Johnny Bench apologizes for 'insensitive comment' made during Reds Hall of Fame ceremony

[@The.End.Begins24]

America really needs to be less sensitive. I wish I had known he was in town would have loved an autograph.

[@aspe7187]

Look no further than the "tribe" that controls all the gates to commerce thus controls the narrative. It's all in their Talmud..

[@D71219ONE]

My mom gave me a Johnny Bench signed baseball of my father’s when he passed last year. It’s one of my most treasured possessions.

[@The.End.Begins24]

@@D71219ONE That’s so cool I have his bobble head. I would have loved to get it signed.

[@Xkzsprxn]

I'm sure Marge Scott would approve

[@jackcarraway4707]

"Those you cannot criticize are your masters."

[@cmorales5]

Johnny Bench didn’t lie. Truth offends everyone nowadays.

[@ryans2379]

He would still be my hero if he didn't apologize for telling the truth. 👃

[@ReeLesTReaLisT]

Right thing to say but wrong time anytime..you can’t tell the truth even if it’s the truth

[@369Alien]

Right, he wasn’t lying either

[@bennylevine387]

Let's assume you had a job anyone cared about. You go online and start speaking your mind using your real name. Your employer finds out and you get fired. That's reality. We're in America and you're so f backwards that if you speak your mind and put your name behind it, your life can be destroyed. How does it feel to have to lurk in the shadows like a rat? Come on youtube, this is all I hear. Never a peep in public ever. What does that suggest? I don't know what scoreboard you're looking at pal. Hateful and scared to say it out loud is no way to live life. You're one guy in an anonymous online setting and that guy disappears once anything is at stake.

[@ernestpassaro9663]

They are known for being cheap 😂

[@tcb7098]

Never apologize

[@rogerorlando2349]

Looks like everyone thought it was funny.

[@switchhitter08]

It was! Tony Perez' reaction said it all!

[@robertgreenberg4695]

thats not the point

[@skolcityblues2132]

Ridiculous move on

[@DominickMitchem]

Toughen up Jewish world😊 no apology needed Johnny RIP

[@darinpowell5080]

He isn't dead.

[@369Alien]

He’s not dead. He wouldn’t have been able to make the comment if he was 😂

[@s.t.3181]

If you read the closed captioning even his (Gabe) own daughter said that was cheap! Come on!

[@davidammons1700]

Don't care who got pissed off get over it

[@locksmart3209]

this is news? shows you who signs the paychecks.

[@cdub5072]

Give me a break! It was funny, that’s why a lot of people laughed. We all know who owns media and banks don’t we!

[@switchhitter08]

It was a slip-up. We've all done that at some point in our lives. What happened in Europe 80 or so years ago was worse. Get a grip, everyone!

[@scoobtube5746]

Why is it "insensitive" to tell the truth, LOL?

[@DominickMitchem]

Boom 💪

[@williamwilkinson6665]

I just lost respect, wtf did he feel he to appolige.. he didn't say anything wrong .....

[@ronpaul1082]

Who cares but at the same time hes been throwing pete rose under the bus hard for decades so its nice to see him catching shi t

[@dave0051]

Never apologize to anyone for a joke.

[@mariarahelvarnhagen2729]

contractual pranking is over

[@davidhumiston6500]

He should be banned from baseball and taken out of HOF I've been a REDS fan for around 50 years...

[@scoobtube5746]

Why should anyone be banned for making true statements, LOL?

[@DominickMitchem]

Tell Marge Schott *(racist) Or how about astrix next to the whole MLB historical records they treated People of color terribly.And destroyed the negro baseball league systemically by way of inclusion because they were financially taking away from the MLB revenue

[@369Alien]

Cry harder 😂

[@davidhumiston6500]

@@scoobtube5746 bench is one reason Pete Rose isn't in the Hall of Fame

[@scoobtube5746]

@@davidhumiston6500 So? What does that have to do with the question I asked?

[@alexaycart9154]

Just a joke people!!! Relax!!!

[@pedalnpetesauctions6894]

🔥 SIERRA TANGO UNIFORM PAPPA INDIA DELTA😂

[@brandoninglin7566]

0:20-0:37 ❤😂🎉

[@wellitsherenow]

Whatever

[@salvatoresgobbo3307]

Banned and remove him from hof.Maybe arrest him also for hurtful comment

[@bnnndon254]

Oh shut up. Have a sense of humor you over sensitive idiot

[@wmorris3484]

Agree. Let’s start a petition!

[@user-en6sf3yq8r]

LOLLLLLLLLL

[@Silence_Duder_Gooder]

That's ludicrous.

[@salvatoresgobbo3307]

Im joki g lol

[@Local1Laborer]

It was stupid comment

[@ScumDog420]

How is it stupid? It's just the truth.

[@Local1Laborer]

@@ScumDog420 it's a stupid comment to make period

[@Local1Laborer]

@@drulamane stupid comment

[@fatkat311]

Why do we have to apologize for everything? Jews are known for being frugal. Is he lying? What’s the controversy here? Stop apologizing otherwise the goalpost will keep moving to the point it will be a crime to talk at all

[@paullentz1972]

The fact that those in the crowd laughed at Bench's comment (which he apparently said with enthusiasm) shows that we as a society still have a long ways to go when it comes to confronting those who make insensitive/borderline racist comments in our presence. Years ago, when I visited a part of The South were I grew up...I found myself in a conversation with other White people who had no problem using The N-word when around other White people. While I was appalled (living in The San Francisco Bay Area for the past 28 years...the number of times I've heard a White person say The N-word here in SF is less than the number of fingers I have on my right hand)....I stood in silence while these White people I were in a conversation used The N-word to describe President Obama. I remember talking to my brother afterwards when we were alone about how messed up it was that these guys can use that word on President Obama. His reply: "it's The South". However, the fact I stood in silence and didnt have the courage to say "hey, this aint right. Dont ever say that word in my prescence again" shows that the phrase 'Silence is Complicity' rings true. More White people, when hearing other White people make insensitive/racist comments.....need to stand up and say 'dude, that aint right what you just said'.

[@scoobtube5746]

Since when is it not "right" to tell the truth? The only thing Bench did was tell the truth? Who conditioned you to believe that the truth isn't right?

[@michaeltraurig465]

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[@usaveteran-retired6464]

Bench was joking! I'm sorry - Don Rickles - Oh, I KNOW that's OFFENSIVE - Made fun of all people, including Jewish people, of which he was Jewish. I stop with the N word and Real Racism, but THIS? Mr. Giles' Daughter wasn't offended, but YOU are? Bless your heart. In the US Army, we're getting to where our Drill Sergeants MUST be careful what they say so our Soldier In Training don't want to go home crying to their Mommies. God help us if a War comes, because everyone from the Terrorists who flew the planes into the Towers, the Pentagon, and a ground in Pennsylvania on 9/11 to the Russians and other possible enemies today could care LESS if we're offended today. There are BAD PEOPLE out there who just want to destroy our way of life and have their way around the world. Despite all of that, we mustn't make little Johnny, Bobby, or Mary cry by yelling at them for being late to a formation or get on their case for being to slow in a training environment, because being quicker might save lives. And, surely we must be careful how and what we LAUGH about when relaxing - even if it's NOT the very offensive N-Word - but today's Orwellian word police deems it hate speech and the businesses run by our woke societies might take an individual's way of making a living.