He was a child soldier if anyhhing that was tortured by us spies until he admitted to crimes, while Canada abandoned him under Harper, ignoring international humanitarian child soldier laws.. You're damn right he deserves compensation, and heartfelt apologies by all who looked the other way.

The fact there are ppl like you who keep bringing this up is appalling, and extremely uncanadian

FailFish

Considering the previous Govt took the opposite opinion of the entire situation, but since Turd's liberals are just giving passports back to known Terrorists and dishing out compensation, now I've got to change my opinion of the situation as well? give me a break.

How frivolously the terms Racism, Sexism, Nazi, etc. are thrown around these days is appalling.

I can't even imagine the kind of info is being withheld to the point where Trudeau gave up such an insane amount of political support to settle, rather than having everything come out in the public.

I think a lot of it is because some of these "great Canadians" would actually be supporting the type of torture and who knows what else is being done to children suspected of terrorism.

don is a racist pos..

having served in armed forces, Just because I don't wearing poppy one month out of the year doesn't make me love Canada any less or appreciate vets any less

Oh and Im naturalized canadian. So fu Don

Don always had a double standard for Russian, Czech players in the league compared to Canadians. The Czech fans hated his odd criticism of eastern players.

His comments about Russians in 2002 are much worse than what he did yesterday, but the standards by which we judge his commentary have changed.

finally this guy is gone

Didn't Cherry save Macleans job?...Twice?
Man that's gotta hurt.

Taking the bitter with the sweet. The guy was abrasive, for sure. He said what was on his mind and ran with it. Was he a racist? Yeah, probably. Most people took him with a grain of salt, shook their heads, laughed at him, and dismissed it. People who are offended are offended because they let it......... I have been called all kinds of things in my life time, but that's how it is. It's called grow a thicker skin.

"You people" should just calm down.

Also, not all people who come here are the same.

Like I said before, I don't like the guy, but to do what they did, on the day that was important to him, was uncalled for.

god bless us all..................


People have a right to their opinion, right? Especially, in this country.

Cherry's taking his lumps, like a man. however, i'm surprised none of you said anything about that POS Ron MacLean.

that pussy back peddled out of this and threw Don even further under the bus. how many years have they worked together? what a fucking cunt he is.

as much as i despise huawei-backed rogers, this was the right decision

from the Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council https://thumbs.gfycat.com/Oldfashion...idna-small.gif

people clearly had enough of his shit over the decades...from butchering Bieska's name to degrading European players

He was probably happy to finally be broken up with that idiot after decades

CBC's line this morning on the radio, i'll paraphrase but try and keep it as accurate as possible

"Although he did not target one group, or one minority, if you look at the demographic of downtown Toronto there is not a more diverse population, therefor you can presume he was talking about people of color"

So now we're at a state where Racism is based on presumption.

They then went on to talk about who could possibly replace Don and brought up 2 names, Harnarayan Singh, the host of Hockey night Punjabi, and Haley Wickenheiser...CBC wants to be so "diverse" and "progressive" that they actually go out of their way to be this left wing machine #Puke

Jesus Christ..

Talks about the people he saw in downtown Toronto, CBC decides to talk to immigrants in Calgary as if that's relevant.

If he was talking about a bunch of white people wandering around DT Toronto, how do you think he would have come to the conclusion they were immigrants? Gone up and asked all of them? No, its because they looked like immigrants, and that Irish guy across the street doesn't look like one because as diverse as Canada is, we are still predominantly Caucasian. Also, after decades of pretty clear xenophobic behaviour its easy to draw that conclusion. If thats not what he meant he would have clarified it wasn't after the backlash. If he wasn't saying it about a group of immigrants, he'd be saying it about a generation, or a culture, or whatever.
As I said, he should have been gone for his own sake. The guy is 85 and doesn't have the understanding of the current world to behave appropriately and he was essentially allowed to throw himself under the bus because he was still getting views. I blame rogers sportsnet as much as him, as they wanted to ignore it long enough until it made them look bad instead of just him.

If he would have said "the people walking around downtown Toronto" instead of "you people, you come here"
Fucking clearly it's an insult thrown at immigrants instead of being thrown at the general population of Canada.

just take a second to think of why people wear poppies.

it means you went to tim hortons and bought your coffee and threw an extra quarter in the jar, so you can be smug that you are supporting veterans.
if you really cared about vets, you'd privately donate $50 and you wouldn't print out the donation receipt and pin it on your jacket lapel.

it's not like you're going to walk past any actual ww2 vets on remembrance day unless you're at a ceremony, so instead of this virtue signalling bullshit, go make an actual donation if you care as much as you say you do.

Although I think as a whole, we have gotten too soft. I think it’s pretty clear what he was talking about. I’m all for free speech, saying things that may be slightly politically incorrect. But this guy is a public figure and it really was time for him to go. It is sad it happened on a day he really cared about. Who knows, maybe that will give him a sense of pride that he stood up for his true feelings. Good riddance, let’s hope the next guy has a better fashion sense.

As far back as 1992 people have been calling out Don Cherry for being a bigot. Not surprising as you'll recall that in 1990 he wanted to start a political party focused on banning immigrants from coming into the country.

To any claim that Don's comments were not racist and that we're jumping to conclusions I'd point at:
- Track record of the past 35+ years where he's been a bigot.
- His comment of "You people, you come here" is clearly not about people native to Toronto.
- Prior to said comment, he talks about small towns with pride about their poppies.

He's a fucking racist, always has been. That shouldn't be in dispute. Instead, we can dispute whether it's ok to be a racist and what platform we should allow racists. Also, should being a public racist come with consequences?

Again, we’re tossing around the term “Racism” so loosely it’s seemingly lost it’s meaning.

Is saying French quebecois players are soft hockey players racist?

Is saying Europeans wear visors and play soft racist?

If you think that is racist that’s a reachhhhhhh.. and it’s basically used to just tow the narrative of this whole situation.

If a US Marine emigrated to Canada, Somone who couldn’t be more engrained in the armed forces and with a huge respect for the duty, would be feel like he was being attacked under the “you people” umbrella? I highly doubt it. Cherry has always loved the arm forces and he respects everyone involved whether your white as bread or you have a turban on, there are few with a greater respect for people in uninform regardless of race etc. He’s speaking directly to the people who don’t.

‪https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/agar-the-pc-mob-attacking-don-cherry-is-so-hypocritical-its-laughable/‬

You're just straw manning right now and avoiding the facts that we have on record. You're picking at the edges of the argument when the core of it is he calls out immigrants this Saturday in a continuation of what he's been saying since the 80's about foreign people. His calling the Sedins sissies or Russians wimps is just another angle of his behaviour but not the meat of it.

Watch the video: https://twitter.com/bruce_arthur/sta...335099393?s=20

Lest we forget, Don Cherry wanted to found a political party that would focus on banning immigrants. In his words:

"They're ticked off at the foreigners coming over earning the dough ... Canada first, and Canada only. That’s what I am. A nationalist. I want to start a new power, the nationalists."

If you want to argue that he's not a racist then defend this video and his statement of "you people, you come here". If you think his nationalist party is about all Canadians and not just the good old white boys then explain how his language is about including a Chinese guy like me in his nationalist party. Explain how my parents who came here in 1975 are included in his nationalist party - a party intended to keep the foreigners out because they are stealing from "real" Canadians.

You don't need to defend his calling of sissy Swedes and wimpy Russians. Just defend Don's nationalist statements.

I don’t disagree with what your saying. And I wouldn’t even go as far to say he’s not racist, although I believe he’s just somewhat senile with views many people his age share (which yea I agree the world has evolved and he hasn’t)

However, most of these incidents from the past and this latest one taken individually are not racist imo.

I appreciate you building an argument based on more than this most recent event

It’s not just wwii vets (can’t be that many of them left nowadays) but there was Canadians in Korea, Iraq, etc. It’s important we honour those guys as well. WWII just gets way more attention

Name one Canadian who defines patriotism?
Don Cherry.

They chased away the last true Canadian patriot and that's a shame. The triggered twitter users, the SJW crowd, whiners like supafamous, and those who simply want to take joy in the pain of others have won. In America, patriotism is not only accepted, but promoted. Why is it in Canada that being a patriot is a bad thing?

I'm sort of okay that he has been let go... but I don't really agree with why, SJWs suck ass.

There's so many other things he has said or done that should have got him fired.

I hate all his trashing of players with mental disorders because of concussions and saying that players trying to be compensated retroactively for brain issues are pigs at a trough... the guy literally profited millions of dollars off of rock'em sock'em videos of guys getting hurt and then he trashes the players for trying to get restitution for their ruined lives?

I remember from a little boy thinking to myself "Why are Russian people so terrible?" and it was him that put that idea into my head in the first place.

At times, I enjoyed his clarity... but in general, good riddance.

So you are not a Canadian patriot?

cherry is a racist and we don't need that in hockey.

The definition of patriot is this, as per the Merriam Webster dictionary.
The word patriot signifies a person who loves his or her country and is ready to boldly support and defend it. That meaning has endured since the word's arrival in English in the 16th century

I love my country and have defended it for decades. However, I cannot support the direction it is going. This is not my Canada.

That's an opinion that you share with others, but it's just that, an opinion.
Having grown up with Don Cherry and "Rock em, Sock em", HNIC, etc, I see him as a Canadian icon. It's a shame that pussy ass victims like supafamous don't have the same frame of reference as many of us do.