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

[rajinka]

1 hour ago, Matt_In_NH said:

I am ok with that….its not like you can’t say what you want to say with other words 

My daughter has downs.  Idgaf if someone says the R word.  Just don't say it about her.  Words are just words.  

[NORWOODS FOOT]

1 hour ago, rajinka said:

My daughter has downs.  Idgaf if someone says the R word.  Just don't say it about her.  Words are just words.  

The logic is strong with you, my friend. Respect…

[RiotAct]

4 hours ago, Simon said:

 

If I heard it, I think any cringe would likely come from it being such an infantile thing to say.

It's like listening to a grown man call somebody a gaylord 

lol there’s a term i haven’t heard since like 6th grade or so!!!

[Nephilim17]

*****, until now I assumed we we're talking Joe Brady — yes, I tuned out the "broadcast" part... Just thought it was some post-game press thing.

 

So Tom said this... silly bastard. You'd think with all the media training he wouldn't go there on live TV.

1 hour ago, rajinka said:

My daughter has downs.  Idgaf if someone says the R word.  Just don't say it about her.  Words are just words.  

My daughter has autism and doesn't like the R word. She's not the only one who doesn't. If a sizable group of people who are different from the mainstream find a word hurtful, can't we be human enough to respect them and use a different word?

I'm not the politically correct police BTW and love Bill Burr and Dave Chapelle, FWIW. I just think we need to reconsider some non-consequential (to us) uses of language if a lot of people are hurt by them. If it means a lot to someone else, can't we try to do a little better with a different choice of words?

But go f***ing nuts, all of you who think saying what you want is the most important thing and f*** it if people are hurt by it.

Edited 9 hours ago by Nephilim17

[LABILLBACKER]

11 hours ago, Bills!Win! said:

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

Spaz" is a slang term that's often offensive and refers to someone who is awkward or clumsy. It's an abbreviation of the word "spastic". The earliest known use of the word "spaz" as a noun was in 1959 in the Washington Post, and as a verb in the 1930s.  

The word "spastic" is considered an offensive slur by some people, particularly in the United Kingdom. 

[WideNine]

11 hours ago, BillsFan130 said:

May be an unpopular comment, but everyone just seems overly sensitive these days.

 

Is it the right term to use? No

 

But jeez, not the end of the world as the media is having a field day with this

 

Society, driven by social media, has an auto-immune disorder. It is so sensitive that it attacks both harmful things and completely benign things.

 

I took Brady's comment for the benign context and intent I am pretty sure he intended.

 

So meh...nothing to see here folks... the virtual mobs can pack up the pitchforks and torches and move on.

 

Allen did have sugar-high moments of being spastic and bailing on clean pockets and turning down easy throws...he usually found some path to redemption using his freakish athletic abilities extending plays, throwing off platform, or running through defenders.

 

Perhaps only Bills fans knew or expected Allen to be raw coming into the league the way many analysts reacted

 

It has been awesome watching him grow and develop before our eyes into a great QB.

 

 

 

 

[Bad Things]

13 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

No offense, but the US and the UK often have different meanings for the same word.

 

Take the word "fanny" for example.

In the US, it means someone's rump.  In the UK, it means a woman's private bits.

 

The last I knew, "spaz" wasn't offensive in the US, but I've been gone almost 20 years.

Heck, my wife and I refer to our dog as a "spaz" numerous times a day!

 

That said, I can't believe this thread is now on 12 pages.  

[pennstate10]

5 hours ago, GunnerBill said:

 

We don't spell coupon with a Q!

Now that the thread has moved to complaints about British English, let me add a few..

 

Why is it that Brits will randomly throw extra vowels into perfectly good words?  Such as oesophagus, haematology, and leukaemia?

 

Also, for reasons I don’t understand, many American physicians will pronounce centimeter as “sontimeter”. I think that they think it makes them sound smart. But for some reason, they’re not complaining that a cup of coffee now costs 50 sonts more than it did in the last sontury. 

[Billsatlastin2018]

7 hours ago, rajinka said:

My daughter has downs.  Idgaf if someone says the R word.  Just don't say it about her.  Words are just words.  

Being, in a similar situation…

 

I DO!

 

And my friends know it.

[Fender]

18 hours ago, Gunvald's Husse said:

How about not ones that mock people with disabilities and diseases such as Cerebral Palsy or Multiple Sclerosis?

 

Spaz is short for Spastic (in the UK at least) as, as @GunnerBill said, is a definite no-no on this side of the pond (now, at least. When I was at school back in the middle ages, it was, unfortunately, much used)

What a ridiculous post. You’re the problem 

[GunnerBill]

5 hours ago, Bad Things said:

No offense, but the US and the UK often have different meanings for the same word.

 

Take the word "fanny" for example.

In the US, it means someone's rump.  In the UK, it means a woman's private bits.

 

The last I knew, "spaz" wasn't offensive in the US, but I've been gone almost 20 years.

Heck, my wife and I refer to our dog as a "spaz" numerous times a day!

 

That said, I can't believe this thread is now on 12 pages.  

 

I know that. But the NFL is beamed around the world now and I suspect some of the scrutiny stems from that. I have said multiple times I have no doubt Brady wasn't meaning to cause any offence. 

[ren1701]

I feel like this horse has been beaten to death and little dumber for actually reading it, almost like being a Dolphins fan.

Lets just agree sensitivity to all people is a good thing, but some things are done out of ignorance and not purposeful for sure. I find most people come from a good place with good intentions most of the time. 

For what it's worth, I thought Brady did great but I also liked Romo before they neutered him. They gave more insight then talking head announcers that clearly don't understand the game and probably just being told what to say. 

 

Leave you with this and just trying to be funny - you can't tell me what to say England - you lost that war .. out 

[Your Brown Eye]

13 minutes ago, ren1701 said:

 

 

Leave you with this and just trying to be funny - you can't tell me what to say England - you lost that war .. out 

 

[RobbRiddick]

17 minutes ago, ren1701 said:

 

Leave you with this and just trying to be funny - you can't tell me what to say England - you lost that war .. out 

thank god we had France to help us, poor guys never get credit for the Statue of Liberty