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Post by Malibu Albino on Jun 22, 2020 9:50:06 GMT -5
Yeah, this is definitely something he should own up to and apologize for but I wouldn’t say it warrants a firing unless he does it again or just completely refuses.
Also, put me in the “wrestling companies need to have a social media policy in place” camp. If you want to help curb stuff like this you need that type of policy to make sure people understand.
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Post by DerktheDerk on Jun 22, 2020 9:59:00 GMT -5
Also, put me in the “wrestling companies need to have a social media policy in place” camp. If you want to help curb stuff like this you need that type of policy to make sure people understand. Wrestlers are f***ing terrible at social media. Outside of Chuck Taylor and a couple of others, they should all be banned from it.
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Post by autisticgeordie on Jun 22, 2020 10:03:30 GMT -5
This is a truly f***ing disgusting comment from Sammy, Sasha, Bayley and Jericho were having an amazingly trolly Twitter banter, Sasha is one of the best wreslters on social media at the moment, same with Bayley; but then Sammy made it awkward with the comparison to Ricochet.
But, holy f***ing shit, this is a new level of vile; I don't even buy the 'he was young' excuse, I don't know what world people are raised in when they think that rape is a joke. I've always known that rape is wrong and it's shocking that people apparently think it's a joke at any point in their lives.
Santana and Ortiz are the only Inner Circle members who seem to be good on Twitter apart from Jericho, which makes me want to see banter between Boss & Hug and Pride & Powerful.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 10:18:21 GMT -5
Sweet Jesus, Sammy, pretty much everyone on Earth wants to have sex with Sasha Banks, but phrasing dude! Also, read the room (or in this case, the planet).
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Post by kidglov3s on Jun 22, 2020 10:28:14 GMT -5
A lot of wrestling fans are struggling to reconcile "Person I like" with "did a bad thing" right now. I've seen one say that 50% of people have said they want to rape someone.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 22, 2020 10:36:40 GMT -5
A lot of wrestling fans are struggling to reconcile "Person I like" with "did a bad thing" right now. I've seen one say that 50% of people have said they want to rape someone. I'm 38 and I can tell you with 100% certainty that I have never heard anyone utter anything close to that
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Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Jun 22, 2020 10:46:02 GMT -5
A lot of wrestling fans are struggling to reconcile "Person I like" with "did a bad thing" right now. I've seen one say that 50% of people have said they want to rape someone. I'm 38 and I can tell you with 100% certainty that I have never heard anyone utter anything close to that 37 and cosigned.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2020 10:46:16 GMT -5
Well, I'm done watching this dude's matches. That's f***ing horrible. f*** out of here with that shit. That is disgusting and shouldn't be hidden behind any "well he was this young and it happened this far-" crap.
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Post by Fake Jesus on Jun 22, 2020 10:56:58 GMT -5
I really struggle to care about this in comparison to everything else. 2016 was really the switch year for our current cultural context, before that rape "jokes" were pretty common online and with certain stand-up comedians. It's like the James Gunn stuff - he shouldn't have been saying it but with the limited energy any movement has people need to focus on the actual abusers instead of edgy morons.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 22, 2020 11:02:07 GMT -5
I really struggle to care about this in comparison to everything else. 2016 was really the switch year for our current cultural context, before that rape "jokes" were pretty common online and with certain stand-up comedians. It's like the James Gunn stuff - he shouldn't have been saying it but with the limited energy any movement has people need to focus on the actual abusers instead of edgy morons. "I wanted to go f***ing rape that woman" is a pretty aggressive thing to say, even as a joke.
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Post by the2ndevil on Jun 22, 2020 11:03:10 GMT -5
Oooooooof.
Though I need to be honest, I’ve had a sketchy feeling about him since he recorded himself handing out McDonalds Hamburgers to homeless people on his YouTube Vlog series.
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Post by I'm Team Bayley and Indi on Jun 22, 2020 11:04:59 GMT -5
his age at the time can't be used as an excuse, when you are 22 you should know better then to make a joke about rape
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Post by metylerca on Jun 22, 2020 11:06:41 GMT -5
Terrible comment.
I’m a teacher and have had students accuse others of ‘booty raping’ them to garner laughs. They stopped laughing when their parents were called in. Sammy needs the adult equivalent of having his guardians become aware of this so it never happens again.
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Post by Bub (BLM) on Jun 22, 2020 11:08:47 GMT -5
A lot of wrestling fans are struggling to reconcile "Person I like" with "did a bad thing" right now. I've seen one say that 50% of people have said they want to rape someone. Yeah, no. Anyone who says that is a safety concern.
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Post by Viking Hall on Jun 22, 2020 11:10:44 GMT -5
I really struggle to care about this in comparison to everything else. 2016 was really the switch year for our current cultural context, before that rape "jokes" were pretty common online and with certain stand-up comedians. It's like the James Gunn stuff - he shouldn't have been saying it but with the limited energy any movement has people need to focus on the actual abusers instead of edgy morons. There's a fine line between being an edgy moron and actually committing such an act I would say that making a poorly worded comment in an attempt to be edgy and actually committing a brutal sex attack is a fairly wide chasm if we're being honest. It was a crappy thing to say, but let's calm down on the hyperbole maybe?
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Post by Can you afford to pay me, Gah on Jun 22, 2020 11:19:28 GMT -5
AEW needs to say something and most importantly, Sammy needs to make a public apology for it. Right now he not only made himself look like a terrible human, but AEW looking bad.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 22, 2020 11:22:47 GMT -5
There's a fine line between being an edgy moron and actually committing such an act I would say that making a poorly worded comment in an attempt to be edgy and actually committing a brutal sex attack is a fairly wide chasm if we're being honest. It was a crappy thing to say, but let's calm down on the hyperbole maybe? I deleted my last comment from my original post because it was stronger than I should have said, and I worded it wrong to begin with. I 'll rephrase: Someone who makes a comment like that is someone that who's actions need to be watched going forward
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Post by honsou on Jun 22, 2020 11:29:30 GMT -5
Yeah he needs to apologize for this...immediately and it can't just be one of those tame apologizes either, especially during these times. His career can probably survive just this but after those comments if a woman so much as accuses him of looking at her funny he's at a big risk for it all being over
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Post by kidkamikaze10 on Jun 22, 2020 11:30:44 GMT -5
God, I forgot how much of a prick Sammy was. That somewhat puts a wrinkle on things; he was and openly acknowledged before he was a douchebag.
So there's a chance today's Sammy isn't that Sammy anymore, but he better make it super clear to the world at this rate.
If not, drop him.
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Post by Dub H on Jun 22, 2020 11:42:14 GMT -5
The only person he needs to apologize is to Sasha Banks
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