NHL prospect Landon Sim was suspended 5 games for calling player Mennonite.

[Sol]

You don’t want this kind of smoke

 

[Rodgerwilco]

Plenty of Amish and Mennonites around my area of western Pennsylvania and I've never heard either of those used as insults lol.

Such a bizarre situation. But rules is rules. Kind of hilarious that he said that he didn't know what Mennonite meant though.

 

[Edgelord]

Council of Ephesus was 1200 years before the anabaptist movement in Northern Europe lol

Yup, I started at the 1st separation,

I've done a lot of reading about early Christianity in America lol

It gets crazy after the reformation

 

[JPT]

Plenty of Amish and Mennonites around my area of western Pennsylvania and I've never heard either of those used as insults lol.

Such a bizarre situation. But rules is rules. Kind of hilarious that he said that he didn't know what Mennonite meant though.

I used to work with a guy who left an Amish community and we would make jokes about him being Amish, but he would also make fun of the Amish so maybe his lack of offense isn't too indicative of anything.

Yup, I started at the 1st separation,

It gets crazy after the reformation

The really fun part is during the post-revolution frontier days when conmen would ride around pretending to be preachers, preying on uneducated folks, and establishing denominations that are still around.

 

[Edgelord]

I used to work with a guy who left an Amish community and we would make jokes about him being Amish, but he would also make fun of the Amish so maybe his lack of offense isn't too indicative of anything.


The really fun part is during the post-revolution frontier days when conmen would ride around pretending to be preachers, preying on uneducated folks, and establishing denominations that are still around.

Think I am going to go look at Judaism and Islam to see if they also have the same variety of denominations, looks like Judaism has 3 but Islam has way more than I thought

 

[HockeyVirus]

Gotta come down hard on things like this to distract from their response on hazing and sexual assault

 

[CraigBillington]

Closer to Amish than Catholic. Maybe the guy had a beard or something.

Dude didn’t even know what it meant apparently so maybe this is a good life lesson that you shouldn’t just go around yelling something because it sounded funny on letterkenny.

That's just a small population of them that are closer to Amish

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Jesus H. sesame seed Christ…that’s ridiculous.

 

[DueDiligence]

yeah I had to search up what Mennonite meant lol.

time to sue your schools

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

It wasn’t perfect but I sure am glad I grew up when I did

Bro we would be in jail do kids even get stuffed in lockers anymore!?

 

[Joe McGrath]

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

And f*** can they run.

 

[BernieParent]

Aren't Sim and his teammates men on Knights?

 

[account deactivated]

Bruh, I'm laughing so f***ing hard that in the year 2024, we got kids being suspended for calling folks Mennonites.

 

[kudymen]

I might be a bit thick but I find it amusing that he got suspended for multiple games for a word that is seeminly no issue to be put into a headline with no censorship whatsoever.
Suspended for something that is literally spelled out letter by letter in a report about the suspension.

 

[Barsky]

I’m pretty liberal and such but this is insane.

Could not agree more, this is ridiculous, the OHL has always lead the way in that regard though, going back to the Dave Branch days. We're living in a world full of people with tissue paper feelings who are actively looking for things to be offended by, it's pathetic and frustrating

 

[PanniniClaus]

Is it just me but does this not seem ridiculous

https://x.com/i/web/status/1856396837831188688

It is completely ridiculous and it's clear he is on the shit list. He needs to jump to the Q.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

Aren't Sim and his teammates men on Knights?

Oh wow. That's amazing.


f***ing wow.

 

[PanniniClaus]

2-3 million Mennonites in the entire world. What a niche insult.

It's a cultured insult... he's refined in the art of trash talk.

 

[BernieParent]

Oh wow. That's amazing.


f***ing wow.

Thanks ... I think.

 

[wraithsonwings]

These Earthlings, I swear, they f*** up everything nowadays.

What did all the non-human animals ever do to you!

 

[EXTRAS]

The player he called Mennonite was a Hutterite. Absolutely disgusting behavior from this Amish turd.

 

[Devilsfan2326]

The problem everybody has with this type of sensitivity, is the lack of consistency, which translates to lack of authenticity.

But when the authorities do turn up the consistency, well now nobody can speak at all. And we get news like this example.

Take for another example, if it became punishable to suggest someone was ugly. This would create consistency in the law, because ugly people are the most poorly treated group in the world, and they are of every race. It's poor taste to call someone ugly, but should it be punishable by law? What defines a punishable* insult?

 

[JoVel]

Why does a 20 year old kid know what a Mennonite is.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

They/Themonnite

 

[No Fun Shogun]

My initial gut reaction was to think that this was stupid, but then again this probably falls under the purview of not wanting to use religious or ethnic terms of any kind as a term of disparagement. So I guess I kind of understand drawing the line at the ridiculous to serve as a bulwark against actual heinous ****.

That being said, 5 games even as a blanket catch all seems ridiculous for this, but ridiculously light for a major slur.