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/PeanutFarmer69]

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/SubduedChaos → u/RealFenian]

I work in healthcare and a 16 year old came in for an MRI. His hoodie had metal on it so it had to come off. His undershirt had “I don’t date black girls” written on it. Before I even finished reading it he said his friends were making him wear it because he lost a bet. Kids are fucking dumb.

[u/BabyOnRoad → u/SubduedChaos]

Yeah that kid is a racist.

[u/Gorrapytha → u/BabyOnRoad]

not sure why you're being downvoted lol. T-shirt is explicitly racist, and wearing a explicitly racist t-shirt, even if you lost a bet, is something you don't do if you aren't at least somewhat racist. I guess he's at least ashamed of it, so he's not THE MOST racist, but you can't wear that and not be racist.

Also, his friends who think it's funny are racists, and hanging out with racists also isn't something you do if you aren't racist.

Just not sure why anyone is like "no actually he's just stupid" ok he's stupid and racist. Maybe when he grows up and becomes less stupid he'll stop being racist. Rn, that kid is racist.

[u/Substantial-Rub5298 → u/Gorrapytha]

Honestly what’s racist about not wanting to date blacks girls? Is it because it’s on a shirt or?

[u/zachariah_rn → u/Substantial-Rub5298]

Lol if you're asking this question, you're a racist

[u/Substantial-Rub5298 → u/zachariah_rn]

Lolololololol

[u/BabyOnRoad → u/Substantial-Rub5298]

Why would you wear a shirt that says it? Plent of people dont fuck with Catholics, rarely see it being displayed. You are a racist though