ESPN pulls Curt Schilling from LLWS after offensive tweet

[Deberg_1990]

Are you offended?

ESPN has pulled baseball analyst Curt Schilling from its coverage of the Little League World Series after he sent an offensive tweet comparing Muslims and Nazi-era Germans, the network announced Tuesday.

Schilling tweeted an image of Adolf Hitler with supposed statistics comparing the number of Nazi sympathizers in Germany to the percentage of modern Muslim extremists and deleted it after a few minutes. He had posted the same image on his Facebook page earlier in the day.

In a statement, ESPN called the former MLB pitcher’s comments “completely unacceptable.” He has been removed from this week’s coverage of the Little League World Series “pending further consideration.”

Schilling has caused controversy on Twitter before. In November, he spent four hours debating the theory of evolution with Twitter users. When his ESPN colleague Keith Law confronted Schilling with the overwhelming scientific evidence in support of the theory, the network suspended Law from Twitter.

Schilling is outspoken about his political beliefs, telling a Boston radio station in November that he believed he was denied admission to the Hall of Fame because he is a Republican.

http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/08/25/cur...ment-espn-llws

[Dallas Chief]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

So you believe that support for the Nazi party in Germany may have gone down between 1933 and 1940? You were just baiting me into telling you that 1940 wasn't an election year in Germany so that you could spring that trap?

You realize that your lie just makes you sound stupid, right? I mean before you were just too lazy to Google election years in Germany. Now, you're doubling down on your lie and claiming that support for the Nazi party may have been declining in 1940.

Good job.

I didn't say that. I'm saying the data you quoted from 1933 has no relevance on what support was like in 1940. Could it have gone up? Certainly. Could it have gone down? Certainly. Did people fear for their lives if they didn't "support" the party. Certainly. Is Saul's point extremely flawed? Certainly.

Good job.

[Trolly McTrollson]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Actually, yes he is. The Nazis got 37% of the vote in Germany in 1932 and 44% in 1933.

U have to look at the true #s, tho.

[allen_kcCard]

I wasn't quite sure of the political incorrectness either...making a comparison of muslims to germans? Or Extremists to Nazis? Or maybe 5-10% to 7%?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Dallas Chief

I didn't say that. I'm saying the data you quoted from 1933 has no relevance on what support was like in 1940. Could it have gone up? Certainly. Could it have gone down? Certainly. Did people fear for their lives if they didn't "support" the party. Certainly. Is Saul's point extremely flawed? Certainly.

Good job.

Oh...so Germans in 1940 may have had to "support" Nazis because they feared for their lives, but Muslims today who "support" the extremists don't fear for their lives?

Your logic is solid.

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Fish

If you have no idea whether the 7% number is accurate, then how can you go on to say it's reasonable to assume that there are more Muslim extremists?

[Reerun_KC]

Originally Posted by KC native

Everyone knows that Reerun is one of the stupidest posters on the planet and didn't play for the diamondbacks.

Condemn his stupid posts and encourage him to jump out of a plane without a parachute.

Threads are better when your booted from them...

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

I'm sure the images of well fed men in CPAP masks springing out from shrubs with rifles will be enough to drive them back.

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Yep. I know when I look at the crowd at Arrowhead, I see an elite fighting force just waiting to be unleashed.



Go get 'em boys!

Originally Posted by KCUnited

If we could somehow lure them into the killing fields Arrowhead parking lot.

My sides hurt

[suzzer99]

Originally Posted by allen_kcCard

I wasn't quite sure of the political incorrectness either...making a comparison of muslims to germans? Or Extremists to Nazis? Or maybe 5-10% to 7%?

It's the implicit assumption that ordinary Muslims should be doing more to stop the extremists, when if you look at the actual world - places like Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, pretty much anywhere in the ME - most ordinary Muslims are just as terrified of the extremists as we are. EXCEPT - their fears are very real whereas the odds of ISIS targeting Olathe are just a bit more remote.

[Predarat]

This is stupid ****ing bullshit. #SaveSchilling

[fan4ever]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

It's the implicit assumption that ordinary Muslims should be doing more to stop the extremists, when if you look at the actual world - places like Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, pretty much anywhere in the ME - most ordinary Muslims are just as terrified of the extremists as we are. EXCEPT - their fears are very real whereas the odds of ISIS targeting Olathe are just a bit more remote.

I think this is a very accurate view of the situation over there...just like the people in Germany were afraid to confront the Nazis...however, I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that the tweet was about fellow Muslims stopping the extremists...just that ISIS is going to continue to grow and grow...like the Nazis did...and I don't think it's wrong or inaccurate to make that statement.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by jaa1025

Ironic, because the only racism and intolerance in your post is from you.

Pussy.

[ChiTown]

twitter is the debil.

When are Celebs going to figure out they they should probably just avoid social media unless they are positing pics of puppies or unicorns.....

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

twitter is the debil.

When are Celebs going to figure out they they should probably just avoid social media unless they are positing pics of puppies or unicorns.....

exactly. I am not sure why anyone would use it anymore. I bet ESPN's on boarding process includes setting up or telling them about your twitter account, too. Its dumb

"I don't have any opinions anymore.
All I know is that no one is better than anyone else, And everyone is the best at everything." - Assistant Groundskeeper Skinner

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by Fish

If you have no idea whether the 7% number is accurate, then how can you go on to say it's reasonable to assume that there are more Muslim extremists?

Anyone with a functioning brain cell knows this to be true regardless of the actual %.

Surely you aren't implying it's not true and are instead just being argumentative.

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

I'm sure the images of well fed men in CPAP masks springing out from shrubs with rifles will be enough to drive them back.

Holy shit, ...