It would be a stretch to say that Lena Dunham’s efforts to help track down a couple of gate attendants whom she overheard making transphobic remarks inspired an Associated Press photographer to find his own inner hero during a ball game Friday night.
An AP photographer says he overheard A's outfielder Matt Joyce use a gay slur toward a fan during Friday's game. https://t.co/Ak7H2Mdsfg pic.twitter.com/fPhMqMkrX7
— NESN (@NESN) August 5, 2017
The AP reports that photographer Mark J. Terrill didn’t hear the first part of a heated exchange between the Oakland A’s Matt Joyce and a fan, but he did overhear Joyce call the fan a gay slur and challenge him to a fight.
OH GOD NO
— B. Miller (@BlaiseInKC) August 5, 2017
Lena Dunham is that you
— Razor (@hale_razor) August 5, 2017
We are all Lena Dunham.
Since when is Lena Dunham an AP photographer?
— John Self (@john_self1) August 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/ItswithaG/status/893943350201425921
So what
— BobFromEastBoston (@Coach_Bob_1956) August 5, 2017
Maybe the AP photographer could focus a little more on taking pictures than snitching on people who use language he doesn't like… https://t.co/Gb7HcxVFXH
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) August 5, 2017
I hope it was a hilarious slur.
— Denny Loggins (@DennyLoggins) August 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/MagicMetalNinja/status/893916603909259265
Has the photographer apologized for being a little b*tch? Because this is a terrible standard to set and will end badly for the press.
— Anita Sia Perpwalk (@NewYearsDani) August 5, 2017
— Jacki Vinson (@jackivinson) August 5, 2017
Why not just put mics everywhere and have a team of SJW narcs pour through the transcripts and tell on everyone
— Paddy O’Dhonnabhain (@ODhonnabhain) August 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/RustyBradley74/status/893922015626874881
American Airlines might not have been able to bring Dunham’s thought criminals to justice, but Matt Joyce was slapped with a two-game suspension without pay and will “take part in a public outreach initiative with PFLAG, a family and ally organization supporting LGBTQ community.”
He's been ordered to attend re-education camp and his salary will be "donated" to Red Guards pic.twitter.com/LG7ScTvhWk
— JLaw (@yoopermomma) August 5, 2017
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Lena Dunham overhears ‘transphobic’ talk at airport, helps track down attendants who are not woke https://t.co/yjdVlS5afk
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 3, 2017
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