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tert in seattle

writes:
>On 2018-09-12 3:25 PM, turd in seattle wrote:
>> writes:
>>> On 2018-09-11 5:51 PM, wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:26:48 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Jill, whoever "Byker," is, I am sure most of us know you didn't write
>>> this response to "it."
>>>>>
>>>>> And for Serena, it wasn't racism, it was gender bias, very clearly.
>>> No male player in a
>>>>> tournament has ever been penalized a game point, according to
>>> reports. So I, for
>>>>> one, don't blame her for being angry; I do think her reaction was
>>> inappropriate, to say
>>>>> the least. But I also agree that the referee should have given her a
>>> warning.
>>>>>
>>>>> N.
>>>>
>>>> Even John McEnroe has said he behaved far more badly but was never
>>>> penalized for it. It was a shame it all spoilt the joy the Japanese
>>>> girl should have been having, for that I would criticize Serena.
>>>>
>>>
>>> John McEnroe was disqualified in 1990 for three code violations.
>>> In 1995, Jeff Tarrango was suspended after yelling at spectators and
>>> accused the umpire of corruption.Irena Spirlea was disqualifed for
>>> using abusive language against officials. Andre Agassi was disqualifed
>>> for ball abuse ad verbal abuse. David Nalbandian was disqualifed foir
>>> for injuring an official and kicking an advertising sign. Darian King
>>> was disqualified when he three his racquet and hit a lineswoman. Earlier
>>> this year Yan Marti was disqualified for pointing his racquet at his
>>> opponent and saying "You can put this in your butt."
>>
>> cherry picking is hard work
>>
>> not surprising that Dave Smith is out in front strenuously defending the
>> patriarchy
>
>Bullshit. A claim was made that "John McEnroe has said he behaved far
>more badly but was never penalized for it". I don't follow tennis much,
>but it didn't take much research to find out that, in fact, McEnroe had
>been suspended for three code violations. There was no cherry picking.
>Those examples came from the same source and were all listed together.

didn't take much research ... and yet you sound so certain

>We are supposed to have a pity party for the woman who had a temper
>tantrum when she got caught breaking the rules, which her coach admitted
>doing, and then people started to make claims or to repeat claims that
>are apparently not true.

no one said anything about a pity party

>> in the end, who should we listen to, Dave Smith or Billie Jean King?
>> I mean, what does she know about the professional womans athlete's
>> experience??
>
>You could actually look it up yourself.

you could start listening to women