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Related: About this forumESPN Suspends Keith Law From Twitter For Defending Evolution
Heavy-tweetin' ESPN baseball writer Keith Law has been noticeably silent for the last couple of days. That's no coincidencehe's been given a Twitter timeout by ESPN, and we're told that it's for loudly and repeatedly defending Charles Darwin from transitional fossil Curt Schilling, his Bristol colleague.
Schilling, the former pitcher who rejoined ESPN as a baseball analyst in September after eight months away to deal with mouth cancer, took to Twitter on Nov. 12 to rail against evolution and in favor of creationism.
Law jumped in with a series of Tweetsslightly fractious, but fact-based and generally respectfuldisputing Schilling's claims, and those of other Twitter users. A sampling:
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It went on for a while, even edging into arguments about vaccination. But something rubbed Bristol higher-ups the wrong way. Law was ordered to stay off Twitter on Wednesday. A source tells us he'll be allowed back on Twitter on Monday.
Curt Schilling continues to tweet:
http://deadspin.com/espn-suspends-keith-law-from-twitter-for-defending-evol-1661836868
Schilling, the former pitcher who rejoined ESPN as a baseball analyst in September after eight months away to deal with mouth cancer, took to Twitter on Nov. 12 to rail against evolution and in favor of creationism.
Law jumped in with a series of Tweetsslightly fractious, but fact-based and generally respectfuldisputing Schilling's claims, and those of other Twitter users. A sampling:
...
It went on for a while, even edging into arguments about vaccination. But something rubbed Bristol higher-ups the wrong way. Law was ordered to stay off Twitter on Wednesday. A source tells us he'll be allowed back on Twitter on Monday.
Curt Schilling continues to tweet:
How is our Attorney General warning POLICE OFFICERS in Ferguson, not to escalate?? How about warning the people that are going to riot?
http://deadspin.com/espn-suspends-keith-law-from-twitter-for-defending-evol-1661836868
So, being an idiot with creationist posts, and now political ones, good; pointing out science, bad. Way to go, ESPN. Did they change into EWTN without anyone noticing?
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ESPN Suspends Keith Law From Twitter For Defending Evolution (Original Post)
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
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ESPN say it wasn't his 'opinions', but didn't bother saying what it was:
muriel_volestrangler
Nov 2014
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hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)1. Wow! Espn really screwed up here.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)2. Screw the truth.....
we's got to make money!
longship
(40,416 posts)4. Here are suggested replacements.
1. Kent Hovind. Unfortunately his dance card is full. (Serving time in federal prison)
2. Ray Comfort. Well, lookie here, the banana is... That's right. Dun, dun, DUNNNNN!n The atheist's nightmare.
Yup! He really is talking about a banana. Sometimes a banana is just a banana. And sometimes it isn't. Kirk Cameron is there so one may never know for sure.
3. Chuck Missler and yup! Peanut butter falsifies... Dun, Dun, DUNNNNN! Eviloootion!
The atheist's nightmare?
Apparently atheists are tossing and turning all night because of bananas and peanut butter. Well, they would be nice on a sandwich at lunch, or even a night time snack. But these dudes have it wrong.
Just like ESPN.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)7. This post is very entertaining. I love a peanut butter and banana sandwich!
edhopper
(33,594 posts)5. Am I allowed to say
Schilling is an idiot? For both his religion and his politics.
Iggo
(47,561 posts)6. ESPN: Defenders Of The Faith
Gross.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)8. ESPN says the suspension had nothing to do with his opinion about evolution.
I suspect his rather abusive rantings may have played a part.
Is there any reason to think that ESPN executives are creationists?
muriel_volestrangler
(101,326 posts)9. ESPN say it wasn't his 'opinions', but didn't bother saying what it was:
Update: ESPN has responded with a statement:
Keith's Twitter suspension had absolutely nothing to do with his opinions on the subject.
Correcting Schilling's idiocy wasn't expressing an 'opinion', of course.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)10. I read one article that said it was his threat to hit Schilling with a live monkey.