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NHL prospect Landon Sim was suspended 5 games for calling player Mennonite.
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I don't even think that is considered an insult, is it?
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What’s ridiculous about it exactly? Too heavy a punishment? Too light? He broke the leagues code of conduct, which he should be aware of, and got the minimum penalty.
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I mean if the rule is
"intended to provoke an opposing player that was marginalizing on both religious and cultural grounds."
And the referee heard it
His agent even said he used the term without understanding it
"intended to provoke an opposing player that was marginalizing on both religious and cultural grounds."
And the referee heard it
His agent even said he used the term without understanding it
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As far as I know its not an insult at all.
Sure if you add a negative verb like dirty, stupid etc then that's different but to just call a guy a Mennonite seems rather pedestrian
This guy was suspended last season for calling a player a p***y, too.
Are other players getting suspended for this same stuff or does the league just hate him for some reason? Because this is absolutely embarrassing how f***ing soft every part of society is becoming. If you’re okay with players getting suspended for mundane trash talk like this, you are the problem.
Are other players getting suspended for this same stuff or does the league just hate him for some reason? Because this is absolutely embarrassing how f***ing soft every part of society is becoming. If you’re okay with players getting suspended for mundane trash talk like this, you are the problem.
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I mean, was the player he called Mennonite... Mennonite?
MXD
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Don't make comments on religious creed or ethnic origins. That's not difficult.
(Even if, in that case, unless there's something I don't know about the word Mennonites, it's just a denomination, like Catholic, just significantly less mainstream)
(Even if, in that case, unless there's something I don't know about the word Mennonites, it's just a denomination, like Catholic, just significantly less mainstream)
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Its hockey, shit talking is part of the game. At its core theme shit talking is a form of marginalization so to use that as a guide is silly.
What if the player was actually a Hutterite and got called that
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meh the current rules are too soft and somewhat comical
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Then tell the player he's ugly
I’m pretty liberal and such but this is insane.
yeah I had to search up what Mennonite meant lol.
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Again, if you can't avoid using religious creed or ethnic origins in your slurs, I'd say you're the one being soft.
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you can't since it marginalizes unattractive people
I get that but a common sense scale needs to be implemented for cases like this
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I have so many questions.
How did he know the other player was a Mennonite?
As someone directly above me pointed out -- is calling someone a Mennonite an insult?
Would he have gotten five games if he'd called the other player Amish?
Most of all, though...... how did this come to the League's attention? Did the ref overhear it and go into "everything I learned in kindergarden mode" or did the Mennonite himself cry foul?
Hockey leagues go overboard to look the other way when young ladies get trained in hotel rooms but give them credit where credit is due. They are running a tight f***ing ship when it comes to protecting peace loving christians from .... well ........ being called what they call themselves?
Apologies for rambling. There's a good deal of the modern world that confuses the shit out of me these days....
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2-3 million Mennonites in the entire world. What a niche insult.
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They’re sort of like Amish people but not quite as extreme in their interpretation of scripture.
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If true, this is hilarious. Pleading ignorance doesn't make one any less guilty of the intent.
As someone upthread said, call someone ugly, stupid, whatever. But even though the term Mennonites aren't a "slur", it's literally representative of someone's way of life, their culture.
Probably shouldn't be using words you don't know the meaning of, kid, in any context. Not very skibidi cap of them.
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Youre from Vancouver no? There's a tonne of them in the Fraser Valley
And to answer @MXD , you're sort of correct. People associate them with the Amish, but that's basically Pennsylvania haha. They're a branch of the anabaptist movement, fantastic farmers
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my guess is he still uses a flip phone so that's why he tried to burn him with the Mennonite insuly
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