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

[TGWL]

What was the intent then?

Soft or not soft, If he used the term without understanding it, what was the intent of using the term?
Did he know or hear about the player and mennonite from somebody else?
Did he use the term thinking it meant something else and tried to insult the player? If so, what insult did he really think he meant? Maybe it's worse than what was actually said.

 

[Namikaze Minato]

Obviously he said it like a dickhead and only a brian dead moron would think otherwise....

That being said I will laugh my ass off at some point in the future when somebody calls a guy atheist and gets suspended.

 

[abax44]

I don't even think that is considered an insult, is it?

From literally asking a group of Mennonite about this... no, no it's not.

 

[Edgelord]

I mean sure, using that as an insult violates the rules, but you're gonna tell me that somebody is not using a particular F-word every game?

That and mothers, girlfriends, looks etc are all fair game. It just doesn't make sense.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

Maybe he's just a big fan of the Kirby franchise?

 

[Edgelord]

From literally asking a group of Mennonite about this... no, no it's not.

no shit, if someone called me a Mennonite, I would be stoked. Did they see a strong sense of honor? strong family and community values? incredible work ethic?

 

[Namikaze Minato]

That and mothers, girlfriends, looks etc are all fair game. It just doesn't make sense.

It does when you open your eyes, its pretty obvious lol.

 

[kingsholygrail]

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

Technically calling someone a Jew wouldn't be an insult either unless the way you're contextualizing it is as an insult which may be the case here in regards to calling him a Mennonite.

 

[AvroArrow]

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.

My cousin played jr hockey and was literally called the N word or sand + the N word (we aren't black, we're indians but he's darker) more times than we could count, nobody was ever penalized or suspended for it. Granted this was like 10-15 years ago.

In his last year they started suspending players for using homophobic slurs though.

Guys call each other the P word and taunt on almost every single shift/scrum, it's a joke to suspend him 5 games over this. What he said isn't even a slur lol.

 

[Number8]

Pointing out somebody is a Mennonite isn't an issue. Using Mennonite as an insult is. This isn't difficult.

I think I get it, now.

It's ok for me to say "That's a very good point, Shlep".

It is not ok for me to say "Yeah, good point. You Shlep"

The use of a comma in the first sentence and the general tone suggests good will.

The distinct period differentiating between a probably sarcastic first sentence and the "you Shlep" follow-up suggests ill will.

Am I getting it right?

 

[Turin]

well thanks for the new rabbit hole....never heard of Anabaptists before and now I'm reading about the Council of Esphesus lol

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

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

It's because he didn't use the correct term, which is Personnite.


(I just threw my first rock in the culture wars)

 

[Erikfromfin]

First time hearing this word. I thought it was Pokemon or something

 

[Shlep]

I think I get it, now.

It's ok for me to say "That's a very good point, Shlep".

It is not ok for me to say "Yeah, good point. You Shlep"

The use of a comma in the first sentence and the general tone suggests good will.

The distinct period differentiating between a probably sarcastic first sentence and the "you Shlep" follow-up suggests ill will.

Am I getting it right?

Is a Shlep a group of people?

 

[canary]

Feels like we've lost all sense of nuance and are conflating referring to someone as a Muslim, Jew, Mennonite in friendly day-to-day conversation and using it against an opposing player on the ice to be the same thing.

When people use individual's identities in pejorative ways, it's not necessarily uncommon for it to be accompanied by some less-than-decent adjectives, before or after. Or generalized stereotypes and tropes about the person's assumed character. Neither of which need to be included in a press release about a suspension, as you should be able to read between the lines.

 

[Turin]

Pointing out somebody is a Mennonite isn't an issue. Using Mennonite as an insult is. This isn't difficult.

As a Mennonite I declare, as is my right, that it’s not. I can guarantee that the person enforcing this suspension is almost certainly NOT a Mennonite.

If I saw somebody with a long patchy beard and called him a Mennonite to bug him, I would have done nothing wrong. If I saw a player refusing to fight and called him a Mennonite, I would have done nothing wrong. Nobody makes fun of mennonites more than mennonites and nobody is less sensitive about being teased about their idiosyncrasies.

 

[Reality Czech]

Are we sure he said Mennonite or did he maybe make a lewd comment about the player servicing a certain number of "men a night?"

 

[JPT]

well thanks for the new rabbit hole....never heard of Anabaptists before and now I'm reading about the Council of Esphesus lol

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

 

[Bowski]

Must have said it in Marge Simpson's voice.

 

[McShogun99]

That's probably the least offensive of any name you can call a person.

 

[JackSlater]

That Landon Sim sounds like a real Seventh Day Adventist Reformist.

 

[thefutures]

Earned himself a spot on team Canada with that one

 

[Chileiceman]

Maybe his ancestors chased the mennonites out of Ukraine.

 

[SladeWilson23]

yeah I had to search up what Mennonite meant lol.

Mind telling me what it is because I'm too lazy to look it up?

 

[Its not your fault]

So if I'm called Amish often what does that mean .. Imma be rich soon?