Auburn bans student for Vescovi comment

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Saying "My God" offends you? I have never heard anyone say that. You just making stuff up now?

I didn't say that it did. I said that it is very offensive to some Christians and I also doubt that you care.

 

[WarDamnVols]

If I said that to anyone at work, I'd be fired.
If I said that in the classroom, I'd be fired.
A stadium excuses trash talk because that is part of the game, but this is just ridiculous.

Think about kids who heard that? I just don't think him being banned is enough.

Neither of those scenarios are comparable at all. This wasn’t some work place, it was a basketball game and some young adult yelling it from the stands. No one is excusing it, but It wasn’t remotely bad enough for any of things you are calling for.

 

[zaqhhh]

This kid wasn't at work! No one is agreeing with what he said or supporting the general premise, but we're in an awful place as a society if non-threatening trash talk at a basketball game is being policed.

Clearly we aren't going to agree on our value system.

But from a human level. Saying

Go back to _______ this is America!

is not in anyway harmless.

 

[Weezer]

Telling somebody to go home is only offensive now that some look to throw up racism at everything.

I can agree that the racism label is used too liberally, but how could you or I know what Vescovi finds offensive?

 

[zaqhhh]

I didn't say that it did. I said that it is very offensive to some Christians and I also doubt that you care.

As a Christian, I care about what I say. If saying "My God" offends anyone, I would need an explanation as to why before I'd care. And so you are right, I probably wouldn't.

 

[GAVol]

Well considering that he has the choice of being expelled, I'd say it isn't forced.

Grow a pair and apologize or don't make xenophobic comments in the first place

I understand where you’re coming from, but I guess I just stop valuing anything somebody has to say once they go down a road like that. An apology has no bearing on anything.

 

[Weezer]

Well considering that he has the choice of being expelled, I'd say it isn't forced.

Grow a pair and apologize or don't make xenophobic comments in the first place

I think you're going a bit overboard.

 

[zaqhhh]

I understandWhere you’re coming from, but I guess I just stop valuing anything somebody has to say once they go down a road like that.

That is fair to some degree, but I like the idea of "You said it out loud." Now let's see you get face to face with him.

Most xenophobes are fine shouting stuff like that when they are 100 ft away, not so much when they have to be right in front of them.

 

[walkenvol]

I agree...who knows what he would holler out at another game! He has a lot to learn!!

Guns don’t kill - stupid comments at athletic events do!

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

As a Christian, I care about what I say. If saying "My God" offends anyone, I would need an explanation as to why before I'd care. And so you are right, I probably wouldn't.

Here's just one explanation on the first page of a Google search. I'm sure that there are hundreds more.

Is it Wrong to Say, “Oh My God”? | Radically Christian

 

[Weezer]

That is fair to some degree, but I like the idea of "You said it out loud." Now let's see you get face to face with him.

Most xenophobes are fine shouting stuff like that when they are 100 ft away, not so much when they have to be right in front of them.

When he said it, he probably did so without thought, thinking he was being clever. He was found, and banished from the arena. I doubt he meant any harm, he just didn't think things through. And now he's learning to think before he speaks. Personally, I think getting banned from the arena is severe enough to help him learn his lesson.

 

[walkenvol]

Clearly we aren't going to agree on our value system.

But from a human level. Saying

Go back to _______ this is America!

is not in anyway harmless.

How bout “build the wall”?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I'm not going to shed any tears for the kid but I think a few games ban is more appropriate than any kind of permanent ban.

 

[zaqhhh]

Here's just one explanation on the first page of a Google search. I'm sure that there are hundreds more.

Is it Wrong to Say, “Oh My God”? | Radically Christian

So some Christian Radical site is your source?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Sit Joe, sit!

It was so inconsiderate that UT fans yelled that at an old man.

 

[zaqhhh]

How bout “build the wall”?

That one is tougher to crack. Depends on the sport, I guess.

We talking about a defensive wall? Or a comment aimed at a Hispanic athlete?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

How bout “build the wall”?

How about "All in all you're just another brick in the wall"?

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

So some Christian Radical site is your source?

OMG! You asked to be educated on why it could be offensive. That link goes into a lot of detail. Like I said, there are many more links.

 

[zaqhhh]

OMG! You asked to be educated on why it could be offensive. That link goes into a lot of detail. Like I said, there are many more links.

If there are many more links, then why do you use some radical site to do it with?

If this offends the 5% of extreme evangelists that hate gays and think all doctors who perform abortion should be killed then I don't really care to hear it.

 

[Fun coupon VOL]

At first glance, I agree it sounded kind of harmless. But what if he had yelled at a black player "Go back to Africa"? Pretty sure we'd all consider that racist. So maybe there's something to it.

What if we was also African?

 

[walkenvol]

A lot of fuss about nothing. If the student wasn’t sitting so close to the announcers such that he was heard on the broadcast then nothing would have come of this

 

[Vol 67]

So you know what the intent was? Or are you just virtue signaling? BTW, your first two words in your comment are very offensive to some Christians. Doubt that you care though.

Just can't let it go, can you.

 

[Rickyvol77]

My God, hope he gets expelled. Ridiculous that he would think that's acceptable.

Also for those saying this is "Trash Talk," no it's not. It's racism plain and simple.

Saying "You Suck" or "We are going to destroy you" is trash talk. Invoking someone's heritage and telling them they need to leave the country is racism.

Oh please. Clutch those pearls some more

 

[Rickyvol77]

If he doesn't get expelled, he should at very least have his name released.

That would be punishment enough I'm sure.

And a face to face personal apology to Santiago.

Good thing you weren’t around at basketball games at Stokely and TBA 20-30 years ago lol

 

[zaqhhh]

Good thing you weren’t around at basketball games at Stokely and TBA 20-30 years ago lol

Yeah you are right, I'd probably have knocked some heads.