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ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts) Fri Feb 8, 2013, 09:47 AM Feb 2013

Cyberbullying and a Green Bay Packers Cheerleader--(excellent!)

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/former-packers-cheerleader-takes-facebook-cyberbullying-223252996--nfl.html

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As amazing as the Internet is — it's why we have this job, and why you're reading this article, after all — every so often we're reminded that sometimes all it does is give people the opportunity to be idiots on a worldwide scale.

Kaitlyn Collins is a former Green Bay Packers cheerleader. She's also a real live human being with thoughts and feelings and emotions, something that didn't occur to commenters on the Chicago Bears Fan Facebook page.

On Monday night, that page ran a photo of Collins with the caption “Like If You Agree The Packers Have The Worst Cheerleaders In The NFL!”

The Bears fan page is a popular place, with 86,000-plus likes. You know the Bears-Packers rivalry runs deep, and thus, the comments got vicious in a hurry. In response, Collins made the following video, calling out not just the page but several commenters by name:

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Cyberbullying and a Green Bay Packers Cheerleader--(excellent!) (Original Post) ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 OP

She looks pretty hot to me... trumad Feb 2013 #1

She's stunning I think (which makes this Wisconsin girl who's used to hearing ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #5

I didn't think the Packers had dedicated cheerleaders. trotsky Feb 2013 #2

They don't and that kind of makes it more disgusting, IMO ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #3

You're right, it does. trotsky Feb 2013 #4

Couple of my former students are current Packer cheerleaders Goblinmonger Feb 2013 #6

It does say in the article the people who keep the page ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #7

trumad

(41,692 posts)

1. She looks pretty hot to me...

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 11:37 AM

Feb 2013

The douchebags that cyber bully are nothing more than cave dwellers who hate their own ugly existence ..... sad creatures for sure.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

5. She's stunning I think (which makes this Wisconsin girl who's used to hearing

Reply to trumad (Reply #1)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 12:02 PM

Feb 2013

how we're all fat farmer's daughters proud). It irritated the hell out of me that facebook said it fell outside their idea of bullying.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

2. I didn't think the Packers had dedicated cheerleaders.

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 11:48 AM

Feb 2013

I thought they just rotated through local high school squads? Which, even as a Vikings fan, I have to admit is pretty cool.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

3. They don't and that kind of makes it more disgusting, IMO

Reply to trotsky (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 11:50 AM

Feb 2013

Most of the cheerleaders are Packer fans from nearby colleges that include Wisconsin. They are not paid. They do it for the love of the team.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)

4. You're right, it does.

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 11:56 AM

Feb 2013

They're just kids with a really great opportunity to cheer at an NFL game.

Goblinmonger

(22,340 posts)

6. Couple of my former students are current Packer cheerleaders

Reply to ScreamingMeemie (Original post)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 02:06 PM

Feb 2013

They are cheerleaders for a local GB college. The fact that neither Facebook nor the Chicago Bears Fan Page had the good sense to just admit they are wrong and take it down right away is dumbfounding. I just scrolled through the Chicago Bears Fan page and didn't see the picture anymore. Could have missed it though, but perhaps they have removed it.

Edited to add: Here is what they posted on Thursday:

We did not see all the posts to take down the Cheerleader pic until today.

We get hundreds of messages per day and are not always on here. The issue has been resolved. Please respect one another and do not bully on this page.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

7. It does say in the article the people who keep the page

Reply to Goblinmonger (Reply #6)

Fri Feb 8, 2013, 02:08 PM

Feb 2013

finally took it down. The fact that facebook said it fell outside of what they consider cyberbullying--well that just hurts my head.

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