Brady under fire for calling Josh a "spaz" on Sunday's broadcast...

[colin]

i kinda lol'd when brady said that.  I didn't think he was bad all game, sort of sounded young or naive, which is hilarious given how much he knows about football.

 

it's silly that it is a word people will be sensitive about because muscle spasms are such a common thing and happen to football players all the time.

[Simon]

40 minutes ago, Buffalo ill said:

In the UK they would just call him a ruthless cun_ and everyone would chuckle.

 

[transplantbillsfan]

2 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

We discussed this in the SB the other day. In the UK he'd have been fired, instantly. It is pretty much second only to the n word in terms of offensive terms you can't use. I understand it doesn't have the same baggage in the US but honestly it made me very uncomfortable. I mentioned it in the GDT

 

Wait... really???? What are the connotations of the word in the UK?

 

As for it being offensive in the US, this is the first I'm hearing it could be offensive to a specific general population, which is the reason I assume he's taking heat.

[Simon]

3 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:

Wait... really???? What are the connotations of the word in the UK?

 

You could read the thread to find out

[Pasaluki]

22 minutes ago, The Poojer said:

so if someone has a spastic colon, they actually have cerebral palsy of the colon?

 

 

FYI I cannot stop laughing at this. Maybe over there they say your bowel is acting like a "punt" instead of a "spazz"

 

Who would have known Tom freakin Brady would inspire such a comedic thread? 

 

[Livinginthepast]

My friends and I used the word Spaz (also Spazoid) regularly as 13 year olds in the early 80s to mock each other after an inevitable act of uncoordination or to describe an angry teacher! who would get riled up for nothing. Its kind of odd to use it to describe Josh though, Sugar high I get, but spaz doesnt work for me!

[GunnerBill]

24 minutes ago, transplantbillsfan said:

 

Wait... really???? What are the connotations of the word in the UK?

 

As for it being offensive in the US, this is the first I'm hearing it could be offensive to a specific general population, which is the reason I assume he's taking heat.

 

I explained it above. It is short for spastic which other than its purest medical meaning is a derogatory term for people with certain disabilities. 

[GerstAusGosheim]

I always found it interesting that we've all come to agreement that you cannot say Ret**d anymore, but somehow we still say Crazy, Insane, Certifiable, Cra-Cra, Loony etc when talking about things there are not, in fact, crazy.

 

This totally acceptable language perpetuates the stigma against 20% of adults that suffer with mental illness. Especially the sickest of the sick, who are often a voiceless group that inherited these diseases no fault of their own.

 

Advertisers are the worst offenders who often go for this low hanging fruit. Pizza Hut is currently running an ad where someone is seeing things that aren't there ... lol schizophrenia is so funny, isn't it?

 

Nike had a famous campaign, "It's not crazy, it's sports." which of course we all loved. Could you imagine "it's not Ret**d*d, it's sports" lol.

[Mark Vader]

Does this mean we can finally put asterisks next to all of Brady's "championships"?

[paulmm3]

In the UK they'd throw him in jail for two years

[Royale with Cheese]

7 minutes ago, GerstAusGosheim said:

I always found it interesting that we've all come to agreement that you cannot say Ret**d anymore, but somehow we still say Crazy, Insane, Certifiable, Cra-Cra, Loony etc when talking about things there are not, in fact, crazy.

 

This totally acceptable language perpetuates the stigma against 20% of adults that suffer with mental illness. Especially the sickest of the sick, who are often a voiceless group that inherited these diseases no fault of their own.

 

Advertisers are the worst offenders who often go for this low hanging fruit. Pizza Hut is currently running an ad where someone is seeing things that aren't there ... lol schizophrenia is so funny, isn't it?

 

Nike had a famous campaign, "It's not crazy, it's sports." which of course we all loved. Could you imagine "it's not Ret**d*d, it's sports" lol.

 

I am half Korean and what I find funny is generally, people aren't afraid to use derogatory Asian slang.  I hear it a lot, it seems people don't view it as the same as other words.  But I don't really care, it takes a lot to offend me.  I only get upset jokingly with the word China Man....I'm not Chinese bro.  

[That's No Moon]

1 hour ago, BuffaloBillsGospel2014 said:

Ok buddy whatever you say.

Tell me you don't understand the purpose of the Bill of Rights without saying so.

[Pasaluki]

4 minutes ago, paulmm3 said:

In the UK they'd throw him in jail for two years

 

And yet over here not one British person sent to jail for pronouncing aluminum Al Yoo Min Ee Um

 

Truly the United States is the more tolerant country. 

[Just in Atlanta]

The problem with political correctness is overthinkers can give value to any word, usually negative. 

8 minutes ago, GerstAusGosheim said:

I always found it interesting that we've all come to agreement that you cannot say Ret**d anymore, but somehow we still say Crazy, Insane, Certifiable, Cra-Cra, Loony etc when talking about things there are not, in fact, crazy.

 

This totally acceptable language perpetuates the stigma against 20% of adults that suffer with mental illness. Especially the sickest of the sick, who are often a voiceless group that inherited these diseases no fault of their own.

 

Advertisers are the worst offenders who often go for this low hanging fruit. Pizza Hut is currently running an ad where someone is seeing things that aren't there ... lol schizophrenia is so funny, isn't it?

 

Nike had a famous campaign, "It's not crazy, it's sports." which of course we all loved. Could you imagine "it's not Ret**d*d, it's sports" lol.

The word police probably has, or will have, a problem with the word "crazy". It's a derogatory word for a neurodivergent mental illness. 

[Bookie Man]

Weak society we live in these days.

[co_springs_billsfan]

1 hour ago, US Egg said:

Damn! There's no comeback for that.

 

Was in a museum in The London Tower, English bloke was loudly C-Bombing the U.S. over a display trying to wrankle me. I'm thinking stay classy chap.

Sure there is.  Brady "steps foot in England" - How ableist can you get!?

 

 

 

 

 

/s

[Billsatlastin2018]

48 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

If only Brady lived in the US...

 

Well, without going too heavily into the political, America comes down first, foremost and always on its specified Amendment- Freedom of Speech!

 

ANY speech! The Good, the Great,the Bad & the very Ugly.

 

Whether stupid or insensitive, racist or homophobic, it’s all acceptable legally. So, even though one should keep control of one’s manners in America, there is no impediment/ requirement to do so.

 

This is simply not the case in other democracies, where language is not simply offensive, it’s illegal. As in prosecutable,under the criminal codes. However, this is a difficult concept to raise with many persons raised on being able to say whatever they choose.

[Hambone]

Geek, Dweeb, or Spazz

[SF Bills Fan]

It's not a big deal- so dumb

[boyst]

2 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

I may be ignorant but why can’t you say spaz? 

someone has to be offended by something so they find ways to make words hurt because having a victim status and being injured is great for endorphins and empowering in our society.