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Post by Zombie Mod on Oct 12, 2022 7:07:31 GMT -5
I don't think I've been offended by much of what has been put on their tv shows because it is a tv show at the end of the day. I have more of an issue with them trying to insult my intelligence.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Oct 12, 2022 7:30:13 GMT -5
The Reid Flair comment.
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Post by thecrusherwi on Oct 12, 2022 8:17:47 GMT -5
Honestly, never. Then again, I don't let other people's words and actions affect my emotions in general. There's been times where I thought "Yikes" but I never thought "I'm so offended! I'm never watching again!" Infact, repetitive booking and boring shows are more likely to make me stop watching than an "offensive" joke or storyline like Katie Vick or Vince vs God. I agree with this. Also it's wrestling. I've never expected wrestling to ever have anything important to say. It's just silly entertainment. I can't get offended by something I don't give any weight to.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2022 8:21:37 GMT -5
I've never been offended, but the "Stand Up for WWE" campaign pissed me off pretty good.
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Post by canceled4truth on Oct 12, 2022 9:07:29 GMT -5
I actually yelled at the TV when I went back recently and watched one of the SNMEs from 2008 and Jenny McCarthy popped up. So, I guess that.
As a Middle Eastern man I feel like I'm obligated to say Muhammad Hassan, but, honestly, I loved the gimmick. The one misfire was making him a literal terrorist at the end, but that was more stupid than offensive. The "heel with a point" had so much more mileage. Also I've been mistaken for being Italian enough times that it's more funny to me than anything that they had an Italian dude play the character.
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Post by Gerard Gerard on Oct 12, 2022 9:12:26 GMT -5
When they originally billed Finlay as being from "Belfast, Ireland" as if their viewers weren't intelligent enough to know there's a Northern Ireland. I mean, that’s like number 3 as to why Finlay’s character was an absolute flaming turd bonanza to Irish viewers.
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Post by Matt on Oct 12, 2022 9:35:11 GMT -5
Paul Heyman as Paul Bearer and mocking Jerry Lawler’s heart attack.
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Post by sarkerpolseng on Oct 12, 2022 9:36:29 GMT -5
This didn't really offend me as I am so desensitized to them using dead family/friends in promos to further a feud. I can count like five other times.
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Post by lucas_lee on Oct 12, 2022 9:51:56 GMT -5
Katie Vick, it wasn't offensive more like why the **** did you go there. It really turned me off watching for years until 2011 and the WWE network
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Oct 12, 2022 10:01:16 GMT -5
“Eddie’s down there…. In hell!”
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Post by häšhtå.gdālėÿ on Oct 12, 2022 10:17:56 GMT -5
Mia Yim’s seizure really bugged me. I have family with epilepsy and work with a population who has them. Just something that’s really uncomfortable to me when it’s made light of or used like that.
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Post by Hit Girl on Oct 12, 2022 10:33:59 GMT -5
Wrestling fans can't be offended.
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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 12, 2022 10:39:18 GMT -5
Not WWE but seeing certain people who were personally asshats to me and others. But been there, done that.
WWE by proxy, meaning WCW, but Hollywood Hogan's character adjustment in 1998 where he always made references comparing himself to (icon of certain beliefs not to be discussed here) used to really bother me back in the day.
WWF/E's streak of selling worked shoot injuries like Over The Edge '99. Chyna at the Rumble is a glaring example, as was Rock getting rammed by Hogan's truck (even included JR or someone saying the show must go on, and the Godfather arguing with his girls who were sad/distracted).
By proxy, there was a moment in 2000 when Rock asked if Chris Benoit was going to attack him from the rafters. It was an eerie coincidence with Benoit being a Hart student, and I'm sure Rock being Rock meant nothing by it. Still it raised the hackles.
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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 12, 2022 10:49:34 GMT -5
The Warrior reward. The idea of a reward is not the issue. But to name such reward after the Ultimate Warrior as if he was some kind of saint when until like the last couple months of his life. He wasn't close to that as we all know the things he said and done. But we just suppose to forget all of that and brush it under the rug like it never happened. Be a star Anti Bullying campaign. 1,000s of kids get bullied every year and some become very tragic. Yet while running this campaign the WWE would still employee known Bullying wrestlers. And run angles based on Bulling. Ex Bully Ryaback. How about making fun of JR health? Just a couple examples. But what about 2016 Alexa? But seriously, people who bully can be seen everywhere. As for the former....honestly, why no one called out the Warrior Award at the same time when they called out the Moolah battle royal is beyond me. I mean, I am not saying this or the other happened or didn't happen at Camp Moolah, I wasn't there. It's interesting that there's people on both sides of the argument who knew her. But most of us have seen or heard a Warrior rant. Was it just "too soon" to besmirch the name of the Ultimate Warrior at the time? If so why does Warrior get a pass cause he's dead, when Moolah didn't? I guess if true, she actually physically and mentally affected others, while Warrior was all talk. Either way, this is why it's dangerous to instantly forgive someone for everything just because they died. It's also dangerous to base wrestling honors and awards on the on-screen characters only.
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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 12, 2022 10:53:34 GMT -5
My bad then, I've seen other people bring this quote up a lot, maybe it just got blown out of proportion Eh, you're not alone in thinking it, if so, and maybe I am being charitable, I just think people dislike her (understandably) and they basically give the least charitable read to most anything she says or does sometimes to an unfair degree. This. I mean it was melodramatic to say that, yes. But I get the idea. Remember we didn't see anything like 9/11 at the time. Devastating events, yes, but this was surreal. What else could we compare it to? And who's to say Steph didn't feel that afraid at the time of the trial? Different things cause different people great fear. Ah, but it's Steph and she's the anti-Christ, etc etc, demasculation, etc. Why's everyone remember that moment, and not JBL asking to nuke the middle east on national TV?
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Post by GodzillaIsMyMonster on Oct 12, 2022 11:00:25 GMT -5
Its a tv show.
I never understand people who get offended at entertainment.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2022 11:27:09 GMT -5
When they originally billed Finlay as being from "Belfast, Ireland" as if their viewers weren't intelligent enough to know there's a Northern Ireland. As an Irish man, I quite enjoyed their "ignorance" with this. Believe it or not, there's people from Belfast who consider themselves BRITISH and not Irish. Despite the fact that the United Kingdom is Great Britain AND Northern Ireland. But I'll leave that there.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2022 11:30:43 GMT -5
I've never been offended by the on-screen product. I've found a lot of it tasteless (Katie Vick, Eddie's in Hell, etc.), but I personally have never been offended by the on-screen product. I'm also not part of any kind of minority that has had to go through any kind of hardship just by virtue of being what they are, so I'm very aware of the privilege that comes with that statement.
Off screen? I could be here all day. The Saudi deal, Be a Star hypocrisy, Vince being Vince, mass layoffs, and anything else that just goes to remind you that the WWE is full of the only types of people worse than old territory carnies: amoral sociopathic corporate suits.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Oct 12, 2022 11:32:30 GMT -5
When they brought The Good Brothers back this week.
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Post by James Fabiano on Oct 12, 2022 12:10:26 GMT -5
When they originally billed Finlay as being from "Belfast, Ireland" as if their viewers weren't intelligent enough to know there's a Northern Ireland. As an Irish man, I quite enjoyed their "ignorance" with this. Believe it or not, there's people from Belfast who consider themselves BRITISH and not Irish. Despite the fact that the United Kingdom is Great Britain AND Northern Ireland. But I'll leave that there. It can't be worse than "from Japan!" in the 80s and 90s.
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