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Spirit Day

bmfc1 Oct 22 2021 06:27 AM

Yesterday was "Spirit Day", a day to decry the bullying of LGBTQ+ youths. Every MLB team posted a message on Twitter supporting the day and the intended message, including the Mets. The Texas Rangers omitted the "LGTQ+" portion, making it a general statement against bullying which missed the intention of the day. [TWEET]https://twitter.com/ThreeTwoEephus/status/1451215335634481156[/TWEET] Atlanta and Houston did the same but at least included a link to GLAAD. The Texas Rangers didn't even bother. The Athletic's Levi Weaver is all over the story. If you don't have access, here's a portion of his article in which the team doubled down on what it did by saying that we're "against bullying" without recognizing the purpose of the day: [BLOCKQUOTE]...the conclusion seems to be that someone in a very high-up place inside the organization has made an intentional decision that the team's official channels would not voice public support for the LGBTQ+ community, even on a topic as simple as an anti-bullying initiative. Making matters more confusing, Rangers part-owner and COO Neil Leibman is the chairman of Major League Baseball's diversity, equity and inclusion committee, according to this article in the New York Times. https://theathletic.com/2905710/2021/10/22/weaver-the-rangers-persistent-refusal-to-acknowledge-lgbtq-fans-and-community-is-unacceptable/[/BLOCKQUOTE]

Ceetar Oct 22 2021 06:45 AM Re: Spirit Day

you gotta be hella republican..err, discriminatory to not even put out a mostly meaningless rote PR tweet.

seawolf17 Oct 22 2021 08:03 AM Re: Spirit Day

Seriously, fuck Texas.

bmfc1 Oct 22 2021 08:10 AM Re: Spirit Day

=Ceetar post_id=80082 time=1634906704 user_id=102] you gotta be hella republican..err, discriminatory to not even put out a mostly meaningless rote PR tweet.

Yes. All the team had to do was let the Social Media team post the same message that everyone else did (which obviously came from MLB PR) but they went out of their way to do this which then differentiated them from the other teams. It still would have come and gone, other than through comments on Twitter, if not for this reporter.

kcmets Oct 22 2021 08:26 AM Re: Spirit Day

There's something in the water down there. Weren't they going to secede years ago?

A Boy Named Seo Oct 22 2021 09:45 AM Re: Spirit Day

It should probably be said that most of the "good" messages aren't much more than performative. Like, didn't the Mets introduce a big Chick-Fila advertisement on pride night? Like, fucking come on. But to go out of your way to do less than the bare minimum is pretty goddamn terrible and sadly on-brand for the state of Texas.

Fman99 Oct 22 2021 10:04 AM Re: Spirit Day

=seawolf17 post_id=80086 time=1634911383 user_id=91] Seriously, fuck Texas.

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Edgy MD Oct 22 2021 12:13 PM Re: Spirit Day

It's sort of useful that one organization willingly plays the heel, (a) showing that the other organizations stepping up isn't without risk, and (b) raising the profile of the whole effort, which might otherwise come across as a little begrudged, landing in MLB's post-season when little more commitment than a tweet is required, rather than a live statement in front of a crowd on television.

MFS62 Oct 22 2021 02:44 PM Re: Spirit Day Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Oct 22 2021 03:26 PM

I caught the very end of a report on WCBS news. I believe it said President George W Bush, who was a part owner of the Texas Rangers for a while, didn't like the omission. Later

Edgy MD Oct 22 2021 03:08 PM Re: Spirit Day

George W. was the one who was Rangers co-owner and managing partner in the 1990s. George H.W. is dead at the present time..

MFS62 Oct 22 2021 03:26 PM Re: Spirit Day

Thank you. Corrected. Later

Ceetar Oct 22 2021 03:27 PM Re: Spirit Day

no one should care what a war criminal thinks though.

MFS62 Oct 22 2021 06:05 PM Re: Spirit Day

Kinda sad, when you remember that the State motto of Texas is ..... (wait for it).... "Friendship". Later