It was inevitable, given he’s speaking extemporaneously for three-plus hours every week.
A “if you put enough monkeys at enough typewriters” scenario.
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Spaz was a strange choice by Brady.
Two years ago, Beyonce removed the word from her song Heated after receiving criticism from disability activists.
Lizzo similarly had to change a lyric in one of her songs after receiving the same criticism.
OK, so spaz is no longer acceptable.
Even when you’re describing the way a young Josh Allen used to play.
I’m not going to die on the spaz hill.
At my age, the next hill I die on will probably literal as my heart gives out.
And yet somehow the world kept turning on its axis in spite of it.
Because humans are capable of showing incredible compassion and using slang terms for quarterbacks at the same time.
But to defend him for using the term is playing into the hands of the Easily Offended.
This is the easiest way to feel good about yourself.
That’s how semantics works.
And whoever gets to the new replacement term first gets to claim the moral high ground.
