NBA photographer fired over a meme he posted
Aug 17, 2020 09:04:59 #
https://www.newser.com/story/295008/nba-fires-photog-who-posted-meme-about-harris.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=uol&utm_campaign=rss_world_img_b
An NBA photographer is out of a job after sharing a sexist meme that apparently mocked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, CNN reports. The photog, Bill Baptist, posted a faux logo for the Democratic ticket that read, "Joe and the Hoe." Former WNBA Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes spotted the image and shared a screenshot of it on Facebook. "It's amazing how people will smile in your face but eventually their true colors will show," she wrote. "NBA and Houston Rockets he needs to GO!!! So disrespectful." He was indeed fired soon after.
"The photographer is an independent contractor and his services are no longer being used in Orlando," said an NBA rep in a short statement. KPRC reports that Baptist apologized, saying "I deeply regret posting on my Facebook page a phrase that I saw and copied from others as a sample of some people’s reactions to Biden's se******n of Senator Harris as his choice for VP. The phrase I posted does not reflect my personal views at all." Baptist has been escorted from the NBA bubble in Orlando, USA Today reports. He had been a photographer with the Houston Rockets for over 30 years.
An NBA photographer is out of a job after sharing a sexist meme that apparently mocked Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, CNN reports. The photog, Bill Baptist, posted a faux logo for the Democratic ticket that read, "Joe and the Hoe." Former WNBA Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes spotted the image and shared a screenshot of it on Facebook. "It's amazing how people will smile in your face but eventually their true colors will show," she wrote. "NBA and Houston Rockets he needs to GO!!! So disrespectful." He was indeed fired soon after.
"The photographer is an independent contractor and his services are no longer being used in Orlando," said an NBA rep in a short statement. KPRC reports that Baptist apologized, saying "I deeply regret posting on my Facebook page a phrase that I saw and copied from others as a sample of some people’s reactions to Biden's se******n of Senator Harris as his choice for VP. The phrase I posted does not reflect my personal views at all." Baptist has been escorted from the NBA bubble in Orlando, USA Today reports. He had been a photographer with the Houston Rockets for over 30 years.
Aug 17, 2020 09:09:36 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
Vietnam Vet wrote:
Yet another example of the lefts love of tolerance.
Aug 17, 2020 09:35:10 #
I am a registered, conservative republican and I think that meme is d********g! She doubles down my adversity to Biden with the thought that she is a heart-beat or cognitive test away from the presidency - nonetheless it is d********g as is calling her a mattress for her California political mentor.
Aug 17, 2020 09:42:36 #
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
BboH wrote:
I am a registered, conservative republican and I think that meme is d********g!
I concur, but if one values free speech one must be tolerant of the objectionable speech of others.
Aug 17, 2020 10:47:18 #
BboH wrote:
I am a registered, conservative republican and I think that meme is d********g! She doubles down my adversity to Biden with the thought that she is a heart-beat or cognitive test away from the presidency - nonetheless it is d********g as is calling her a mattress for her California political mentor.
It is a d********g meme.
Too bad the left doesn't apply those same standards to themselves.
Aug 17, 2020 12:50:22 #
LWW wrote:
I concur, but if one values free speech one must be tolerant of the objectionable speech of others.
You are exactly correct!
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