Saturday, March 07, 2015

Schilling slays some Twitter trolls.

In the days preceding International Women's Day 2015, this story was all over the place. For the overview:

Curt Schilling posts a nice win for fathers, by Steve Rosenbloom (Chicago Tribune)

Curt Schilling can be insufferable. Sometimes it seems that’s his raison d’etre.

Schilling also can come off as world-class stupid, starting with denying evolution, a contention that made his timeline a stitch to read last November.

But Schilling became a hero this week, and even if it’s only this week, it’s a big win.

Schilling played dad in a big way. He exacted some revenge on Twitter trolls who made despicable comments about his daughter.

The original post, in which Schilling is quite clear about the source of the bullying:

The world we live in…Man has it changed. ADDENDUM!, by Curt Schilling (38 Pitches)

 ... These aren’t thugs, tough guys or bad asses, these aren’t kids who’ve had it rough, they aren’t homeless or orphans, these are pretty much ALL white, affluent, college attending children, and I mean children.

And the follow-up: Is it Twitters fault?

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