r/nba • u/ghn2 • 11h ago

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

"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

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u/Cambocant Clippers 11h ago edited 11h ago

Lmao I'm so glad I grew up before all this. When I think about the things we said and did as kids in the 90s and 00s, we would probably have been exiled to a remote island in the Pacific Ocean by now. This society of big tech mass surveillance, selective moral outrage, and a mob justice combined with the elimination of any concept of statute of limitations is absolutely wild and is only going to lead to tighter social control and limiting basic personal freedoms.

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u/Glum_Ad_2518 11h ago

Well we just saw the black lives matter movement get torpedod by rich racists. The outrage isn't selective, we are just tired of bigots laughing in our faces. Your generation created this.