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ESPN pulls Curt Schilling from LLWS after offensive tweet
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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 |
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08-25-2015, 05:41 PM | #2 |
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No, and he's not far off.
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08-25-2015, 05:49 PM | #3 |
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I'm sorry not sure why that is so offensive. Muslim extremists aren't doing friendly type things around the world right now.
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08-25-2015, 05:57 PM | #4 |
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I didn't get it either.
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08-25-2015, 06:02 PM | #5 |
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I'm not offended.. But I really don't care much for islam to begin with.
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08-25-2015, 06:04 PM | #6 |
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ITT: White people who don't understand.
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08-25-2015, 06:08 PM | #9 |
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Don't use facts. They don't believe in facts.
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08-25-2015, 06:10 PM | #10 |
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I'm not offended, and I hope ISIS people blow themselves up by mistake.
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08-25-2015, 06:13 PM | #11 |
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We live in a politically correct world, that's what happens when a person in America speaks the truth.
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08-25-2015, 06:15 PM | #12 |
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08-25-2015, 06:20 PM | #14 |
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As I recall, Hitler rose to power in large part by fomenting hatred against religious minorities within his country. Glad we people like Curt making sure that never happens here.
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08-25-2015, 06:20 PM | #15 |
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The part that equates everyday Muslims to Nazis. Because nothing offends us.
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