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WaterLink
09/25/19 5:38:00 PM
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/whotv.com/2019/09/25/des-moines-register-investigating-employees-social-media-posts-amid-carson-king-backlash/amp/

Cliffs:

- Fan of college football team Iowa State raises about $1 million because of a gameday sign plugging his venmo asking for beer money. He decides to donate it to children's hospital

- Iowa paper decides to do a piece on him. For some reason a journalist for the paper dug through this guy's old tweets and found some offensive comments from 7 years ago when the guy was 16 years old. Journalist decides to release them

- Guy who raised the money apologizes, the beer company who pledged to match this guy's donation decides to back out of it because of the old tweets

- some people decided to dig up old tweets of the journalist who released the venmo guy's old tweets, and this journalist has even more offensive stuff in his tweet history.

- journalist locks his account, beer company deletes old tweets and damage controls by saying they'll match the donations again. Local Iowa paper now investigating their journalist, will probably be out of a job

Tl:dr twitter was a mistake
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friendbuddypal
09/25/19 5:39:16 PM
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Were these old tweets fascist in nature?

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Sexypwnstar
09/25/19 5:40:46 PM
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Dude, if I got $1m I ain't donating SHIT
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Rikiaz
09/25/19 5:41:41 PM
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WaterLink posted...
Tl:dr twitter was a mistake

Sure was. This shit is fucking stupid. Twitter and Facebook just need to be purged
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Machete
09/25/19 5:43:46 PM
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This would be how it would play out for me...

- I do something and someone doesn't like it

- That person digs through Twitter to find old offensive tweets of mine

- Person arrives at the conclusion that I don't have a Twitter account and then sulks.

The end
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WaterLink
09/25/19 5:44:35 PM
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friendbuddypal posted...
Were these old tweets fascist in nature?

They were Tosh.0 quotes.
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Medzzz
09/25/19 5:44:39 PM
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Is cancel culture a mistake?
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Abiz_
09/25/19 5:44:53 PM
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King held a press conference Tuesday night to address the tweet. In a statement, he said:
It was just 10 days ago that I was a guy in the crowd holding a sign looking for beer money on ESPN Game Day.
Since then so much has happened. Especially when I announced all of the money would be donated to the Stead Family Childrens Hospital in Iowa City.
Thousands of people have donated and today the account is at 1.14 million dollars. Much of this has happened thanks to social media it has the power to bring people together for a common good.
It also can make your life very public.
And that is why I wanted to share with you that eight years ago when I was a sophomore in high school, I made some social media posts with my friends that quoted and referenced the show Tosh.0.
One of those posts was brought to my attention by a member of the media today. I had no recollection of it. In re-reading it today eight years later I see it was an attempt at humor that was offensive and hurtful.
I am so embarrassed and stunned to reflect on what I thought was funny when I was 16 years old. I want to sincerely apologize.
Thankfully, high school kids grow up and hopefully become responsible and caring adults. I think my feelings are better summed up by a post from just 3 years ago:
"Until we as a people learn that racism and hate are learned behaviors, we wont get rid of it. Tolerance towards others is the first step." -- July 8, 2016
I am sharing this information tonight because I feel a responsibility to all of the people who have donated money.
I cannot go back and change what I posted when I was a 16-year-old. I can apologize and work to improve every day and make a meaningful difference in peoples lives.
And, I am so very thankful for the generosity of the thousands of people who have donated to our fundraising push for the Stead Family Childrens Hospital.
King released an additional statement addressing the role the Des Moines Register had in discovering the tweet. The statement said:
"The Des Moines Register has been nothing but kind in all of their coverage, and I appreciate the reporter pointing out the post to me. I want everyone to understand that this was my decision to publicly address the posts and apologize. I believe that is the right thing to do."


https://whotv.com/2019/09/24/carson-king-apologizes-after-hurtful-and-embarrassing-tweet-surfaces/

friendbuddypal posted...
Were these old tweets fascist in nature?
If you actually care. You would read the article.
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Rikiaz
09/25/19 5:45:34 PM
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Machete posted...
This would be how it would play out for me...

- I do something and someone doesn't like it

- That person digs through Twitter to find old offensive tweets of mine

- Person arrives at the conclusion that I don't have a Twitter account and then sulks.

The end

Nearly the same for me. I have a Twitter but I think Ive never posted a single time. I just use it to follow updates from bands and some game devs.
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TheVipaGTS
09/25/19 5:46:34 PM
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i just don't get it...i had social media when i was a teen and since then. i never made racist, offensive tweets. stop trying to simply pass this off as "kids will be kids" when the people in question are teens are grown enough to understand their words....
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Questionmarktarius
09/25/19 5:47:45 PM
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Rikiaz posted...
I just use it to follow updates from bands and some game devs.

Why?
Just bookmark the timeline url, or google "[band or gamedev] twitter".
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Abiz_
09/25/19 5:47:52 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
i just don't get it...i had social media when i was a teen and since then. i never made racist, offensive tweets. stop trying to simply pass this off as "kids will be kids" when the people in question are teens are grown enough to understand their words....
We found the cancel culture lover. Back up your statements with your social media.
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Machete
09/25/19 5:48:53 PM
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Rikiaz posted...
Machete posted...
This would be how it would play out for me...

- I do something and someone doesn't like it

- That person digs through Twitter to find old offensive tweets of mine

- Person arrives at the conclusion that I don't have a Twitter account and then sulks.

The end

Nearly the same for me. I have a Twitter but I think I?ve never posted a single time. I just use it to follow updates from bands and some game devs.


I made an account once. I just button mashed to create like a 40 character gibberish username and I used it to try and find updates from Blizzard when Diablo 3 got ddos'd one night, then never used it again or posted with it and later got a notification that it was suspended lol
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WaterLink
09/25/19 5:50:01 PM
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Now people are bringing up old anheuser busch advertisements that are pretty racy to say the least.

This all started because a college student wanted to donate $1 million he randomly got to a hospital and it somehow turned into a war of digging up dirt on everybody. This shit is stupid.
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Rikiaz
09/25/19 5:54:49 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Rikiaz posted...
I just use it to follow updates from bands and some game devs.

Why?
Just bookmark the timeline url, or google "[band or gamedev] twitter".

Cause I can have them all in one place. I just check it once every few weeks when Im anticipating an update.
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friendbuddypal
09/25/19 5:55:06 PM
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Abiz_ posted...
If you actually care. You would read the article.
I'm not potentially supporting fashy clickbait.

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Doe
09/25/19 5:55:40 PM
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I'm really glad I got all my awful shitposting out on GameFAQs and 4chan instead of Facebook and Twitter. >_> Still dont have those.
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darkphoenix181
09/25/19 5:56:13 PM
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The hypocrisy of the self righteous.

Tale as old as time
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MC_BatCommander
09/25/19 5:58:50 PM
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For real tho people should just stop using social media, especially Twitter
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Machete
09/25/19 5:58:57 PM
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Doe posted...
I'm really glad I got all my awful shitposting out on GameFAQs and 4chan instead of Facebook and Twitter. >_> Still dont have those.


I have facebook but I don't go on anymore
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NeonOctopus
09/25/19 5:59:30 PM
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Jesus Christ, everyone has probably said offensive stuff in some fashion when they were edgy teens. This is why Twitter was a mistake.
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Abiz_
09/25/19 6:00:59 PM
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friendbuddypal posted...
I'm not potentially supporting fashy clickbait.
Local News website. Not that they can't be click bait, but much less likely.
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stoltenberg11
09/25/19 6:02:39 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
i just don't get it...i had social media when i was a teen and since then. i never made racist, offensive tweets. stop trying to simply pass this off as "kids will be kids" when the people in question are teens are grown enough to understand their words....

You're a caricature of your old self. I think you should leave CE for your own good.
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I is smart
09/25/19 6:44:51 PM
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friendbuddypal posted...
Abiz_ posted...
If you actually care. You would read the article.
I'm not potentially supporting fashy clickbait.


This is a really lame gimmick man...
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FrisbeeDude
09/25/19 6:52:14 PM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
i just don't get it...i had social media when i was a teen and since then. i never made racist, offensive tweets. stop trying to simply pass this off as "kids will be kids" when the people in question are teens are grown enough to understand their words....


only certain kids are allowed to be kids in this country ...if you look a certain way as a child in this country, you'll have quite a few things excused for you, look another way, and you'll literally be blamed for your own death at the hands of law enforcement


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Middle hope
09/26/19 8:51:20 AM
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So the beer company didnt want to donate to a charity because they didnt want to be associated with someone who said some meany poo words one time? Am I reading that right?

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DarthAragorn
09/26/19 8:55:23 AM
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Middle hope posted...
So the beer company didnt want to donate to a charity because they didnt want to be associated with someone who said some meany poo words one time? Am I reading that right?

Essentially yes
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iPhone_7
09/26/19 8:57:34 AM
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Time to dig up dirt on the company & its owners.
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MacadamianNut3
09/26/19 9:08:23 AM
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Unless they're trying to save face, the paper said it has a policy to do these kinds of "background" checks and it kinda makes sense. Too bad in this case because all the dude did apparently was quote Daniel Tosh

But yeah this is why you keep your shitposting to somewhat anonymous sources or at least make it hard for people to trace it back to you. I never understood the people who act like a CEman on Twitter or Facebook with their faces and real name plastered right there. Even when I was being dumb about it and had a sig with info about my game service accounts, it was still not a direct link to my face and name (and gamefaqs archive for that time is riperonni :D). I usually find it hilarious when other dummies do it and it blows up in their face but not in this dude's case :/
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eston
09/26/19 9:08:26 AM
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TheVipaGTS posted...
i just don't get it...i had social media when i was a teen and since then. i never made racist, offensive tweets. stop trying to simply pass this off as "kids will be kids" when the people in question are teens are grown enough to understand their words....

I agree with this to an extent. If his school or parents or job had discovered the tweet back when he made it, then it makes sense there would be appropriate consequences. But it makes no sense to bring it up 8 years later and drag him through the mud for quoting a tv show when he was 16.
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IfGodCouldDie
09/26/19 9:13:02 AM
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Like, what was ths journalists endgame, prevent a children's charity from getting money?

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emblem boy
09/26/19 9:15:03 AM
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The paper didn't actually initially release the old tweets in the story right? They found it, told him about it, he issued an apology, then it all went public?
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chrono625
09/26/19 9:20:26 AM
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stoltenberg11 posted...
You're a caricature of your old self. I think you should leave CE for your own good.


seriously, needs to get off his soapbox.

always trying to be a symbol of virtue and justice.

"I've never had a racist thought!", meanwhile he's probably got so many skeletons in his closet he could open up his own graveyard.

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Vol2tex
09/26/19 10:34:08 AM
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Vol2tex
09/26/19 10:56:29 AM
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IfGodCouldDie posted...
Like, what was ths journalists endgame, prevent a children's charity from getting money?


Standard background test it seems
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Ivynn
09/26/19 10:57:59 AM
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WaterLink posted...
Tl:dr twitter was a mistake


Yup
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IfGodCouldDie
09/26/19 10:58:14 AM
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Vol2tex posted...
Standard background test it seems
Fair enough, I suppose.

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Ivynn
09/26/19 11:06:33 AM
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Vol2tex posted...
IfGodCouldDie posted...
Like, what was ths journalists endgame, prevent a children's charity from getting money?


Standard background test it seems


Still don't see why that means he had to publish it.
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Bluharvest
09/26/19 11:22:44 AM
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Hanky_Bannister
09/26/19 11:26:00 AM
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thi si s a beautiful fucking story, tc.

thanks for sharing
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iron jojo
09/26/19 11:27:18 AM
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WaterLink posted...
Tl:dr humanity was a mistake

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Flockaveli
09/26/19 11:30:28 AM
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Crazy that we're growing up in a time period where shit like this can just happen, being all parts hilarious, cringe inducing, and completely serious.
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IfGodCouldDie
09/26/19 12:23:18 PM
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Ivynn posted...
Still don't see why that means he had to publish it.
Also standard background check by who, for who?

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FrisbeeDude
09/26/19 12:25:56 PM
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"Being held accountable for your past is a dangerous precedent being set in this social media era we live in"

THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE TRULY BELIEVE

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DanHaren2019
09/26/19 12:27:36 PM
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It's not twitters fault that racists are getting exposed.
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Lost_All_Senses
09/26/19 12:29:01 PM
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Rich people "repent" by giving money to charity all the time.
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Behaviorism
09/26/19 12:32:58 PM
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He got a million bucks and donated it? Wow

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