Opie wrote:
I was a day-one guy and have been growing more disillusioned over time, but I’m done with the station now.
As if the initial overreaction and quick dismissal wasn’t enough, in short order we had such station luminaries as Leery, Zawaski, and Parkins shamelessly and stupidly trying to score SJW points, and stabbing their now ex-coworker in the back, knowing there’d be no immediate and direct reprisal from Mac himself. What absolute spineless pussies.
For Parkins to break bad on Mac out of the gate is especially galling. There’s a special working relationship of some sort there, if only as day-to-day (maybe a couple times a week) partners. I didn’t like Parkins initially. As a non-North Shore Loyola Academy guy, I think I had him properly sniffed out immediately, but was willing to give him a chance. Turns out I was right. Opportunistic, no-loyalty weasel, in no small part a product of upbringing. Though I guess sometimes you just lay a turd and produce an actual shitbag through little fault of your own.
Jay-Z and Maxim Boy are another story. Who asked for their ten cents? In what alternative universe do they live that they think people are itching to hear them condemn this tweet most foul? The fact they chimed in at all tells you how stupid and short-sighted they are. Those responses are no-win. Anyone who dumbassedly nods their head with them already is on the team. Morons.
Bernstein was smart to STFU. But he knows he has to; Boobgate 2.0 is lurking. He knows screenshots of the tweet are out and about. And I also think he very begrudgingly likes and respects Mac, though he doesn’t know how to deal with those troubling feelings. It’s probably harder for him to come to grips with that realization than it would be if he were gay, which he probably wishes he were, if only for social capital. Anyway, I’m sure he’ll let things die down, then take veiled shots at Mac down the road.
What really is in it for me at this point? I can change listening habits, and really, any habit, except for drinking. Actually, not true; I can drink different things. Things won’t change there anytime soon. There’s no reason to think they will
Can you imagine being an on-air guy and having to work with those twats? I can’t even listen to them at this point.
This is a great post.
And, yes, Dan B. should be very afraid. He is going to be sucking so many dicks in the upcoming weeks his lips are going to bleed.