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#StandByGayle

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[Super Hans]

What Gayle did is not really inconsistent with his brand.

I reckon CA and CV couldn't care less about Gayle's brand, they care about theirs. They don't want their brand to be the same as Gayle's and they probably think if they let this slide the two become one.

 

[SherbertLemon]

I reckon CA and CV couldn't care less about Gayle's brand, they care about theirs. They don't want their brand to be the same as Gayle's and they probably think if they let this slide the two become one.

Yeah, this feigned indignation is inherent in the industry. Mark "farkwit" Howie was going on about how "extraordinary" the interview was until they probably screamed in his ear to condemn his behaviour.

All the while they love talking about his swagger and his laddish ways.

Chris shouldn't have said it, and it was clear she was uncomfortable. She deserves respect like any other reporter, and banter can go too far. He should have apologised off camera and that's it, but we have this media shit storm and the BBL backlash that is all about brand management. They couldn't really give a shit about Mel.

The media love it because it sells papers and is click bait.

It's sick, so sick.

Bring back Tony, Richie and Bill talking about cricket and bugger all of this nonsense off.

 

[JUBJUB]

Are we still talking about Chris Gayle, or have we moved onto Chris Brown?

The vet or the Rhianna whacker ?

 

[Jeremias]

Probably because nobody would've believed or done anything about it until now.

You may have typed it, but please don't tell me you actually believe that.

And don't try and compare seeing something by accident, and what Gayle's accused of doing.

He's accused of dropping his towel and making an inappropriate comment. Let's all jump up and down in hysteria and make him out to be the worst person on the planet.

He was in a locker room. If you go into a pro dressing room, brace yourself for the possibility of nudity and frivolity.

Are male staffers allowed in female locker rooms? If not, not even for a sandwich?

 

[carnthemlions]

Instead of telling a woman she has nice eyes, try saying her new hair colour doesn't suit her or point out the spot on her left cheek and watch her get all neurotic.

Most women are like hungry lions, they require compliments for sustenance and devour them with relish.

I bet you're a real charmer.

It will be a sad day in Australian cricket if they actually ban him from ever returning.

To be honest, if wasnt massively over hyped in the commentary box as a player (they after all bought up his stripper pole during the coverage) and miked up for each innings I doubt his inappropriate comments would have taken place when interviewed. Thats not to say he wouldnt have said the same thing after the interview though. With all that said Gayle is totally and solely responsible for his choice of words, but lets give some background and context before he is banned for life in the BBL.

It really won't be. He's clearly more trouble than he's worth, and that's really all there is to it.

A little bit unprofessional and he shouldn't have said it.

But that was not harassment, it was a harmless compliment. This age of political correctness is nauseating.

'harmless compliment' 'political correctness'

Equally as absurd.

Yesterday was the first I heard of that alleged incident. Why act now - 10 months afterwards - and not then? Don't tell me the incident with Mel isn't a huge factor here.

Again, it all points to Chris being a moron and I won't dispute that, but surely people know that if you enter any professional locker room there's a fair chance you are going to see something you probably don't want to.

Did you read anything about the alleged incident? Please do so and get back to us.

Sam Kekovich lists Donald Trump as inspiration for possible political career


Reckon he'd be very popular, as long as he doesn't have any skeletons in the closet.

Popular with who? Does anyone even know who he is these days?

 

[Bomberboyokay]

If it was just one incident he'd be staying. It's this list of incidents coming out now, not helped by Renegades CEO Coventry pretending they're bullshit, that's finished him.

 

[krisholio14]

Yeah, this feigned indignation is inherent in the industry. Mark "farkwit" Howie was going on about how "extraordinary" the interview was until they probably screamed in his ear to condemn his behaviour.

All the while they love talking about his swagger and his laddish ways.

Chris shouldn't have said it, and it was clear she was uncomfortable. She deserves respect like any other reporter, and banter can go too far. He should have apologised off camera and that's it, but we have this media shit storm and the BBL backlash that is all about brand management. They couldn't really give a shit about Mel.

The media love it because it sells papers and is click bait.

It's sick, so sick.

Bring back Tony, Richie and Bill talking about cricket and bugger all of this nonsense off.

And it gives the SJW's even more chance to prance around on their high horses looking down on anyone who doesn't agree with their thoughts on what's 'right' and what's 'wrong'.

May have taken a couple of days, but all the usual suspects have come galloping though this thread to let us all know how morally superior they are.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Now the men's rights-ists will blame big bad society instead of Gayle.

 

[Rabbit of Caerbannog]

Signs reading #StandByGale and "Don't Blush Baby" were confiscated at the MCG last night under Cricket Australia's conditions of entry prohibiting offensive signage.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Didn't you the other day get annoyed when I called you an idiot?

But being the SJW etc etc that you are, it is okay for you to label anyone who disagrees with your point of view with derogatory terms.

I called the Renegades CEO a dickhead. This may surprise you, but he's not actually on this forum. So I'm not having a discussion with him. It's an obvious difference but you'll fail to see it.

Also do you realise everytime you use the term "SJW" it shows up your complete lack of an argument, right?

 

[Snell1234]

Now the men's rights-ists will blame big bad society instead of Gayle.

And the lefties will continue to make up all this rubbish about so called minority groups being discriminated against and ensuring all these supposed groups get given extra privileges and rights compared to white males who are now increasingly becoming the minority in our society.

 

[Snell1234]

I called the Renegades CEO a dickhead. This may surprise you, but he's not actually on this forum. So I'm not having a discussion with him. It's an obvious difference but you'll fail to see it.

Also do you realise everytime you use the term "SJW" it shows up your complete lack of an argument, right?

Not really. It's an apt term to describe you. The reason I pointed it out is that SJWs campaign for equality and from a position of being morally superior, but they have no problem bullying people into submission and being derogatory to anyone who disagrees with them.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Not really. It's an apt term to describe you. The reason I pointed it out is that SJWs campaign for equality and from a position of being morally superior, but they have no problem bullying people into submission and being derogatory to anyone who disagrees with them.

Righto.

 

[ManWithNoName]

And you still haven't told me the difference between Sharapova's interview and the other examples I gave you with Gayle's. I suspect I'll be waiting a long time.

What, all of them?

Well, the male journalist didn't seem obviously uncomfortable, Mel did.
Male sports journalists don't face sexist, disrespectful shit every day, female sports journalists do.
Sharapova was sitting a fair distance away from him. Gayle (a very tall, large man) was standing right next to Mel.
There is a history of women being disrespected in the workplace like this. There is not that history with men.
The surfer wasn't at work. Gayle was.
We are in a period of history where domestic violence and violence against women is a disgrace in this country. Violence has its roots in disrespect. There is not that with men.
Women speak repeatedly about Chris Gayle being a creep and making them feel uncomfortable. There is none of that with Sharapova.

And that's just off the top of my head. So yeah, if you ignore all that they're basically the same.

 

[Ron The Bear]

I bet you're a real charmer.

Poorly phrased, perhaps.

Think the results would be very interesting if compliments to women were banned!

 

[Snell1234]

What, all of them?

Well, the male journalist didn't seem obviously uncomfortable, Mel did.
Male sports journalists don't face sexist, disrespectful shit every day, female sports journalists do.
Sharapova was sitting a fair distance away from him. Gayle (a very tall, large man) was standing right next to Mel.
There is a history of women being disrespected in the workplace like this. There is not that history with men.
The surfer wasn't at work. Gayle was.
We are in a period of history where domestic violence and violence against women is a disgrace in this country. Violence has its roots in disrespect. There is not that with men.
Women speak repeatedly about Chris Gayle being a creep and making them feel uncomfortable. There is none of that with Sharapova.

And that's just off the top of my head. So yeah, if you ignore all that they're basically the same.

"Male sports journalists don't face sexist, disrespectful shit every day, female sports journalists do."

- Nice generalisation and unfounded comment. You have no evidence to back this up. This is a typical leftie view inventing a problem for an imaginary minority group. In all the workplaces I've worked in, there has been absolutely no sexism or disrespect to women. If anything, they are treated extra sensitively compared to males.

"Well, the male journalist didn't seem obviously uncomfortable, Mel did."
Your opinion. We do not know how either of the two felt. The male journalist may have been uncomfortable but instead just decided to move on. You are dismissing his rights as a person because he is not in a so called minority group. Also, there is no way she could have predicted how he would feel when she first made the comments.

"There is a history of women being disrespected in the workplace like this. There is not that history with men."
Maybe in the past for women. Not any more. There is actually reverse discrimination going on in most workplaces these days with many programs for the development of women and many women only groups where males are not allowed to attend its sessions. More graduates in fields such as law are females despite the pool being roughly 50 / 50. Many companies have policies promoting the development of women and they will be preferred for a male over a promotion if the decision is even roughly up for debate.

"We are in a period of history where domestic violence and violence against women is a disgrace in this country. Violence has its roots in disrespect. There is not that with men."
There is also domestic violence against men which is never focused on. There is no support for men suffering from this compared to what women have available to them.

"Women speak repeatedly about Chris Gayle being a creep and making them feel uncomfortable. There is none of that with Sharapova."
We have only heard from those women now. It is "opportunistic".

 

[RAPPA]

If Mel laughed it off and didn't bat an eyelid to the comment, things would have proceeded as normal.

He was instead publicly denounced on social media and so they were triggered into a reaction of admonishing his conduct.

 

[krisholio14]

What, all of them?

Well, the male journalist didn't seem obviously uncomfortable, Mel did.
Male sports journalists don't face sexist, disrespectful shit every day, female sports journalists do.
Sharapova was sitting a fair distance away from him. Gayle (a very tall, large man) was standing right next to Mel.
There is a history of women being disrespected in the workplace like this. There is not that history with men.
The surfer wasn't at work. Gayle was.
We are in a period of history where domestic violence and violence against women is a disgrace in this country. Violence has its roots in disrespect. There is not that with men.
Women speak repeatedly about Chris Gayle being a creep and making them feel uncomfortable. There is none of that with Sharapova.

And that's just off the top of my head. So yeah, if you ignore all that they're basically the same.

Why don't you just say 'Women can't be sexist' and be done with it?

 

[Carbine Chaos]

If Mel laughed it off and didn't bat an eyelid to the comment, things would have proceeded as normal.

He was instead publicly denounced on social media and so they were triggered into a reaction of admonishing his conduct.

You're right, it is definitely her fault for not laughing it off.

**** me.

 

[eth-dog]

Not really. It's an apt term to describe you. The reason I pointed it out is that SJWs campaign for equality and from a position of being morally superior, but they have no problem bullying people into submission and being derogatory to anyone who disagrees with them.

This is what's wrong with society. Caring about equal rights for men and women isn't being morally superior, it's a basic human right.

 

[RAPPA]

You're right, it is definitely her fault for not laughing it off.

**** me.

Derrrrrrrp I am not criticising her one bit, I am instead criticising the hypocrisy.

That is, whether or not she takes offence should be immaterial to the matter; it should be the conduct itself.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Why don't you just say 'Women can't be sexist' and be done with it?

Because that would be stupid, in the same vein as terms of "SJW" or "PC".

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Derrrrrrrp I am not cirticising her one bit, I am instead criticising the hypocrisy.

That is, whether or not she takes offence should be immaterial to the matter; it should be the conduct itself.

You did say that if she had shaken it off, nothing would have come of it. FWIW I thought she handled it brilliantly.

 

[Snell1234]

This is what's wrong with society. Caring about equal rights for men and women isn't being morally superior, it's a basic human right.

We have equality if you hadn't realised. If you had worked in any workplace or stepped onto the street, you would know we have equality.

It is being morally superior to pretend that we have a problem when in fact there is no problem.