Comments on: More hate http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/ A graduate student in mathematics and a modern languages major take on politics and culture with the following aspirational motto: ‘Deregulate your mind.’ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:42:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-10562 shonk Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:39:10 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-10562 <p>Dude, I've seen "Around The Horn". I know who Mariotti is and what he does.</p> <p>Oh, and if you haven't seen it yet, check out <a xhref="http://www.jaythejoke.com/">Jay the Joke</a>.</p> Dude, I’ve seen “Around The Horn”. I know who Mariotti is and what he does.

Oh, and if you haven’t seen it yet, check out Jay the Joke.

]]> By: El Charno http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-10559 El Charno Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:36:07 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-10559 <p>Thought I'd provide some insight on the Marrioti / Guillen thing. Marrioti is barely a journalist or even a columnist, he's just a shit flinger. He basically is on constant attack against any Chicago player, manager, owner, hell even the fans. He's been doing that the entire time he's been in this city. He hated Mike Ditka, and now he bitches that Bears coaches are not like Ditka. When the White Sox (the team he picked for a fourth place finish) won the world series, he wrote a totally wounded, insecure article about how he was "actually glad that they had proved him wrong". His main specialty is name calling. He doesn't publish the "uncomfortable truths" or anything, just insults people even when there is no reason to do so. Basically, this is the guy that libel laws were invented for. Now, I'm not saying he should shut up or be quiet. He should simply expect the reaction that he gets. I like how the guy who called Frank Thomas ("The Big Hurt") the "Big Skirt" is acting pious over a sexual insult.</p> <p>There's my discoordinated rant about Marrioti!</p> Thought I’d provide some insight on the Marrioti / Guillen thing. Marrioti is barely a journalist or even a columnist, he’s just a shit flinger. He basically is on constant attack against any Chicago player, manager, owner, hell even the fans. He’s been doing that the entire time he’s been in this city. He hated Mike Ditka, and now he bitches that Bears coaches are not like Ditka. When the White Sox (the team he picked for a fourth place finish) won the world series, he wrote a totally wounded, insecure article about how he was “actually glad that they had proved him wrong”. His main specialty is name calling. He doesn’t publish the “uncomfortable truths” or anything, just insults people even when there is no reason to do so. Basically, this is the guy that libel laws were invented for. Now, I’m not saying he should shut up or be quiet. He should simply expect the reaction that he gets. I like how the guy who called Frank Thomas (”The Big Hurt”) the “Big Skirt” is acting pious over a sexual insult.

There’s my discoordinated rant about Marrioti!

]]> By: Andy Stedman http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-10122 Andy Stedman Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:47:32 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-10122 <p>Well, I prefer Curt's did spelling of "likeable". Your version made me read "lickable" in my head, which perhaps ties in with the gay stuff somehow.</p> <p>Why on earth are both correct?</p> Well, I prefer Curt’s did spelling of “likeable”. Your version made me read “lickable” in my head, which perhaps ties in with the gay stuff somehow.

Why on earth are both correct?

]]> By: shonk http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-9973 shonk Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:23:04 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-9973 <p>My favorite part of that story:</p> <blockquote>When reached before Wednesday night's St. Louis-Chicago game, Mariotti said that the story is the gay groups who have been insulted, and not him.</blockquote> <p>How, exactly, are gay people insulted by Mariotti being called a fag? The only way that's insulting is if it's mortifying to even contemplate the notion that Mariotti might share their predilection for man-ass.</p> <p>Oh, wait, I see I've just answered my own question.</p> My favorite part of that story:

When reached before Wednesday night’s St. Louis-Chicago game, Mariotti said that the story is the gay groups who have been insulted, and not him.

How, exactly, are gay people insulted by Mariotti being called a fag? The only way that’s insulting is if it’s mortifying to even contemplate the notion that Mariotti might share their predilection for man-ass.

Oh, wait, I see I’ve just answered my own question.

]]> By: Curt http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-9970 Curt Thu, 22 Jun 2006 03:08:59 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-9970 <p>p.s. Almost compensating for that bummer sports story was the story on ESPN with the brilliant headline: <a href="http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&hs=SMu&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&ct=title&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=ozzie+guillen+espn&btnG=Search+News" rel="nofollow">Guillen calls columnist Mariotti homosexual slur</a>.</p> p.s. Almost compensating for that bummer sports story was the story on ESPN with the brilliant headline: Guillen calls columnist Mariotti homosexual slur.

]]> By: Curt http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-9967 Curt Thu, 22 Jun 2006 02:42:10 +0000 http://www.sellingwaves.com/2006/06/21/more-hate/#comment-9967 <p>Incidentally, does anyone else find it notable that during the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_281081.html">U.S.-Italy</a> World Cup match, a game cursed with equally horrendous officiating, the American announcers were lambasting the ref with justified but still nakedly partisan fervor, whereas during the NBA finals we heard nary a peep from any of them, except when it came time to righteously intone against Mark Cuban for <em>his</em> outbursts against the officials? But I guess in that case they don't have the nationalism card to play, and Disney (which owns ABC and ESPN) has a much smaller financial investment in FIFA than they do in the NBA. I just find this interesting.</p> Incidentally, does anyone else find it notable that during the U.S.-Italy World Cup match, a game cursed with equally horrendous officiating, the American announcers were lambasting the ref with justified but still nakedly partisan fervor, whereas during the NBA finals we heard nary a peep from any of them, except when it came time to righteously intone against Mark Cuban for his outbursts against the officials? But I guess in that case they don’t have the nationalism card to play, and Disney (which owns ABC and ESPN) has a much smaller financial investment in FIFA than they do in the NBA. I just find this interesting.

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