Comments on: The Whole Steven Cohen Business

By: Aron

Aron — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:30:16 +0000

Well whether he should have been fired or not, I won’t be watching anymore now that he is gone. He made that show. Wynalda? Are you kidding me? No thanks captain personality.

By: timj

timj — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:15:05 +0000

i am saddened that americans call it free speech. to tell lies Cohen is a proven liar.Thats not free speech.as a previous poster said if i was to say 9/11 was a conspiracy of the US government,thats free speech, but hell i would be arrested

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:35:43 +0000

A lot of ignorance here. The minority sent death threats and the majority would condemn them for it. This despicable little man has made accusations of manslaughter against a group of people suffering a loss.

We look after the reputations of the people who unfortunately died.

It scares me that Americans watching this (Charles, for one) are forming opinions about people they’ve probably never experienced and have no good reason to form, based entirely on vile, hateful lies.

By: J

Tue, 26 May 2009 13:54:21 +0000

The death threats are inexcusable.

However, the response is not a question of “forcing a worldview” on others. There is a clear misstatement of facts (regardless of the motivation) by a person of influence and an attempt by an offended party to to redress that misstatement.

Fact, misstatement, correction. Simple formula, and one guaranteed by the first amendment. I believe it is exactly this process of dialog that the first amendment was created to protect. The libertarian hands off, say what you want, without consequences argument is an adolescent defense of a childish assertion. Unless of course you are completely willing to abandon the idea that one set of facts or one argument can actually be “better” or more convincing than another.

So in sum, credit to the LFC fans who organized and made themselves heard. Shame to those who issued death threats. And shame to those who use the Hillsborogh disaster as anything but a reason to mourn the loss of 96 people who did nothing more than go to a football match. If supporting you club involves dishonoring people who died in tragic circumstances then I urge you to reconsider the role football plays in your life.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:30:19 +0000

As a long time listener of the program, I get the impression that this boycott and protest goes a lot farther than just his recent comments. He has always been a relentless critic of Liverpool, particularly the hypocracy often shown by its supporters. Where the free speech argument is applicable is the fact that the “offended” turned into an organized group designed to destroy Mr. Cohen and his livelyhood. Like most boycotts, this one has gone beyond a disagreement and become a situation where one group is attempting to force their worldview on others and insulate themselves from future critisism.

Much more good could have come from education of the issue rather than a nasty and mean-spirited boycott.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:14:21 +0000

Got to love Liverpool FC they condemn Cohen’s comments but fail to condemn their fans for sending death threats to the man and his children.

By: Paulimus

Paulimus — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:48:03 +0000

Ira, comparing Cohen to David Duke is crass and the sign of a weak argument. Try again, or, better yet, please don’t try at all.

By: ira

ira — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:24:14 +0000

The free speech argument is ridiculous, if not delusional. There is no such thing as ‘free speech’, especially in the USA. Try go around saying you support the 9/11 hijackers and are glad they did what they did. Good luck keeping off government watch lists and being harassed by Homeland Security.

Like 9/11 people died at Hillsborough. Children died, so if you are stupid enough to make a statement that has been thoroughly disproved on a platform of influence, that platform should be taken away from you.

Cohen is no different than say David Duke. He lets his hatred speak before his brain. Spreading ignorance is never justified and those who can’t see the irrationality of his ‘argument’ are just as foolish as him.

By: Suzi Orman

Suzi Orman — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:11:19 +0000

There will always be a void. For a man to use his programme to call out a club, hell, a family for wanting to respect their colleagues by playing a game one day later is absolutley rediculous. If Mr.Cohen believes himself to be a professional, he should have done his homework.

By: Suzi Orman

Suzi Orman — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:09:51 +0000

That group of people expressed their freedom of speech back at them. Minus the issue of death threats, this is what free speech is about. Free speech never is about protecting someone from the free speech of others and obviously if there are Americans who believe that Liverpool is responsible for Hillsborough either partially or wholly