Baseball 2013

[fhdz]

Ah, the good ole' 'murican pasttime.

Baseball fans furious about "foreignor" singing "God Bless America" for All-Star game

Anytime a non-white person does anything the KKK crowd on twitter flips out.

MAH WHITE HOMELAND

[fhdz]

For added stupidity, this is a carbon copy repeat of what happened with that kid who sang the anthem at the Spurs game during the finals.

Yeah.  I think we should only have Latinos sing the national anthem from now on just so these people will keep outting themselves.

Sounds good to me! IMPLEMENT

[derspiess]

Ah, the good ole' 'murican pasttime.

Baseball fans furious about "foreignor" singing "God Bless America" for All-Star game

Anytime a non-white person does anything the KKK crowd on twitter flips out. 

Coming from the other side, the Zimmerman verdict seemed to bring out a lot of death threats against Zim and the jurors.

There were several tweets that juror B27 (or whomever it was that was on CNN) should be raped and/or killed, and disturbingly most of them seemed to be from women.

[merithyn]

For added stupidity, this is a carbon copy repeat of what happened with that kid who sang the anthem at the Spurs game during the finals.

Yeah.  I think we should only have Latinos sing the national anthem from now on just so these people will keep outting themselves.

I like this idea. Throw in a few Koreans, a Chinese guy or two, and maybe a Pakistani for good measure.

The funny thing is that these same people wouldn't have said word one about Celine Dion singing it.

[merithyn]

Coming from the other side, the Zimmerman verdict seemed to bring out a lot of death threats against Zim and the jurors.

There were several tweets that juror B27 (or whomever it was that was on CNN) should be raped and/or killed, and disturbingly most of them seemed to be from women.

You're equating that with this? Seriously?

[fhdz]

Coming from the other side, the Zimmerman verdict seemed to bring out a lot of death threats against Zim and the jurors.

The key difference being that Zimmerman ignored police instruction, continued stalking Martin, started a fight, and then shot him to death, which is apparently just hunky dorey under Florida law. Marc Anthony's crime on the other hand is, you know, singing. In public.

[fhdz]

Coming from the other side, the Zimmerman verdict seemed to bring out a lot of death threats against Zim and the jurors.

There were several tweets that juror B27 (or whomever it was that was on CNN) should be raped and/or killed, and disturbingly most of them seemed to be from women.

You're equating that with this? Seriously?

I'm hoping he's trolling

[Valmy]

Coming from the other side, the Zimmerman verdict seemed to bring out a lot of death threats against Zim and the jurors.

There were several tweets that juror B27 (or whomever it was that was on CNN) should be raped and/or killed, and disturbingly most of them seemed to be from women.

That is different.  First none of the KKK racists were threatening anybody with death and/or rape.  Secondly singing the national anthem before a sporting event is a slightly less provocative and serious situation than shooting a teenager.

The KKK crowd flips out at petty idiotic things, like that black actress playing some character in the Hunger Games movie, and generally just says stupid things not death threats.  This makes them funny.

[derspiess]

The funny thing is that these same people wouldn't have said word one about Celine Dion singing it.

Now *that* would make me lose my shit.

[derspiess]

Coming from the other side, the Zimmerman verdict seemed to bring out a lot of death threats against Zim and the jurors.

The key difference being that Zimmerman ignored police instruction, continued stalking Martin, started a fight, and then shot him to death, which is apparently just hunky dorey under Florida law. Marc Anthony's crime on the other hand is, you know, singing. In public.

What makes you people think I'm talking about the alleged original offenses?  I'm only talking about ill-advised things people say on Twitter, etc.

Chill.

[fhdz]

The KKK crowd flips out at petty idiotic things, like that black actress playing some character in the Hunger Games movie, and generally just says stupid things not death threats.  This makes them funny.

Yeah, they like to talk about being "broken-hearted" and shit. Their Glenn Beck tears are delicious.

[Valmy]

The funny thing is that these same people wouldn't have said word one about Celine Dion singing it.

Now *that* would make me lose my shit.

[merithyn]

What makes you people think I'm talking about the alleged original offenses?  I'm only talking about ill-advised things people say on Twitter, etc.

Chill.

Um... provocation is kind of the point here.

[derspiess]

That is different.  First none of the KKK racists were threatening anybody with death and/or rape.

Right, but it's still pretty ugly and goes under the "think before you post" category.

[fhdz]

Coming from the other side, the Zimmerman verdict seemed to bring out a lot of death threats against Zim and the jurors.

The key difference being that Zimmerman ignored police instruction, continued stalking Martin, started a fight, and then shot him to death, which is apparently just hunky dorey under Florida law. Marc Anthony's crime on the other hand is, you know, singing. In public.

What makes you people think I'm talking about the alleged original offenses?  I'm only talking about ill-advised things people say on Twitter, etc.

Chill.

It's a different situation, that's all. People have very strong reactions to seeing folks get away with murder, which is exactly what happened. It doesn't excuse any death/rape threats by any means, but one hopefully can understand why it would make a significant amount of people really upset.