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NCAA Men’s Basketball National Champions - Again!
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The first thread was, appropriately, locked until there was more news. Here's Calhoun's response:
Typical feisty Jim:
“I am angry and hurt that the reputation that I’ve worked so hard to achieve for over 50 years — actually, for more than 77 years — was so easily dismissed and thrown aside in return for headlines or eyeballs or whatever the appropriate term is here,” Calhoun said in his statement. “And I’m especially angry that my career and my name are being used for legal grandstanding instead of in support of the victims of discrimination.”
This answer is exactly was I suspected was case. It seemed like a reach in the complaint:
“I’m not sure when asking a colleague if they would mind opening the door because my hands were full became discrimination or when self-deprecation for being an aging, clumsy husband became an insult,” Calhoun said directly in response to the allegations.
Likewise "hot" seemed generationally unlikely:
“And call me old-fashioned in this regard ... I use the word ‘hot’ to describe the weather and the temperature of my morning coffee,” he continued. “And the only woman I openly compliment is my wife of 53 years and frankly, I call her ‘beautiful’ or ‘pretty’...because she is.”
For those who were quick to assume the accusations were accurate, consider these answers and think about which seem more likely.
Link to article.
Typical feisty Jim:
“I am angry and hurt that the reputation that I’ve worked so hard to achieve for over 50 years — actually, for more than 77 years — was so easily dismissed and thrown aside in return for headlines or eyeballs or whatever the appropriate term is here,” Calhoun said in his statement. “And I’m especially angry that my career and my name are being used for legal grandstanding instead of in support of the victims of discrimination.”
This answer is exactly was I suspected was case. It seemed like a reach in the complaint:
“I’m not sure when asking a colleague if they would mind opening the door because my hands were full became discrimination or when self-deprecation for being an aging, clumsy husband became an insult,” Calhoun said directly in response to the allegations.
Likewise "hot" seemed generationally unlikely:
“And call me old-fashioned in this regard ... I use the word ‘hot’ to describe the weather and the temperature of my morning coffee,” he continued. “And the only woman I openly compliment is my wife of 53 years and frankly, I call her ‘beautiful’ or ‘pretty’...because she is.”
For those who were quick to assume the accusations were accurate, consider these answers and think about which seem more likely.
Link to article.
