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3catwoman3

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10. I had the same question. Is not "flipping the bird"...
Sun Dec 20, 2020, 06:14 PM
Dec 2020

..pretty universally regarded as a gesture of disdain/disrespect?

ITA that the university’s response was over-the-top.

watched the video Skittles Dec 2020 #1
Totally blackballed. lpbk2713 Dec 2020 #2
I Never Heard About This ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #3
I never heard about this. efhmc Dec 2020 #4
I went to the link ellie Dec 2020 #6
It would be the Tweet of the Day. TheRickles Dec 2020 #7
Who flips off a camera "in celebration?" luv2fly Dec 2020 #5
Who cares? Yeehah Dec 2020 #9
I certainly am not going to lose sleep over this. Kaleva Dec 2020 #16
I had the same question. Is not "flipping the bird"... 3catwoman3 Dec 2020 #10
She didn't say she flipped off the camera lunatica Dec 2020 #13
Watch the video. Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #18
But what is the behavior? LisaL Dec 2020 #24
She was deliberately flipping the finger at someone - Ms. Toad Dec 2020 #30
Agree. cwydro Dec 2020 #37
If you are an underdog I totally see flipping off the naysayers... Tommymac Dec 2020 #17
More common with some musicians, Johny Cash even did it once, but it's not unheard of. Zipgun Dec 2020 #29
Where is common sense? The punishment ought to fit the crime. PatrickforO Dec 2020 #8
Yep. LisaL Dec 2020 #11
"And I don't think the same thing would have happened if I were a male athlete. " Sez it all ... marble falls Dec 2020 #12
Number Of People Hurt: Zero ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #15
No harm, no foul. Of more import: Was there ever a time the refs called traveling in the NBA? marble falls Dec 2020 #20
That's Where I Was Going ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #25
I saw a male World Cup player sent home for flipping off fans, but that's a different issue. RandySF Dec 2020 #21
I keep thinking of brock turner. niyad Dec 2020 #22
There Were Going To Expel Him ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author Gilbert Moore Dec 2020 #14
It was a split second and she turned the bird sign into a peace sign. What an overreaction. Fingers iluvtennis Dec 2020 #19
How many times have we seen a male athlete crab his crotch and pull up on it as a taunt? crimycarny Dec 2020 #23
Yeah, the scale of the response is the issue for me. BrightKnight Dec 2020 #36
"A Middle Finger Cost Me My Livelihood as a Woman Athlete" is a bit over dramatic Snake Plissken Dec 2020 #27
I'd guess the coaching staff was disappointed with her before this incident Klaralven Dec 2020 #31
Rationalizing completely unfair actions by the university Yeehah Dec 2020 #32
well..... getagrip_already Dec 2020 #28
It was a sexist reaction. Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #33
I agree i was an over reaction... getagrip_already Dec 2020 #34
When did flipping the bird become a celebratory gesture? MineralMan Dec 2020 #35
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