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re: Idiots at ESPN don't know the difference between "gorilla" & "guerrilla"
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:11 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:11 am to Darth_Vader
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accused of being the worst thing imaginable
Who is accusing this guy of being a genocidal maniac?
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Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:12 am to lsupride87
quote:Where the frick have I said this?
So in order for an analogy to be valid, it needs to be normed and accepted in whatever field the analogy is used in?
I have said a 100000000x he meant guerilla.
This board, and society, thinks if you disagree with one part of an article or a person, you disagree with everything.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:12 am to Darth_Vader
I'd say the people who were in an uproar are the real racists, considering they're the ones who assumed "gorilla" meant "black person".
Let's pretend for a second that he did mean "gorilla" effect. What the frick would that even mean in relation to a tennis match? Did she start ripping down banana trees with one hand? It's sad that innocent people constantly have to pay the price for the ignorance of the masses.
Let's pretend for a second that he did mean "gorilla" effect. What the frick would that even mean in relation to a tennis match? Did she start ripping down banana trees with one hand? It's sad that innocent people constantly have to pay the price for the ignorance of the masses.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:12 am to SabiDojo
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No metaphors, no similes, no hyperbole. We are practically witnessing the death of the English language.
It is a fricking goofy, if not troubling phenomenon.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:12 am to lsupride87
Tennis.com article
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The adjectives that come to mind to describe Radwanska are: Implacable; remote; unflappable; leisurely; languid; measured. She often plays from a low crouch, as if she’s dodging real bullets rather than optic yellow ones. It’s effective as a discipline that yields consistency, but it’s also an apt symbol. Hers is a game of the insurgent. It’s guerilla tennis—especially against taller, more powerful, more physical rivals.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:13 am to Darth_Vader
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He has suffered serious emotional distress and harm because he has been falsely accused of being the worst thing imaginable,
The worst thing imaginable? Give me a friggin break.
I'm so done with all this bullshite. Time to start slapping sense into people.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:13 am to lsupride87
youtube nike commercial
from what i heard this morning, the term became common in the 90's after this commercial.
from what i heard this morning, the term became common in the 90's after this commercial.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:13 am to OneMoreTime
quote:Im done. Dont believe me, dont believe Navrotilova, etc etc.
Tennis.com article
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:14 am to lsupride87
quote:good
Im done.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:14 am to caliegeaux
quote:Anyone else want to link the nike commercial?
youtube nike commercial
from what i heard this morning, the term became common in the 90's after this commercial.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:16 am to OneMoreTime
This board really is a joke.
You are on team Adler, which I am as well, but that means we cant diagree with anything he says. We have to push forward with our heads up our asses and defend everything he says
You are on team Adler, which I am as well, but that means we cant diagree with anything he says. We have to push forward with our heads up our asses and defend everything he says
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:16 am to lsupride87
Are you really spending all this time over the fact you think they are over-exaggerating the commonality of the term guerrilla in tennis? When you already agree that he wasn't being racist? Man you must be reallllllllly bored.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:16 am to lsupride87
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Why does it matter if it is common or not?
I said it mattered? I have simply only refuted this:
quote:
guerilla,’ a word that is commonly used in tennis
I understand what you are saying(that part of the article is wrong) but it is irrelevant to the argument.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:16 am to lsupride87
You should change your td handle to darreljames87
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:16 am to lsupride87
quote:
It is clear he meant guerilla
I agree with you.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:17 am to lsupride87
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And I am telling you, from playing in college, a little pro, that it is not used in tennis. This is the first time I have ever heard it used in a tennis setting. If they bring an expert witness, they can refute the shite out of that being a common tennis term.
Maybe he coined a new phrase for the sport. If he said this about a white tennis player, would he be facing the same situation?
If I say a Kenyan long distance runner runs like a gazelle, is that racist?
This post was edited on 2/15/17 at 10:35 am
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:17 am to Darth_Vader
I seem to remember a commercial way back using the term Guerrilla Tennis. It might have been Reebok or something.
Regardless, it's pretty commonly accepted throughout the tennis community and I see no problems with what the man said.
Regardless, it's pretty commonly accepted throughout the tennis community and I see no problems with what the man said.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:17 am to lsupride87
quote:I think the issue is a usual one for you, you're too absolute about your arguments.
Im done. Dont believe me, dont believe Navrotilova, etc etc.
You thundered in and told us in no uncertain times, this term is not used in tennis, and guys are giving you multiple examples where it has been used in tennis, that's all.
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:17 am to monkeybutt
quote:It just makes no sense to act like it is a normal common tennis term. And I simply pointed that out with my experience. I never thought people would attack me for it
Are you really spending all this time over the fact you think they are over-exaggerating the commonality of the term guerrilla in tennis? When you already agree that he wasn't being racist?
Posted on 2/15/17 at 10:18 am to lsupride87
People are attacking you because your argument is shite. How many times does "guerrilla" have to be said in relation to tennis for you to accept it as "common"?
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