2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games — Page 3

I am not so sure his is better than Scott Hamilton.  And the guy is a weirdo(not because he is gay but because of the way he dresses and the way he does his hair and his mannorisms).   

Dear American Ladies Ice Hockey team:

You should be ashamed of yourselves.   You had a 2 goal lead with less than 4 minutes and couldn't hold it.   In those last fews minutes you played way too conservative.   You played not to lose instead of playing to win.  You made too little effort at trying to get the puck down to the other end of the ice.   After Canada pulled their goalie, the puck got sent down and almost went into Canada's goal.  Did you send anyone down to try to keep the puck on that side of the ice? Nope.  After that and in the seconds before the final goal in regulation of scored, did you make any attempt at sending to puck to the other side of the ice? nope.  Now lets discuss overtime.   You could have taken advantage of a penalty against Canada where you would have had and extra player on the ice for a couple of minutes and instead blow that by commiting a stupid penalty of your own.  Then you commit another penalty which gave Canada the one player advantage(and would have given them a two player advantage for 5 seconds) and Canada scored the winning goal.  This game was there for the taking and you blew it.  YOU BLEW IT!  I don't know who has authority to do it, but the coaches need to go.  Get rid of them and put together a better team for the next Olypics,  a team that won't blow such an opportunity to win to gold medal.  PLAY TO WIN INSTEAD OF PLAYING NOT TO LOSE!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

The Warbler

Dear, American Men's Ice Hockey team:

KICK CANADA'S ASS!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,

The Warbler

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

That was my first impression too.  But after watching for a while I got past that

I guess it is easier for some to get past it than others.   I am surprised he hasn't recieved some criticism from the gay community for feeding into the stereotype that gay men are effeminate weirdos.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

and became very impressed with his quick wit and seemingly off-the-wall comments that invariably nailed his point home in an effective and entertaining manner.  They frequently make me laugh.  His outfits are coordinated with Tara Lipinski and manage to remain classy despite being untraditional... I think they make a fantastic team.  I mainly appreciate that what he says has content, whereas most of the time after Hamilton is done talking you just realized he has said basically nothing.

 I was not saying that he was doing a bad job, its just hard for me to take him seriously.   But maybe he is doing a better job than I give him credit for.

Ryan McAvoy said:

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

That was my first impression too.  But after watching for a while I got past that

I guess it is easier for some to get past it than others.   I am surprised he hasn't recieved some criticism from the gay community for feeding into the stereotype that gay men are effeminate weirdos.

^ There is no such stereotype, you've just imagined that one yourself.

no I have not. 

Ryan McAvoy said:

There is however a stereotype that all "gay men are effeminate"

we agree here.

Ryan McAvoy said:

and there is a seperate bigotted view point that gay men are "weirdos". The dictionary definition of 'stereotype' is "a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image". The former is just such an oversimplfication, the latter is just plain wrong.

 it is both bogotted and a sterotype.

Just because it's a stereotype, Ryan, doesn't mean everyone (or even the majority) has to hold it.

a stereotype could also be something the majority USED to hold.

Peoples of the Earth please attend carefully, the message that follows is vital to the future of you all.

Let people be the way they are and not the way someone thinks they should be, should be the lesson Putin and others should take away from this.

It offends me that someone should be offended by so called effeminacy in anyone, male, female, gay, straight, auton, android or cyborg.

That is why I wear this outrageous outfit and shrink people to death with a black dildo.

Ryan McAvoy said:

Warbler said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

and there is a seperate bigotted view point that gay men are "weirdos". The dictionary definition of 'stereotype' is "a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image". The former is just such an oversimplfication, the latter is just plain wrong.

 it is both bogotted and a sterotype.

 Read the dictionary definition I provided again. Is it an "oversimplification" to label them "weirdos" or is it an opinion? If it is an "oversimplification" as you say, then please elaborate with the more complex version of your statement.

RicOlie_2 said:

Just because it's a stereotype, Ryan, doesn't mean everyone (or even the majority) has to hold it.

 Again, read the dictionary definition I provided again. It says a stereotype is an "oversimplification"  that is "widely" held.

But this is getting way off topic when all somebody said was the nice positive thing that the dudes skating commentary was very informative. Shame that such a postive statement has to descend so quickly into negativity.

 If Puggo can give his opinion about Johnny Weir, I can give mine. 

Here is Wikipedia's diffinition of steorotype:

A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things.^[1] These thoughts or beliefs may or may not accurately reflect reality

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Warbler said:

I am surprised he hasn't recieved some criticism from the gay community for feeding into the stereotype that gay men are effeminate weirdos.

He has received a ton of criticism from the LGBT community - not for that, but for going to Russia at all and not being more outspokenly critical of Putin's policies. 

interesting.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

He definitely marches to the beat of his own drum (plus, he has a Russian husband). 

I did not know that he has a Russion husband. 

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

I don't think he's a weirdo at all.  He's just different. 

I suppose everyone is entitled to their own diffinition of what is and is not weird.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

The world would be a richer place if people allowed themselves (and others) more room to be themselves. 

perhaps, but I don't think that means we should deny that there is such a thing as being weird.   Or are you saying if I decided to wear a pillow case or a lamp shade as clothing, that wouldn't be regarded as weird. 

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Oh - I also appreciate that he doesn't talk through the whole performance, but does most of the talking before and after.

 well, there is something to be said for that.  Perhaps I need to get to know Weir's commenting style better.

Warbler said:

perhaps, but I don't think that means we should deny that there is such a thing as being weird.   Or are you saying if I decided to wear a pillow case or a lamp shade as clothing, that wouldn't be regarded as weird. 

 I can't speak for anyone else...oh sorry...yes I can, but speaking personally. I call that being imaginative and creative. Brave, eccentric maybe but weird seems derogatory (like queer used to be until the queers appropriated it).

I think you should try walking around with a lampshade on your head just as a life experience, you could do it for charity and you might look great.

People should challenge their preconceptions once in a while.

I didn't wear jeans until I turned 30 (found out they are comfortable and great for gardening etc).

Bingowings said:

Warbler said:

perhaps, but I don't think that means we should deny that there is such a thing as being weird.   Or are you saying if I decided to wear a pillow case or a lamp shade as clothing, that wouldn't be regarded as weird. 

 I can't speak for anyone else...oh sorry...yes I can, but speaking personally. I call that being imaginative and creative. Brave, eccentric maybe but weird seems derogatory (like queer used to be until the queers appropriated it).

it was not mean as derogatory as that.   I am willing to bet there is behavior and mannor of dress that even you would find weird.

Bingowings said:

I think you should try walking around with a lampshade on your head just as a life experience, you could do it for charity and you might look great.

I think not.

Bingowings said:

People should challenge their preconceptions once in a while.

some of us are better at changing these things than others. 

Bingowings said:

I didn't wear jeans until I turned 30 (found out they are comfortable and great for gardening etc).

 and your point is?

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Warbler said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

The world would be a richer place if people allowed themselves (and others) more room to be themselves. 

perhaps, but I don't think that means we should deny that there is such a thing as being weird.   Or are you saying if I decided to wear a pillow case or a lamp shade as clothing, that wouldn't be regarded as weird. 

 Whether or not it's weird, you'd have to admit that the world would be a richer place if you did :)

 fact: there is such a thing as weird.  

and I can't help that there is.  I didn't invent the word.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/emergency-crews-attempt-to-rescue-olympic-figure-s,35313/

Also, Scott "Shouty McShouter" Hamilton is terrible.

Warbler said:

Dear American Ladies Ice Hockey team:

You should be ashamed of yourselves. 

 Really?

TV's Frink said:

Warbler said:

Dear American Ladies Ice Hockey team:

You should be ashamed of yourselves. 

 Really?

 they had a 2 point lead with less than four minutes to go to win the gold medal and they blew it.