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Mizzou QB apologizes for 8th grade tweets
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<blockquote data-quote="3DegreeIllini" data-source="post: 1404850" data-attributes="member: 57858"><p>Yes, the use of a word that has no historical significance nor is actually offensive to anyone (and only serves as an inapt rebuttal by people to prop up a weird agenda) would not gain any media traction - you're correct. </p><p></p><p>As to the actual debate, if you're going to be in the public eye, part of it is being held accountable for what you say in highly public forums. If I'm the parent of <u>any </u>8th grader (and especially one who has shown potential for being a college or professionally athlete), I am monitoring their social media for dumb stuff like this and telling them to get rid of it. And, as someone above suggested, wiping his social media his freshman year. Nothing good can come of it.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I'm sure I said crazy things as an eighth grader, but I'm not in the public eye. I don't feel sorry for him.</p><p></p><p>Also, let's not act like the sky is falling. This is receiving the appropriate amount of media attention (i.e., almost none). It's proportional how long ago he said these things, what he said, and what Mizzou football means to most people in this country (i.e., nothing).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3DegreeIllini, post: 1404850, member: 57858"] Yes, the use of a word that has no historical significance nor is actually offensive to anyone (and only serves as an inapt rebuttal by people to prop up a weird agenda) would not gain any media traction - you're correct. As to the actual debate, if you're going to be in the public eye, part of it is being held accountable for what you say in highly public forums. If I'm the parent of [U]any [/U]8th grader (and especially one who has shown potential for being a college or professionally athlete), I am monitoring their social media for dumb stuff like this and telling them to get rid of it. And, as someone above suggested, wiping his social media his freshman year. Nothing good can come of it. Yes, I'm sure I said crazy things as an eighth grader, but I'm not in the public eye. I don't feel sorry for him. Also, let's not act like the sky is falling. This is receiving the appropriate amount of media attention (i.e., almost none). It's proportional how long ago he said these things, what he said, and what Mizzou football means to most people in this country (i.e., nothing). [/QUOTE]
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