Discussion: Cleveland Cavs Promo Video Depicts Fan Slamming Girlfriend To Floor (VIDEO)

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A sure sign that this “promo” was cooked up by a male-only crew. I don’t think “tone deaf” quite covers this travesty.

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‘You root for the employees of a corporation in a different city to win a meaningless game that adults shouldn’t waste their time watching other adults play? Why, that makes me want to abuse you physically and then blame you for it afterwards!’

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Quick! QUICK! FIRE UP THE OUTRAGE MACHINE!

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Wow. The woman is put in a fucking frilly apron no less.

Do the Cavs really want to bring domestic violence to mind in order to sell their product?

“When its playoff basketball time, you have to be All In, so don’t make the same mistake she made.”

Wow…as the woman holds onto her injuries and is then seen on the couch with an icepack on her head, obediently following the ‘correct’ cue from her angry boyfriend, with his hand wrapped around her for good measure, as she agrees to comply and just watch the game.

Fucking disgusting. Its beyond bad.

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Totally in bad taste. I mean, Dirty Dancing is just a total suckbag of a movie and I can’t believe they would have the gall to resurrect references to it. Geesh…

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Are you really that dense that you don’t get the obvious implication?

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You never treat a woman like this. At least not before she makes you a sandwich first.

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Don’t care. Don’t care about the NBA. Don’t care about the Cavs. Don’t care about the Cavs’ advertising. Too many people do too many stupid things every day for me to care about this one.

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Well, one thing’s for sure: we all know who’s not going to be “All In” later that night…

Seriously tho…what the frig were they thinking? It will be interesting to see what they end up doing for their mea culpa.

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Don’t you know that iconic scene is every woman’s fantasy? To have Patrick Swayze life them over his head? Geesh…

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The woman body slams the guy!

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And sadly the idiots who came up with this idea will not even be admonished in the least. No one will know who they are and they will not be reprimanded at all. Heck, judging by the content, they will probably just go laugh about it at a bar.

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embarrassing for us Cavs fans…apology, then burn it…won’t be back for game 5, I’m confident…everything was looking up for us entering the playoffs, now it’s injuries, suspensions, and horrible PR work

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This doesn’t actually bother me. The violence depicted isn’t remotely typical in act or accompanying dialogue of domestic violence in my personal experience, and it’s obviously ridiculous.

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I thought it was for him to rub wet clay all over them once he’s dead…oh…wait…we’re halfway there already…

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Just women?

Oh wait, that’s To Wong Foo…wrong movie :stuck_out_tongue:

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Nonono. You must be outraged!

I can only pray that the Fainting Couch Brigade doesn’t ever accidentally see any Looney Tunes.

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Real Men fantasize about Patrick Swayze smashing their head into a table…ROADHOUSE!

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And the man is in a jersey.

How offensive, forcing gender stereotypes on the poor guy.