TIROU-ME AS PALAVRAS DA BOCA: Serena Williams não é vítima de sexismo, tem apenas mau perder

Continuação de ESTÓRIA E MORAL: Vedetismo, desculpas esfarrapadas e má-educação

Bad loser berates umpire

«Serena Williams’s epic tantrum in last night’s US Open final wasn’t a noble stand against racism or sexism. It wasn’t about her being black, or a woman, or a mother — although of course it very quickly became about that, as tweeters and sports hacks climbed over each other to defend the Queen of Women’s tennis because she is a famous mega brand and her brand is about being black, a woman, and a mother.

But in our hearts we all know what really happened. Williams behaved like a bad loser then pretended to be a victim of societal injustice to justify her bratty performance. It was a pathetic and depressing spectacle. The most depressing and pathetic part was that the New York crowd — so keen to see their heroine win — indulged and encouraged her self-pitying, whining, angry display. The fans cheered her on as she berated the umpire Carlos Ramos. His sin? Having the temerity to try to do his job.

Ramos issued Williams with a code violation — perhaps harshly — for being coached during the match. Williams felt aggrieved, lost her cool and couldn’t get it back. She smashed a racquet. She screamed repeatedly at Ramos about how she never cheats, how she has a daughter (so?) and eventually told him he owed her an apology and that he was a ‘thief’. For this she was punished, then she lost, and the final as a sporting contest was ruined. For this she is being called a legend.
Serena Williams can lose without behaving like diva brat, but sometimes she can’t, and when she loses her temper she is a fairly awful human being. She tried to have it both ways too — bigging up her opponent, saying her row shouldn’t distract from Naomi Osaka’s achievement. Her admirers said that showed amazing grace. But it didn’t. Amazing grace would have been not to turn the whole match into a spectacle of her self-importance.»

Serena Williams isn’t the victim of sexism – she’s just a sore loser, Freddy Gray no Spectator

Para quem pense que estou a dar demasiada importância a um episódio menor, direi que, sendo um episódio menor, a turba dos admiradores de Serena Williams mesclada com a turba do politicamente correcto transformou-o num episódio maior e um álibi para a levar a cabo mais uma cruzada, tentando de caminho crucificar Carlos Ramos, um sujeito competente e íntegro com uma carreira que fala por ele.