Comments on: superbowl booing http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/ What we honor as prudence in our elders is simply panic in action. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brad Steinberg http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107268 Brad Steinberg Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:48:45 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107268 I think they booed Muhummad because his name sounds Muslim. He's actually a christian. I think they booed Muhummad because his name sounds Muslim. He’s actually a christian.

]]> By: Kat Coble http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107247 Kat Coble Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:40:29 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107247 With all the real injustice in the world it seems kind of odd to me to get worked up over a perceived injustice done to a man who has enough fuck-you money to buy and sell pretty much everyone in the 'audience'. With all the real injustice in the world it seems kind of odd to me to get worked up over a perceived injustice done to a man who has enough fuck-you money to buy and sell pretty much everyone in the ‘audience’.

]]> By: Roger Abramson http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107243 Roger Abramson Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:27:00 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107243 You overstate it. It's only evidence that it wasn't a localized phenomenon, not that it's not a liberal phenomenon. This is about as funny as Jerry Falwell going after Tinky Winky a few years back. You overstate it. It’s only evidence that it wasn’t a localized phenomenon, not that it’s not a liberal phenomenon. This is about as funny as Jerry Falwell going after Tinky Winky a few years back.

]]> By: Chris http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107231 Chris Mon, 05 Feb 2007 19:24:53 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107231 My access logs and the sheer volume of people searching for super+bowl+booing+muhsin are evidence alone that this was not a localized, liberal phoenomenon. It was an understandable mistake. My access logs and the sheer volume of people searching for super+bowl+booing+muhsin are evidence alone that this was not a localized, liberal phoenomenon. It was an understandable mistake.

]]> By: Sarcastro http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107220 Sarcastro Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:28:51 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107220 This has to be the funniest bit of bed-wetting liberal hand-wringing ever. This has to be the funniest bit of bed-wetting liberal hand-wringing ever.

]]> By: Bob Krumm » identity football http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107217 Bob Krumm » identity football Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:53:11 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107217 [...] Speaking of football and identity politics, there was a discussion on Chris Wage’s site about the “boos” several commenters heard directed at Chicago’s Moohsin “Moose” Muhammed. Apparently, when you put together people who: a. don’t understand that Americans give nicknames to sports names they can’t spell or pronounce (Coach K and Doctor J, for example) and b. see America through racial identity blinders (one commenter described her “pessimism concerning the intolerance of americans [sic]”), they tend to misinterpret little things into evidence of American racial intolerance. [...] [...] Speaking of football and identity politics, there was a discussion on Chris Wage’s site about the “boos” several commenters heard directed at Chicago’s Moohsin “Moose” Muhammed. Apparently, when you put together people who: a. don’t understand that Americans give nicknames to sports names they can’t spell or pronounce (Coach K and Doctor J, for example) and b. see America through racial identity blinders (one commenter described her “pessimism concerning the intolerance of americans [sic]”), they tend to misinterpret little things into evidence of American racial intolerance. [...]

]]> By: CeeElCee http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107201 CeeElCee Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:23:22 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107201 I swear I thought they were yelling, "Jeeeewwwwww!" So you can imagine how confused I was... It's always weird when the fans are split 50/50 and spread out all over the stadium at the Super Bowl.. none of the cheers sound right. I swear I thought they were yelling, “Jeeeewwwwww!” So you can imagine how confused I was…

It’s always weird when the fans are split 50/50 and spread out all over the stadium at the Super Bowl.. none of the cheers sound right.

]]> By: SayUncle » The first game of the season http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107197 SayUncle » The first game of the season Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:56:34 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107197 [...] That I watched. I caught the Superbowl last night. I noticed what I thought was booing too for a player named Muhammed. Glad to hear they were yelling his nickname Moose. [...] [...] That I watched. I caught the Superbowl last night. I noticed what I thought was booing too for a player named Muhammed. Glad to hear they were yelling his nickname Moose. [...]

]]> By: jenny g http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107192 jenny g Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:17:55 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107192 PHEW! i was <i>disgusted<i> when his named was called during the intros and everyone booed. my mom and i instantly had a feeling that it was because of his last name, but prayed we were wrong. another event that day had already begun my pessimism concerning the intolerance of americans, for me. directly afterward, i got onto google to see if there were any live forums where anyone had said anything - no luck. so this morning, i typed in: muhammed booed super bowl, and found this. THANKS :D PHEW! i was disgusted when his named was called during the intros and everyone booed. my mom and i instantly had a feeling that it was because of his last name, but prayed we were wrong. another event that day had already begun my pessimism concerning the intolerance of americans, for me. directly afterward, i got onto google to see if there were any live forums where anyone had said anything - no luck. so this morning, i typed in: muhammed booed super bowl, and found this. THANKS :D

]]> By: James Kiley http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107139 James Kiley Mon, 05 Feb 2007 03:40:42 +0000 http://chris.quietlife.net/2007/02/04/superbowl-booing/#comment-107139 His first name is in fact "Muhsin," not "Mushin," and it is pronounce Moo-sin. That is what they are hollering. His first name is in fact “Muhsin,” not “Mushin,” and it is pronounce Moo-sin. That is what they are hollering.

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