Anyone in this site want to defend him?
A majority on MLW seem to think his dismissal is part of Cancel Culture.
He said something controversial, many complained, he was given a chance to apologize, he declined, he was fired. Don't see why this is so controversial.
Do people even really care about what's on the First Intermission anymore?
I am guessing that the people at the MLW who are mad about Cherry getting fired are probably the same people who say "Meryl Streep should stick to acting!" whenever some celebrity says something they disagree with. "Stay in your lane!" is something that applies to people they disagree with, but not people they agree with.
The difference, of course, between Don Cherry vs Meryl Streep (or whichever celebrity got the conservatives riled up this week) is that while celebrities get paid to act and spout out about other stuff in their free time, Don Cherry was on TV as an employee of a broadcaster who was on the job when he made the remarks he got fired over.
Don Cherry can say whatever the
**** he wants in his spare time, but when he was on TV using the platform provided to him by his employer, he was a representative of his employer and he caused them harm.
-k