So last night P.K. Subban scored the game-winning goal for the Canadiens in their overtime victory over the Bruins. P.K. Subban, if you didn’t know, is black. Naturally, this led to a lot of brain-dead racist tweets from people who call themselves Bruins fans.
Sadly, this happens a lot. Most of the tweets are sent from accounts with less than 100 followers. People I commonly refer to as Twitter trolls. They aren’t worth reading, they aren’t worth paying attention to and they certainly aren’t worth releasing a statement about.
The Bruins organization didn’t get that message. Here’s what they had to say.
“The racist, classless views expressed by an ignorant group of individuals following Thursday’s game via digital media are in no way a reflection of anyone associated with the Bruins organization.”
Ok, let’s make a deal everyone. Let’s just ignore these people. Let’s just leave them typing out “n-gger” in their own corner of the internet. We’re not solving anything by calling them out, we’re not solving anything by releasing press statements. In fact, we’re probably encouraging them to do it again.
A wise man once said, “The best way to beat back a troll is to pretend they don’t exist.”
That wise man was me. Thank you and you’re welcome
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