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I see both sides on this. Most of us guys have said similar stuff plenty of times, especially when younger. However Gruden put this stuff into writing, just as Urban got caught on video (doing something that's not a big deal in comparison to this). It's a very slippery slope in society if we dig into every single thing somebody has said or done that is not politically-correct by modern standards. There are very influential people, including on the left-wing side, who have a less-than-stellar track record on similar matters.

But anyhow, in light of the emails being made public, the Raiders really had no choice but to let him go. There would have been too much negative PR and protesting had he only gotten suspended. It's very possible he lost the locker room as well.

Fact is that no matter how you feel about cancel culture or freedom of speech, you have to be very judicious about what you say and who you say it to, especially in a professional setting. In any workplace such comments are a fireable offense. Gruden incriminated himself. There's no way he could talk himself out of this one.