Tolerant, progressive Boston Bruins fans tweeting racist comments re: Ward

[betamanlet]

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Because he won the game and the series in OT.

Nothing more racist than New England liberals.

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[Marshan Man]

Except for maybe NE conservatives??

[betamanlet]

Except for maybe NE conservatives??

Yeah, because M*******achusetts is a real bastion of conservatism

[sigmalady]

Who other than you claims that liberal and racist are mutually exclusive?

[Candy Pickletoes]

I don't know about the whole D/R thing going on here but would like to say what a great attitude, certainly one to be looked up to.

Ward told USATODAY, the racism "doesn't faze me at all."

"We won, and we are moving on," he said. "People are going to say what they want to say."

If more people thought that way the world would be a better place.

[Balt Observer]

I don't know about the whole D/R thing going on here but would like to say what a great attitude, certainly one to be looked up to.



If more people thought that way the world would be a better place.

He is Canadian. I'm sure he's heard all that before many times in a predominately white sport.

[betamanlet]

He is Canadian. I'm sure he's heard all that before many times in a predominately white sport.

but but but that's not possible, only people with southern accents can be racist. They don't even watch NASCAR in canada.

[Candy Pickletoes]

He is Canadian. I'm sure he's heard all that before many times in a predominately white sport.

I guess we'll never know if he's ever retaliated for someone saying something racist since we all know you go to a boxing match to see a hockey game break out!

Anyone here a caps fan? Anyone remember the game between the Bruins and Caps in 2006 where Olie Kolzig and Byron Dafoe went toe to toe? I can still see it, I was cracking up! Neither one of them threw a single punch, they were just trying to take each other's jerseys off, at times with grins on their faces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhrFsUyfec

[Marshan Man]

but but but that's not possible, only people with southern accents can be racist. They don't even watch NASCAR in canada.

Is playing with your little self created straw men some sort of twisted form of masturbation for you?

[Baltimatt]

So now, thanks to social media, what would have been said in a barroom or living room can be heard around the world and becomes news.

[Balt Observer]

I guess we'll never know if he's ever retaliated for someone saying something racist since we all know you go to a boxing match to see a hockey game break out!

Anyone here a caps fan? Anyone remember the game between the Bruins and Caps in 2006 where Olie Kolzig and Byron Dafoe went toe to toe? I can still see it, I was cracking up! Neither one of them threw a single punch, they were just trying to take each other's jerseys off, at times with grins on their faces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhrFsUyfec

I'm a Caps fan. Those two guys are good friends. One was the best man at the other's wedding (don't remember which way it was).

[Candy Pickletoes]

I'm a Caps fan. Those two guys are good friends. One was the best man at the other's wedding (don't remember which way it was).

Yeah, I know, which is why I cracked up when the two went toe to toe. I remember it like it was yesterday because my mother and I were "geeking out" (my sons' term not mine apparently it means laughing really hard) at the TV. It's a fond memory I have with my mother, rest her soul.

[Diego]

If they find out who made the comments, he should take 20 friends up there and beat them with paint cans and shovels.....

[betamanlet]

So now, thanks to social media, what would have been said in a barroom or living room can be heard around the world and becomes news.

And it's their narcisism that makes them want to share their every thought.

[Baltimatt]

Yeah, because M*******achusetts is a real bastion of conservatism

I guess you missed the big fight over bussing in Boston years ago.

In 1965, a decade after the desegregation of southern schools, school segregation in Boston is a natural by-product of segregated neighborhoods. Predominantly African American schools lack permanent teachers, basic furniture and supplies, even books. The NAACP helps black parents bring their complaints to the Boston School Committee, whose chair, Louise Day Hicks, claims the schools are not inferior. After years of struggle, when community strategies to improve their children's education fail, black parents take the school committee to court. On June 21, 1974, federal district court judge W. Arthur Garrity rules in the parents' favor, saying the school committee has consciously maintained two separate school systems. Garrity orders students to be bused city-wide to integrate the schools.

Boston residents anticipate trouble. Less than a mile apart, the black community of Roxbury and the white community of South Boston (Louise Day Hicks' stronghold) are slated to integrate their schools. City politicians make matters worse by promising white residents they will seek to overturn the decision. Senator Edward Kennedy, once a favorite son of the city's Irish community, is threatened by a mob during a demonstration at the federal building. In September, buses carrying black students are met by white crowds in South Boston, yelling slurs and threatening violence. White parents stage a boycott, pulling their children from the schools. The violence persists inside and outside the schools, and white resistance continues for years. Not until Louise Day Hicks is unseated and a black school committee member is elected in 1977 will the situation start to stabilize.

[betamanlet]

I guess you missed the big fight over bussing in Boston years ago.

They are classic liberals.They love diversity, so long as they dont' have to be subjected to it.

How many of the white liberals that flock to DC send their kids to the public schools in DC? NOT MANY.

[Bmoreteacher]

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Because he won the game and the series in OT.

Nothing more racist than New England liberals.

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Once again, you make yourself look stupid by posting such utter nonsense. You have no way of knowing their political affiliation, yet you quack about it like you do. If you want to post this story, please do so in an honest way!

[Bmoreteacher]

They are classic liberals.They love diversity, so long as they dont' have to be subjected to it.

How many of the white liberals that flock to DC send their kids to the public schools in DC? NOT MANY.

How many of the white conservatives that flock to DC send their kids to the public schools? NOT MANY.

[Jeebus]

Ironically, Boston fans have a right to complain about the game winning goal, as Mike Knuble totally ran into Tim Thomas in the crease, effectively knocking him from the play and making any a chance he had to stop the backhand shot from Ward all but impossible.

No one should be surprised that Boston is full of bigoted racists, that's old news. Whether or not they are Libs or Conservs I have no idea, but they don't like the brothas too much up there.

[betamanlet]

How many of the white conservatives that flock to DC send their kids to the public schools? NOT MANY.

White conservatives move to DC?