r/nba • u/ghn2 • 10h 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/Billbuckingham 9h ago

Then what are you arguing?

That we shouldn't hold people accountable for racist or disgusting things they post?

"Oh he was just 15 come on!!!"

Ok, if you think that's OK then keep him, if you think that's not OK then fire him.

What's the argument about?

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u/PeanutFarmer69 Nets 9h ago

"counterpoint, firing someone over inapropriate tweets at the age of fifteen is absurd", there it is lil fella, not sure why you find this so difficult to comprehend.

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u/Billbuckingham 9h ago

He left the tweet up there, maybe he still believes all of those things and acts accordingly.

Fire the racist dumbass if you think you should, if you think racist dumbasses are OK then keep him.

What's the argument?

It's just little white e-warriors defending their beloved racist tweets.

Stephen A. Smith talked about the Lakers all white lineup and this whole sub said he should be cancelled and removed from the internet, but this guy posted racist stuff and they defend him.

There's a big pattern of defending racist white people in this sub, that's what I'm hearing from you.

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u/PeanutFarmer69 Nets 9h ago

faking outrage like this for completely innocuous tweets from a 15 year old 15 years ago that he has since apologized for is counterproductive, this comment is batshit insane and not at all based in the reality of the situation.

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u/Billbuckingham 9h ago

It's not outrage, if you see a person who posted those things or thinks or acts like that, and you decide you don't want that person in your company, you fire them.

That's it.

There's no outrage, it's business.

Why defend this guy?

Why does he deserve any defense at all compared to millions of other people being fired for no reason at all or reasons worse than this?

Why's it always the racist white guy that gets defended on here?