The Legend wrote:Yeah, people can talk about Vince all they want. The real problem would be the fans in attendance. The reason the WWE puts people like that in the position they ultimately do is more about how a huge portion of wrestling fans see those people than most wrestling fans would want to admit.
Because Vince McMahon is
so in touch with both how society judges certain groups of people, AND what his fans want.
I agree totally that the fans themselves are an issue, if the company ever wants to tackle more mature content in a more mature way. Fans can be dicks. And they're used to shouting obscenities at wrestlers and chanting whatever they want, and in certain circumstances it's easy to imagine them crossing the line. They have done so in the past with female or homosexual (at least in kayfabe) talent.
Though they were being encouraged to do so in approximately 100% of these cases.
When Vince presents people in negative stereotypical ways, it's not because he respects the dickishness of his audience. It's because he's a dick, and probably a bigot. A lot of fans undoubtedly are too, but lets not give them the credit for his assholery.