'F--- Sister Jean'

Was definitely speaking more as a matter of general principle.

I can't say I got too worked up over the tweet itself. Didn't think it was funny, but didn't think it was a capital crime, either.

 

"Shut up, you old bag!"

It's quotably quotable!

 

That's mostly where I'm at. I thought it was a little bit funny, though.

 

I don't want it to sound like I'm taking the stance that calling anything a "joke" inoculates it against criticism or condemnation. But the important thing is, he didn't take any sort of actual personal shot against Sister Jean. Compare to, say, the board blow-up that occurred when Ragu implied that Al Franken's accuser was a whore because she had breast implants. That was a joke, too, and defended on those grounds, but I and others found it offensive because it was personal - it (arguably) implied that a victim of sexual misconduct was a lesser form of victim because she had implants. That she was asking for it.

This was a general curse. It's totally different.

 

I'm leaning toward Dick's take. This was, more than anything, a function of the easily offended failing to understand a silly tweet. It can't be called a nothingburger if social and conventional media blow it up into a somethingburger. But the original intent was not to degrade Catholicism.

 

Well, anyway, the priests took care of that, amirite?

 

*drum roll*

 

Every time I read this thread, I get MC5's Sister Anne in my head.

 

Haugh and the Tribune, not for nothing, seem to be very enamored of this Loyola team and run. I get it. The Bears suck. The Bulls suck. The Blackhawks suck. DePaul sucks. The White Sox suck. Illinois football sucks. Illinois basketball sucks. Northwestern unexpectedly sucked. Notre Dame didn't make the tournament. Loyola has energized the section, and it was much needed.

 

How has the city as a whole embraced them? Just curious. This isn't like a Gonzaga situation, where it's essentially the only game in Spokane. There's a lot of sporting choice in Chi-town.

 

My observation is that it's been a pretty big deal. It really is a college basketball town from way back, and I think people have long waited for one of the two city schools (UIC is there, as well, but they don't have the tradition of the other two programs) to rise again.

If the Bulls or Blackhawks were in contention, I'm not sure you'd see the story embraced to this degree. But there hasn't really been a meaningful game played by a Chicago team since the Cubs lost in the NLCS.

 

What's funny and what's not funny is probably the most subjective thing in the world.