San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ann Killion riled up some Florida State fans by tweeting “Beat the rapist” in support of Boston College Saturday in regards to Jameis Winston.
A screen capture of a Saturday tweet from San Francisco Chronicle columnist Ann Killion proves that the “delete” feature is no guarantee lapses in judgment will be scrubbed away, especially when Jameis Winston.
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Before Boston College played Florida State Saturday, Killion sent out a tweet—since deleted—that read “C’mon Boston College. Beat the rapist.”
A not-so-thinly veiled reference, of course, to Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston, who was cleared by Florida law enforcement officials last year of sexual assault allegations.
Lost Letterman has a screen capture of the tweet about Jameis Winston, which apparently did not endear Killion to the Florida State fan base.
She wasn’t exactly apologetic when the responses began to roll in:
I see why FSU fans root for Winston.
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) November 22, 2014
FSU fans can stay in their bubble: FSU wins.
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) November 22, 2014
oops. Sorry. I forgot the word "alleged." My bad.
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) November 22, 2014
Death threats. Nice.
— Ann Killion (@annkillion) November 23, 2014
So, to sum it up, the sequence of events went something like this: Dumb tweet, overreaction, defensive reaction to overreaction, death threats, response.
Killion was recently announced as a finalist for the California sportswriter of the year award, but she probably wishes she had thought it through for a moment before hitting the “Tweet” button.
As a public figure—and as a columnist at a major American newspaper, she is one—glibness is not something that will go unnoticed in the Twitterverse, not when someone has more than 16,000 followers.
Someone will notice and then, well, it’s on.
After all, social media makes societies where mothers eat their young look like something out of The Care Bears for all of the patience, understanding and forgiveness that is displayed.
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