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Freaky713 OP t1_j9hav5l wrote
Reply to Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
UPDATE: He's since been suspended without pay.
Raineman t1_j9ha68j wrote
Reply to comment by theliontamer37 in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
One of the main reasons I like to listen is the no pleasantries, no nonsense attitude. I don’t give a shit about their personal lives or what they think of pop culture like every other sports talk show thinking they’re Howard Stern. I have very limited time to tune in so if I have 30 minutes I know I’m getting 30 minutes of sports talk.
Schnecken t1_j9ha27v wrote
Reply to comment by Schnecken in Boston Daily Discussion Thread, Tuesday February 21 by AutoModerator
U okay u/Ryankinder?
Academic_Guava_4190 t1_j9ha16t wrote
Reply to comment by CaptainWollaston in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
He doesn’t need to learn from it. It he didn’t think or know it was racist then he wouldn’t have first asked Felger if the guys in the room could hear him. No Mazz but we did.
batmansmotorcycle t1_j9h9z89 wrote
Reply to comment by Academic_Guava_4190 in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Yeah I know. He didnt want to offend the people in the room, because his comment wasn't about the people in the room.
Academic_Guava_4190 t1_j9h9o1m wrote
Reply to comment by batmansmotorcycle in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
But he knew what he was doing. It wasn’t an off hand remark. He asked Felger “can they hear us?” before he said it exhibiting that he knew it shouldn’t be said.
SausageMcFlurry t1_j9h8c7b wrote
Reply to Missing cat in Jamaica Plain! Please be on the lookout. Trying to spread the word! (Not my cat, just helping a neighbor) by metamorphosis__
Pretty nuts that people will shell out $5k to a kitty mill for a designer paint job when there's shelters full of well-behaved, non-inbred cats that live longer. I hope this cat gets found.
R_Morley t1_j9h8abk wrote
Reply to comment by Berzerk_Unit_Alpha in Boston’s Pride parade set to return this summer under new leadership and new name by bostonglobe
But I've never been....
Trpdoc t1_j9h7yng wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Players single out Boston as the most racist fans in the nation but ya I guess they’re just overly generalizing
batmansmotorcycle t1_j9h7el8 wrote
Reply to Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Breaking News: Shock Jocks Shock More At 11.
I think the joke was bad in a show full of bad jokes but I don't know if its racism. If two minorities steal my car am I as the victim never allowed to talk about the situation again or I have to omit the race of the two people who stole it?
Racism is a bias or hatred for a particular group based on race, gender, or other other fact that one cannot control. This was a comment about a specific scenario where a crime was committed. Yes it was a stupid thing to say, he knew it would be offensive but honestly that is the shows schtick.
Berzerk_Unit_Alpha t1_j9h7d88 wrote
Reply to comment by R_Morley in Boston’s Pride parade set to return this summer under new leadership and new name by bostonglobe
Go back to texas
theliontamer37 t1_j9h7a39 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Or you could just stay off Reddit.
RammerJammer1991 t1_j9h71j4 wrote
Reply to comment by MAIrish91 in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Minifan here and was curious if anyone who knows nothing about Kirk or KMS would try and lump him into this
pccb123 t1_j9h6q5r wrote
Reply to comment by tsk__tsk__tsk in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
In a perfect world, sure. But what happens more often is that fans will get angrier, hosts dig in more to their "everyones a baby and offended all the time" schtick (so original) and rile more people up. its the same method that the "news" uses. It gets ratings
theliontamer37 t1_j9h6m49 wrote
Reply to comment by lucky_chalms in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Lol Your quote just proves my point that a lot of ppl hate listen to their show. Doesn’t make them as well liked as their numbers show. Again, any legitimate sports fans know they’re opinions are trash.
MAIrish91 t1_j9h6bqj wrote
Reply to comment by Due-Studio-65 in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
What did Minihane say that was worse than what Mazz said? Calling a reporter a gutless bitch for asking a stupid question isn't as bad as what Mazz said.
Constructestimator83 t1_j9h65iq wrote
Reply to comment by chucktownbtown in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Felger usually has good hockey takes. He can troll like the best of them (never came close to Adam Jones though) but it’s good background noise when I’m working either way.
patriotrunner t1_j9h5ret wrote
Reply to comment by CaptainWollaston in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
“Creeping into racist areas without racist intentions”
cmon, man! It was absolutely racist, you don’t have to excuse it.
Due-Studio-65 t1_j9h59li wrote
Reply to comment by CaptainWollaston in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
They literrally said what you are saying. "No racists connections intended, blah blah, blah"
https://www.sunjournal.com/2003/10/22/talk-show-hosts-back-air/
Again, if you go back, you comment is just like guys carrying water for Callahan and Dennis back in the day.
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Obviously, Mazz isn't as bad as Dennis and Callahan, and later Minihane, but the support that they had and people saying that they "didn't have a racist bone in their body." Led to them spiraling out and saying crazier and worse things until the whole thing was shut down a few years ago.
If they didn't have defenders back then, they might not have gone as far as they did.
pccb123 t1_j9h4m2w wrote
Reply to comment by chucktownbtown in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Agreed. I was starved for Boston sport content when I was living out of state and started listening to felger and mazz for Murray, who was a classic cranky but funny Boston fanboy, until he became a caricature of himself with the "grumpy old man yells constantly about woke youths" character. Now I dislike him as much (maybe more at this point) than the other two.
I didnt mind Mazz as much as the other two tbh but mostly just tune into some guests (mostly just Gasper and Bedard for pats stuff) but its become just another outrage ratings grab so I quit listening.
[deleted] t1_j9h4iwk wrote
Reply to comment by Trpdoc in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Of course it's not just this guy but it is the minority.
And you're doing it again. You're applying generalizing overly broad statements to an entire demographic. You realize that right? That is the same shit bigots do.
lucky_chalms t1_j9h4hf3 wrote
Reply to comment by theliontamer37 in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
Researcher: The average radio listener listens for eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for - are you ready for this? - an hour and twenty minutes.
Pig Vomit: How can that be?
Researcher: Answer most commonly given? "I want to see what he'll say next."
Pig Vomit: Okay, fine. But what about the people who hate Stern?
Researcher: Good point. The average Stern hater listens for two and a half hours a day.
Pig Vomit: But... if they hate him, why do they listen?
Researcher: Most common answer? "I want to see what he'll say next."
Maybe be a little more open minded. Your opinion isn’t the only one and is certainly in the minority.
[deleted] t1_j9h4by7 wrote
Reply to comment by theliontamer37 in Tony Massarotti of ‘Felger and Mazz' Apologizes After ‘Insensitive,' ‘Hurtful' Comments During Broadcast by Freaky713
If it weren't for Boston sports fans in every sub pissing and moaning about these guys every day I wouldn't hear about them at all.
This issue aside, this is separate, maybe everyone should just try...idk...not giving a fuck about Felger and Mazz? Wouldn't hear about em at all if it weren't for you guys just always whining about it, saying the same exact shit day in and day out. Just turn it off.
lifeisakoan t1_j9hb1v5 wrote
Reply to HVAC Replacement Cost? by Dull_Victory8857
I put in a two head mini-split and they want me to subscribe to a $400 a year maintenance contract. They offer contracts up to $900 a year. I paid $14000 for the two head mini-split and I have 550 sq ft to cool/heat.
$28K for the full system sounds about right, although it make sense to get another quote.