I truly am amazed that people seriously think that they can use social media badly and not get into trouble. Case in point, Canadian Football League player Khalif Mitchell has been served up an undisclosed fine by both the league and his team the Montreal Alouettes for re-tweting some anti-semetic tweets. Here’s the story from the CBC:
Defensive lineman Khalif Mitchell has been fined undisclosed amounts by the Canadian Football League and the Montreal Alouettes for inappropriate posts on Twitter, including a link to a Holocaust-denial video.
News flash for those who use social media. If you re-tweet something, even if you say that re-tweets are not endorsements, they’re on your Twitter feed. Therefore, they say quite a bit about you. But that’s not even the part of this story that bothers me. Here’s what bothers me. First, this isn’t his first time behaving badly on Twitter. He had another incident in 2012. But his target was Chinese people that time. Not that it makes any difference. It’s still racist. Second, since he’s clearly a repeat offender, he’s clearly a racist too. Why hasn’t the Canadian Football League suspended him or kicked him out of the league? The fact that they didn’t do either says that the league doesn’t take this sort of thing seriously and that’s very disappointing. It’s a huge incentive for me not to watch their games. Ever. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. People need to behave better online. This should be just automatic. Those who don’t behave should be exiled into the nether regions of hell. Or just be disconnected from the Internet. That too should just be automatic. Seeing and this is the second time this week that I have had to discuss bad behavior on the Internet, it makes me think that bad behavior on the Internet is getting worse and not better.
That’s something that is very disappointing.
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Another Example Of Bad Online Behavior: CFL Player Fined For Racist Re-Tweets
I truly am amazed that people seriously think that they can use social media badly and not get into trouble. Case in point, Canadian Football League player Khalif Mitchell has been served up an undisclosed fine by both the league and his team the Montreal Alouettes for re-tweting some anti-semetic tweets. Here’s the story from the CBC:
Defensive lineman Khalif Mitchell has been fined undisclosed amounts by the Canadian Football League and the Montreal Alouettes for inappropriate posts on Twitter, including a link to a Holocaust-denial video.
News flash for those who use social media. If you re-tweet something, even if you say that re-tweets are not endorsements, they’re on your Twitter feed. Therefore, they say quite a bit about you. But that’s not even the part of this story that bothers me. Here’s what bothers me. First, this isn’t his first time behaving badly on Twitter. He had another incident in 2012. But his target was Chinese people that time. Not that it makes any difference. It’s still racist. Second, since he’s clearly a repeat offender, he’s clearly a racist too. Why hasn’t the Canadian Football League suspended him or kicked him out of the league? The fact that they didn’t do either says that the league doesn’t take this sort of thing seriously and that’s very disappointing. It’s a huge incentive for me not to watch their games. Ever. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. People need to behave better online. This should be just automatic. Those who don’t behave should be exiled into the nether regions of hell. Or just be disconnected from the Internet. That too should just be automatic. Seeing and this is the second time this week that I have had to discuss bad behavior on the Internet, it makes me think that bad behavior on the Internet is getting worse and not better.
That’s something that is very disappointing.
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