I think it's silly and it's reflective of our PC "outrage" culture these days. By that same logic, then PM Trudeau should've been removed from office after the Blackface scandal erupted. Also, seems like a douche move to fire him on Remembrance's Day. Your thoughts?
shareHere's what he said. It's tough to get young people to wear poppies. He shouldn't have singled out immigrants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d44QlwurFbQ
Absolutely ludicrous. We've become so soft.
shareNot Canadian but it seems like a joke to be fired for that. That said there were veterans selling poppies etc the other day and I saw lots of white Anglo Aussie's walk past them without a care too. So it isn't just new immigrants who don't relate to the act.
shareI agree. Not just immigrants.
shareI actually despise Don Cherry and I think that he has said some pretty horrible things over the years. I do disagree with his being fired over this though. Calling out immigrants was wrong, and I think he should have apologised and that should have been that.
shareI hate Don Cherry and while his comments were stupid, firing him is going way too far.
shareI'm not Canadian so I'm not familiar with his history. I think his mistake was blaming immigrants. I suspect there are plenty of other native-born Canadians who pay no heed to Remembrance Day and wearing poppies.
I don't think he deserved to be fired over this, though. Everyone wants their 15 minutes of outrage these days. It's crazy that every mistake, no matter how big or small, is grounds for immediate firing. It's ridiculous.