WEDNESDAY COMMENTARY – A LESSON IN CANCEL CULTURE
(Listen daily for the Rod Pedersen Commentary at 9:50 am and 5:20 pm on Cat Country 98 FM)
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE THE WHOLE WORLD’S GONE MAD.
THE LATEST EVIDENCE?
THE MONTREAL CANADIENS FIRED HEAD COACH CLAUDE JULIEN THIS MORNING, LESS THAN 12 HOURS AFTER THEIR 5-4 SHOOTOUT LOSS AT OTTAWA.
I’LL TELL YOU WHAT – NOT TOO MANY HAD MONTREAL PICKED AS THE FIRST TEAM TO FIRE THEIR COACH THIS SEASON! EVEN HABS FANS ARE SHOCKED RIGHT NOW.
BUT, MONTREAL HAS SLIPPED FROM 2ND TO 4TH IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND THIS UNDERSCORES THE PRESSURE TO WIN IN THAT CITY.
THEY’RE CALLING THIS FIRING “HASTY” IN HOCKEY CIRCLES AND I TEND TO AGREE. HOWEVER THERE’S ALWAYS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE AND I GUESS G-M MARC BERGEVIN WAS TIRED OF SEEING ALL HIS OFF-SEASON MOVES UNDER-ACHIEVE.
BUT YOU’RE HIRED TO BE FIRED IN SPORTS AND IN THE CASE OF JULIEN, THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN MONTREAL!
AND THE OTHER INSTANCE IS WHAT I PLANNED TO LEAD THIS COMMENTARY OFF WITH UNTIL THE CANADIENS SMOKED JULIEN THIS MORNING.
THE TWISTING OF QUOTES FROM MIKE BABCOCK OUT OF OUR GROUND-BREAKING INTERVIEW ON THE ROD PEDERSEN SHOW TUESDAY IS A GREAT ILLUSTRATION OF HOW CANCEL CULTURE WORKS.
THE BABCOCK-HATERS ARE SAYING MIKE IS PLAYING THE VICTIM CARD AND REFUSING TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIS PAST TREATMENT OF PLAYERS.
YOU’D HAVE TO WATCH THE INTERVIEW YOURSELF BUT WHAT I HEARD WAS A GUY WHO SAID MULTIPLE TIMES HE’D LIKE TO TAKE HIS WORDS AND ACTIONS BACK AND IS STRIVING TO BE A BETTER PERSON.
WHAT PART OF “WE’VE ALL MADE MISTAKES IN OUR LIFE” DON’T THEY UNDERSTAND?
I REFUSE TO LET PEOPLE USE OUR MISTAKES AGAINST US AS A LIFE SENTENCE. THAT IS NOT HOW LIFE IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
I’D SUGGEST THE PEOPLE WHO FEEL SO PERSONALLY WRONGED BY BABCOCK SHOULD GET OVER IT. AND THAT’S NOT BEING FLIPPANT OR INSENSITIVE. THEY’RE STILL HURTING AND LASHING OUT.
HURTING PEOPLE HURT PEOPLE.
BABCOCK’S TAKEN HIS LASHES, LOOKED AT HIMSELF, AND VOWED TO BE BETTER.
IT’S TIME OTHERS DO THE SAME.
THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY ON CAT COUNTRY 98.
Right on Roddy!! Everyone makes mistakes. The ones that admit there mistakes learn. The ones the don’t never do.
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