the other four."
I agree. I'd expect that there's some clause in his contract about things like this, given the number of previous examples. It wouldn't surprise me that he did it because he was unhappy about a change in his assignment (from Sunday to Monday Night Baseball), and wanted to get out of his deal.
Damn! ESPN was right to remove Schilling on these grounds.
Yes - Schilling has his First Amendment rights to say whatever he wants, but ESPN also has the right to fire him. People tend to confuse these two things when talking about employers.
It's interesting to speculate what ESPN would have done if Schilling had expressed his anti-trans views in a debate setting, with more neutral and less emotionally charged language, and without the coarse remarks. For example, if he had said "I'm personally uncomfortable with the idea of trans-sexuality, and I do not think transsexual women should be able to use men's restrooms." I suspect ESPN would have let that go. As to whether it eliminated any future prospects of working in sports broadcasting for Schilling - I doubt it. If he lets things cool off for awhile, he can get work again, though perhaps not at ESPN. Look at Marv Albert.
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I'm going to leave this post up but I do find it very disturbing.
Well, yeah. If I may comment (delete if you want). I believe this is an example of false equivalency. History counts. Heterosexuals, as a group, have never been discriminated against, denied their rights, assaulted for being heterosexual, or had their sexual orientation or gender identity classified as a mental illness.
If everyone took her advice we'd have no talk radio industry today.
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