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Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 19 17, 4:10 pm
by Famous Mortimer
I don't know if this is appropriate for the baseball thread, but looks like Dexter is a little upset that the actions of the current administration are making it more difficult for him to see his family (his wife's of Iranian descent with lots of family over there, I just discovered).
"Shut up and play baseball...unless I agree with you, then I'll retweet the hell out of everything you say". Still doesn't make me want to get into Twitter arguments, mind, but it's rotten all the same.
Sort of sad that this keeps having to be said:
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 19 17, 5:17 pm
by MrCrowesGarden
I know this wasn't your intent, but I hate the "LOL CARDS FANS ARE RACIST" trope BFSTL tries to invoke. Here's a bunch of Cubs fans doing the same... and Double Birds screen capped some more.
Of course, Keith Law only glommed on to one of these because narrative. If you wanna make fun of Cardinals fans with a broad brush for applauding at running out grounders, ok. Doing so with something so racially tinged is irresponsible.
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 19 17, 8:58 pm
by heyzeus
Give me 5 minutes and access to Twitter and I can build you a grotesque sample of racism from any fan base. Woooo America.
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 19 17, 9:16 pm
by MrCrowesGarden
heyzeus wrote:Give me 5 minutes and access to Twitter and I can build you a grotesque sample of racism from any fan base. Woooo America.
Maybe... the problem isn't fan bases... but racists?
Nah, go with #BFIB
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 19 17, 11:26 pm
by IMADreamer
Breaking! Trump supporters are vile wastes of human beings. More at five.
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 20 17, 7:58 am
by Magneto2.0
Ehh I just think Keith Law mocked the "BFIB" thing because of what was on display on that Deter Fowler feed. He's well aware and has stated the racism of other fan bases before.
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 20 17, 8:58 am
by MrCrowesGarden
He knows the dangers of painting with the broad brush though. He'll acknowledge it if you call him on it, but that's about it.
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 20 17, 1:08 pm
by MrCrowesGarden
Oh look, Jeff Passan wants to take a turn taking a crap on Cardinals fans!
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 20 17, 1:20 pm
by wart57
News Flash - There are a lot of racist dumb asses on Facebook and in real life....
Re: Cardinals sign Dexter Fowler
Posted: February 20 17, 1:21 pm
by Spider John
This place is the closest I get to social media. From what I can tell from my own experience with my wife and daughter is Twitter, Facebook, etc is way more trouble than it is worth. I sure don't know why a public figure would want to open themselves up to this type of thing.