Idiot college baseball player on twitter

[MrMet]

http://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/03/21/bloomsburg-university-baseball-mone-davis-offensive-tweet

Are you kidding me Joel Casselbury, how dumb can you be! Your college career is over and forever you will be known as the kid that tweeted that about Mone Davis....smh

 

[linuxabuser]

I still don't get why he was dismissed.

 

[DaClyde]

I'm sure the school's athletics department, or maybe the school in general, has a code of conduct that he violated.

 

[IUjapander]

Eh, I was thinking it was going to be worse. Had he not used the word **** (which in the linked article was blurred out, and my mind replaced with much, much worse things), then the tweet is pretty accurate.

 

[gt2590]

Mo'ne is already on record as saying that he should be re-instated.

I agree with her, classic Over-reaction. Dumb thing for him to do but not worth losing all those privileges for..

 

[goobmcnasty]

The tweet was obviously intended to be funny. People might not have overreacted so hard if it didn't have an element of truth in it. (Not the **** part. She's what, 12?). But seriously, a movie of the week about a mediocre pitcher because she's a girl from the hood.

 

[Tzvih123]

Mo'ne is already on record as saying that he should be re-instated.

I agree with her, classic Over-reaction. Dumb thing for him to do but not worth losing all those privileges for..

If she said that, that's very noble of her.

 

[Lancemountain]

If she said that, that's very noble of her.

She did say that and that's because she comes from good people (and ten blocks away from me )

This may surprise some here but I support the tweeter......I really think he was trying to be obtuse and funny.....IE she did so well for herself and portrayed herself and her community so well that referring to a young girl who by all accounts is a hard worker, athlete and all around good kid as a "****" when she obviously was not was kind of a "elbow in the ribs" type jab

I really see zero racial or sexist intent......just calling a person the opposite of what the reader would expect.... this is a common comedy "routine" and I hope Mo'ne gets her wish and this young man gets to play baseball and go back to his life

 

[Lancemountain]

But seriously, a movie of the week about a mediocre pitcher because she's a girl from the hood.

See? Now THIS is offensive and most certainly sexist/racist. Hope you are kidding and my sarcasm meter is broken

 

[goobmcnasty]

See? Now THIS is offensive and most certainly sexist/racist. Hope you are kidding and my sarcasm meter is broken

Actually, it's the exact opposite. I think it's offensive and racist that society expects African American girls from bad neighborhoods to fail, so when one has a moment of success, they overpraise it. Then when one person goes away from the flock and calls her mediocre, he is scorned and called a racist/sexist... when all he is doing is captioning the obvious. This college student probably could've voiced his opinion in a better way, but he doesn't deserve the backlash he got for it.

 

[Lancemountain]

Well therein lies the issue with your racism. She is young and black and from the inner city...

She isn't from a bad neighborhood. Or in your words, "the hood" which holds negative connotations.

She exceeded where the fast majority of boys her age did not. It's rare, it's uplifting and it's a young woman with character--most deserving of a movie IMHO

She is not mediocre and despite your ignorant projection, she is not from "the hood"

 

[Lancemountain]

the basic assumption that she is "from the hood" is disgusting and she has been the first girl to earn a win, pitch a shutout and also one of the first to get a hit in the LLWS. First black girl to play in the LLWS.

We aren't talking about bowman prospects. These are kids and what she accomplished is far more than "mediocre"

Add too that she's a cool kid with a great community and has displayed wonderful character.....a very great young lady and most certainly not mediocre like you said.

 

[Wes]

Seems easy, don't call people *****. I'm sure if I called someone, let alone a child, a **** on Twitter, my employer would have cause to suspend or terminate me.

 

[linuxabuser]

Seems easy, don't call people *****. I'm sure if I called someone, let alone a child, a **** on Twitter, my employer would have cause to suspend or terminate me.

Wes, you ignorant ****.

 

[goobmcnasty]

Well therein lies the issue with your racism. She is young and black and from the inner city...

She isn't from a bad neighborhood. Or in your words, "the hood" which holds negative connotations.

She exceeded where the fast majority of boys her age did not. It's rare, it's uplifting and it's a young woman with character--most deserving of a movie IMHO

She is not mediocre and despite your ignorant projection, she is not from "the hood"

You missed my entire point and jumped right to accusing me of being a racist. Thank you for proving my point.

 

[Lancemountain]

And what point was that, oh enlightened one?

 

[goobmcnasty]

And what point was that, oh enlightened one?

People are so quick to jump to call someone a racist/sexist if they don't agree that someone from certain backgrounds/demographics are great, just because the backgrounds/demographics don't normally produce greatness. (IE gender, hometown, upbringing, sexual orientation, whatever the case may be.) This country rewards mediocrity way too much. We've become a nation of "participation" trophies. Then when someone points out that those participation trophies are nothing special, they are crucified.

 

[WCTYSON]

People are so quick to jump to call someone a racist/sexist if they don't agree that someone from certain backgrounds/demographics are great, just because the backgrounds/demographics don't normally produce greatness. (IE gender, hometown, upbringing, sexual orientation, whatever the case may be.) This country rewards mediocrity way too much. We've become a nation of "participation" trophies. Then when someone points out that those participation trophies are nothing special, they are crucified.

Thanks for participating to defend a classless, clueless individual. You and he could learn something about class from this girl. Here is your ribbon for moron of the day, congratulations.