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'His tiny Asian wife'....yesterday's Deadspin

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by 21, Mar 25, 2007.

  1. Big Buckin' agate_monkey

    Big Buckin' agate_monkey Active Member

    GGGOOOONNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!


    ah, miser Birr Warton has Asian wife?














    That works sooooo much better in person.
     
  2. Mighty_Wingman

    Mighty_Wingman Active Member

    You'll have to do more than that if you really want to look smart.

    Not acting like a dick all the time might be a good start.
     
  3. boots

    boots New Member

    I'm happy that Bill has found true love. We should all be as fortunate.
     
  4. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Too bad Bill was not married to Queen Latifah
     
  5. boots

    boots New Member

    The queen is definitely not tiny.
     
  6. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    Mizzou would probably enjoy it if his paper's Web site used a cutline that said "so-and-so and his Southern wife." You know, because she'd be Southern, and from the South too, so it would be worth pointing out.
     
  7. Alma

    Alma Well-Known Member

    Yes, it's offensive. I think it's intended to be.
     
  8. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Now we know how Yoko Ono felt.
     
  9. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    walton's wife is asian?
     
  10. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    and tiny? I would have gone with teeny.
     
  11. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    If you're offended by this, you need therapy...

    At worst, it's inappropriate. Even that's a reach...

    Offensive? Give me a fucking break.

    Fact 1 - She's tiny.
    Fact 2 - She's asian. (Last time I checked with the PC police, this was not a derogatory term.)
    Fact 3 - She's his wife.

    If the article said, Walton's tiny asian wife who says "Oh, Bill, me ruv you rong time..." Then I would think it was offensive...

    I will be the first to agree that asian did not need to be in the description. But is it offensive? I want to know what part of Deadspin's description is derogatory or offensive...

    Get a grip people...
     
  12. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Mizzou,

    You can acknowledge something as offensive without necessarily getting your shorts in a knot over it.

    To me, it seems the blogger was purposely trying to evoke a sexual imagery. I mean if you are tired of seeing her, in the stands, use her name. Not just Walton's tiny Asian wife.

    She doesn't look all that tiny, by the way.
     
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