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Deberg_1990 · 08-25-2015, 05:35 PM

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

WilliamTheIrish · 08-26-2015, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Saul Good

It's good to know that if we're ever invaded by a Middle Eastern country via Mexico we'll have smart, sane people like you ready to defend America. I will sleep better tonight knowing that I'm safe from Sharia law.

Wolverines!!!!!!!

**Dave Lane** · 08-27-2015, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by BDj23

Feel free to bash any religion you want to as long as it isn't Islam.

Did your mother have any children that lived?

**Dave Lane** · 08-27-2015, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by fan4ever

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.

How about ignorant? That seems to be the best response.

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