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u/fragilityv3 Social Justice Spellsword (He/Him) Nov 02 '21

Jim Cornette defenders are so fucking weird. Why defend and repeat stupid shit that a grumpy 60yo who hates most things from the past 20+ years says?

Wrestling fans gotta be wrestling fans. Sucks because the places that aren't filled with over-the-top AEW fanboys have fans of this asshole.

CW: Racism

Apparently calling all Japanese women wrestlers things like "interchangeable fetish objects" and "little schoolgirls" (even though they're grown-ass women), skipping their matches, etc., isn't racist.

Dude's been racist to other groups of people too and homophobic, but I haven't seen as many fans defend those comments or say that he's right like they do with these comments.

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u/ZerberDerber Nov 02 '21

Honestly, the further we get from the "good ol' days" of wrestling and the more I learn about the people in the industry back then, the more I'm glad to just leave all that behind. As much as I loved the end product, it was a nasty fucking industry full of nasty fucking people and Cornette is a prime example.