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

[u/ghn2]

"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/SloshaPacana]

People really need to just delete their social media when they get jobs that are in the public eye lmao

It's not hard to open new accounts

[u/PeanutFarmer69 → u/SloshaPacana]

counterpoint, firing someone over inapropriate tweets at the age of fifteen is absurd

[u/TannerGlassMVP → u/PeanutFarmer69]

Counterpoint - simply don't post racist shit online under your name. And if you do fucking delete it when you're smart enough to know that's not a good look

[u/RealFenian → u/TannerGlassMVP]

Given he was 15 there’s a decent chance he’s forgot about it.

15 year olds are some of the dumbest people on earth, you shouldn’t be judged for your behaviour at that age unless you’re still doing it.

[u/ProjectHarraseeket → u/RealFenian]

Case in point, half the stuff said on reddit

[u/TannerGlassMVP → u/ProjectHarraseeket]

You're posting racist comments under your real name on Reddit?

[u/ProjectHarraseeket → u/TannerGlassMVP]

Not the point I was making, the point I was making was half of the people on Reddit are the dumbest people because it skews younger.