Post by Souriquois on Feb 4, 2018 0:32:50 GMT -4
Don Cherry is a commentator on Hockey Night in Canada. He is infamous for right-wing views, but he knows his hockey so people always gave him a pass.
I wonder if this will be the end of him. He has said very racist things about Indigenous people and French-Canadians, and got away with it, but I think the term "cuck" might cross the line. Other high-profile Canadians with right-wing views have said worse than what he has gotten away with saying, and also didn't lose their jobs, but did lose their jobs after using the word "cuck", even if not on air, but on Twitter.
Well, he said a variation of "cuck", he called people who believed in climate change "cuckaloos", but the word "cuck" does seem to be verboten in mainstream Canada.
You think it will be the end of him?
Don Cherry says people who believe in climate change are ‘cuckaloos’
eteran hockey broadcaster Don Cherry is facing backlash after appearing to deny the existence of climate change and calling people who believe in the widely accepted phenomenon “cuckaloos.”
Cherry, 83, made the remarks to co-commentator Ron MacLean on Saturday night during the first intermission of the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins, a day after Ontario’s newest forecasting groundhog Wiarton Willie signalled six more weeks of winter.
During his “Coach’s Corner” segment, Cherry, seated behind a plush groundhog toy, asked MacLean if he and his “left-wing pinko friends” could explain their fears over rising temperatures in light of the prevailing cold weather.
MacLean tried to deflect the question, but Cherry insisted, “I’m just asking you, the cuckaloos are always saying there are warming trends — we’re freezing to death.”
Several Canadians promptly took to social media to pan Cherry for his comments, including Environment Minister Catherine McKenna.
It’s not the first time that Cherry has suggested that cold weather disproves the existence of climate change.
During one Hockey Night in Canada broadcast back in 2008, Cherry reacted to a video of environmental activist David Suzuki promoting Earth Hour by calling him a “left-wing kook.”
“We’re all dying of cold and he’s talking warming trends,” Cherry said on that occasion.
Climate vs. weather
So why then do scientists worry about global warming when it’s out? The answer lies in the fact that weather and climate aren’t the same thing.
Weather, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the U.S. points out, is what you experience when you step outside, and it can change quickly from one moment to the next.
Climate on the other hand concerns weather patterns over a long period of time, and changes more slowly.
eteran hockey broadcaster Don Cherry is facing backlash after appearing to deny the existence of climate change and calling people who believe in the widely accepted phenomenon “cuckaloos.”
Cherry, 83, made the remarks to co-commentator Ron MacLean on Saturday night during the first intermission of the game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Boston Bruins, a day after Ontario’s newest forecasting groundhog Wiarton Willie signalled six more weeks of winter.
During his “Coach’s Corner” segment, Cherry, seated behind a plush groundhog toy, asked MacLean if he and his “left-wing pinko friends” could explain their fears over rising temperatures in light of the prevailing cold weather.
MacLean tried to deflect the question, but Cherry insisted, “I’m just asking you, the cuckaloos are always saying there are warming trends — we’re freezing to death.”
Several Canadians promptly took to social media to pan Cherry for his comments, including Environment Minister Catherine McKenna.
It’s not the first time that Cherry has suggested that cold weather disproves the existence of climate change.
During one Hockey Night in Canada broadcast back in 2008, Cherry reacted to a video of environmental activist David Suzuki promoting Earth Hour by calling him a “left-wing kook.”
“We’re all dying of cold and he’s talking warming trends,” Cherry said on that occasion.
Climate vs. weather
So why then do scientists worry about global warming when it’s out? The answer lies in the fact that weather and climate aren’t the same thing.
Weather, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the U.S. points out, is what you experience when you step outside, and it can change quickly from one moment to the next.
Climate on the other hand concerns weather patterns over a long period of time, and changes more slowly.
globalnews.ca/news/4004942/don-cherry-denies-climate-change/
The other hockey announcer seems shocked.
This was live, since it was a hockey game. I bet if they air it again, they'd bleep the word out. I predict it will be all over the news tomorrow.