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So he's deletingtweets but this one was saved where he posted pics of Serena and called them disgusting.
https://au.eurosport.com/tennis/australian-open/2018/serena-williams-aims-two-word-tweet-at-tennys-sandgren_sto6496383/story.shtml
Serena Williams 'aims two-word tweet' at Tennys Sandgren
Serena Williams appeared to aim a two-worded tweet at Tennys Sandgren moments before he took to the Rod Laver Arena to face Hyeon Chung in the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Upon his surprising run in Melbourne, Sandgren has come under fire for his social media activity, and has gone on to delete all of his tweets in what he described as an attempt to "move forward" and create a "version of a cleaner start".
However, one such deleted message, which has since been circulated on the site, appears to show the caption disgusting above two pictures of Serena, prompting the 36-year-old to tweet, Turns Channel, just as Sandgren was about to face Chung.
Darko Grncarov
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Calling Serena disgusting? Dude 10.000.000 Sandgrens reborn twice wont be able to achieve even 10% of what she did in her career. Have you heard about Dont hate just congratulate ?! What a homophobic & racism idiot you are. You shouldve just play your tennis & shut up.
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Serena Williams
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Turns channel
9:31 PM - Jan 23, 2018
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Down he went in straight sets. Thank you Mr. Chung.
MLAA
(17,298 posts)direspecting tennis royalty.
Straight sets. Well done, Chung. Well done, Karma.
Beakybird
(3,333 posts)What does "turns channel " mean?
kirby
(4,441 posts)She tweeted that she was changing channel and not watching the player who retweeted pizzagate and Charlottesville stuff.
May he always have love - as his tennis score.
mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)good one!
malaise
(269,054 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)I pulled this from the Wikipedia page:
When questioned on these topics, he said that following and re-tweeting extreme-right individuals' tweets reflects only a personal interest in the area, and to fully support alt-right beliefs would in fact be incompatible with his Christian faith. He has since deleted all his tweets since 2014.
He has a "personal interest" in extreme-right individuals' tweets, but he does not fully support those same alt-right beliefs that he is essentially re-tweeting?
I am speechless.
jmowreader
(50,560 posts)"My Christian faith" has become a get-out-of-jail-free card. Whenever someone steps on his dick hard enough, like this guy did, he simply screams "but Jesus!" and all is forgiven.
Hunter S. Thompson alluded to this when he was falsely accused of rape. Said he, "if you see me come out for Jesus, you know they have something on me."
malaise
(269,054 posts)Ask Perkins
malaise
(269,054 posts)Last edited Wed Jan 24, 2018, 09:42 AM - Edit history (1)
http://www.bbc.com/sport/tennis/42801877<snip>
Sandgren, 26, then read a prepared statement from his phone addressing scrutiny of his political beliefs.
He accused the media of "sensationalist coverage".
Sandgren, who said the media "dehumanise with pen and paper", was first asked about his social media presence following his fourth-round match on Monday, and denied supporting the US 'alt-right' movement, saying he merely found "some of the content interesting".
Despite insisting that whom he chose to follow on social media did not represent his views, Sandgren then deleted all but one of his Twitter postings.
Sandgren's statement read: "You seek to put people in these little boxes so that you can order the world in your already assumed preconceived ideas.
"You strip away any individuality for the sake of demonising by way of the collective.
"With a handful of follows and some likes on Twitter, my fate has been sealed in your minds.
"To write an edgy story, to create sensationalist coverage, there are a few lengths you wouldn't go to to mark me as the man you desperately want me to be.
"You would rather perpetuate propaganda machines instead of researching information from a host of angles and perspectives while being willing to learn, change, and grow. You dehumanise with pen and paper and turn neighbour against neighbour.
"In so doing, you may actually find you're hastening the hell you wish to avoid, the hell we all wish to avoid.
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Hmmmmmmmmmm!
n2doc
(47,953 posts)jmowreader
(50,560 posts)And you're talking shit about someone who was Number 1 for 186 consecutive weeks, and 319 weeks total?
Too bad we can't set up another of those "Battles of the Sexes" like they did in 1973 between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King. I think Serena would wring your ass out so badly you'd switch to bowling.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)jmowreader
(50,560 posts)Embarrassing his ass on a tennis court in front of the whole world would be even more fun.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)malaise
(269,054 posts)<snip>
Williams went on to say that she hoped to set an example for her baby daughter, Olympia Alexis, by speaking up. I cant look at my daughter and tell her I sat back and was quiet. No! She will know how to stand up for herself and others through my example.
If Sandgren thinks the grilling he has gotten so far is bad, just wait. The tennis and Tennys season is just beginning and the French Open and Wimbledon media await.
Link to tweet
?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fearly-lead%2Fwp%2F2018%2F01%2F22%2Fmeet-americas-new-tennis-sensation-tennys-sandgren-he-should-never-have-tweeted%2F
On Wednesday morning, she followed up by demanding an apology, not for herself but for an entire group of people she believes deserves one. She included the message, Maturity is being able to apologize and admit when youre wrong because you know your mistakes dont define you.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,612 posts)He could have avoided all this by simply staying off of Twitter. Then we wouldn't know about his disgusting views. When will people learn?
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)And the other players will ostracise him.
malaise
(269,054 posts)He should not be allowed to play on US teams