The former Red Sox ace is catching heat for tweeting a right-wing meme comparing Muslims to Nazis. But he’s not your average bonehead athlete—he’s lobbied for millions in public money, repeatedly stumped for candidates, and considered a Senate run.
Did Curt Schilling summon his inner Donald? And we’re not talking the duck. Don’t these guys hire social media managers? Folks who handle the social PR like a Sherpa on Mount Everest? You know, the ones when you’re about to take a wrong step and plunge to your demise, tap you on the shoulder and shake their heads NO!!! Don’t Do That!!! Read on about the former Red Sox pitcher who just got the hook!
SERMON ON THE MOUND by Robert Silverman
08.25.1510:11 PM ET
“We know how this works. A person of some renown—an athlete or movie star or celebrity or anyone with a decent enough Q rating—takes to social media and fires off somewhere between and ill-considered and gallingly stupid so-called thought.
The masses rise up as one, first in indignation, then in mockery. The scalding-hot content and attendant wrath are passed around a like a bottle of rotgut, while the offender huddles with a phalanx of PR professionals, before issuing forth either a palliative non-apology or actual regret. He or she faces some form of punishment from his or her employer, and after a few days the entire incident is more or less forgotten, as the outrage cycle has already cranked up once again, descending in full force on its next target.”
Source: Curt Schilling Isn’t an Athlete With a Dumb Opinion. He’s a Politician With One.
