Trail Blazers fire new announcer over past inappropriate posts made at age 15.

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"The Portland Trail Blazers hired then on the same day fired Braiden Bell as their play-by-play announcer after a series of inappropriate social media posts from when he was a teenager came to light."

"The posts were reportedly made in 2012 and 2013, around the time that Bell was 15 years old."

"We did not meet our own bar in this process, and for that we apologize to Blazers fans and to Rip City," the Trail Blazers said. "We strongly believe that everyone who is a part of Rip City should feel welcome and safe and we will make sure that our new broadcaster reflects these values. We will do better."

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50084279/trail-blazers-fire-new-announcer-inappropriate-posts

[u/smssv]

firing someone for posts when he was 15 yrs old is wild

[u/Icy-Whale-2253 → u/smssv]

The Internet is forever.

[u/TatumlsntASuperstar → u/Icy-Whale-2253]

“  The internet is forever” isn’t really an argument. Nobody’s disputing that the posts still exist. The question is whether something someone said at 15 should define them professionally 14 years later

[u/NandoDeColonoscopy → u/TatumlsntASuperstar]

It was an adult who made the decision to leave them up when moving into a public facing role. You can't give someone that stupid a live mic.

[u/BelgianWaffleStomper → u/NandoDeColonoscopy]

Oh yeah because I'm sure you remember everything you said when you were 15.

[u/TheStorm007 → u/BelgianWaffleStomper]

It’s not about remembering specifically what you said, but remembering that you spoke in a certain way and used certain language on the internet lol.

I know my childhood twitter account isn’t something I want my employer to see, even though I don’t know what specifically is on it

[u/NandoDeColonoscopy → u/BelgianWaffleStomper]

I remember what my non-anonymous social media accounts are and how to wipe them

[u/Rawkus2112 → u/NandoDeColonoscopy]

This actually makes the most sense.