Ignorant or hilarious? As Twitchy reported yesterday, reaction was split to a Houston Texans fan in Dallas who dressed up in a hazmat suit and carried a sign reading, “We ain’t taking nothing back to Houston except a Texan win.”
The Jacksonville Jaguar’s official mascot, Jaxon de Ville, took the joke a step further today in a game against Pittsburgh by carrying a Terrible Towel and a sign reading, “Towels carry Ebola.”
Jacksonville Jaguars mascot makes an unfortunate #Ebola joke http://t.co/tSOvlekw4M via @YahooSports
— Brad Luck (@BradLuckNBC) October 5, 2014
Jacksonville Jaguars Mascot Makes Tasteless Joke About Ebola | Via @GODERMAG | #GODER http://t.co/3Hqal3Mx2n pic.twitter.com/8f50tocsgC
— JCNoØØØ ?? (@JCNoHunnidz) October 5, 2014
hahah oh my god the jaguars mascot walked around with a terrible towel and had a sign that said "towels carry ebola" wow hahaha
— Mike Pancake ? (@RollerKoesters) October 5, 2014
That’s one for the “funny” column.
The terrible towel may have Ebola, but at least it has some class @Jaguars
— Tim Kurkjian (@KurkjianLogic) October 5, 2014
How classless do you have to be when referencing Ebola and Terrible Towel together? Leave it to Jacksonville and their mascot. #Ignorance
— Marc Bowers (@marcbowers7) October 5, 2014
Can we talk about how ridiculous and inappropriate the Jaguars' mascot's "Towels Carry Ebola" sign (with a Terrible Towel) was today?
— Chris Otto (@ChrisOttoLNP) October 5, 2014
On a side note, the @Jaguars mascot carrying a sign about Ebola was in extremely poor taste and not even remotely funny.
— JennaLaineESPN (@JennaLaineESPN) October 5, 2014
Whoever came up with the Ebola Towel joke in #Jacksonville should be fired. On the spot.
— Ronnie K (@RonnieKRadio) October 5, 2014
.@Jaguars PR/Social team should have a fun time with that mascot's crude/pathetic Ebola joke. The scary part is, nobody questioned it?!
— Girls Love The Game™ (@girlslovegame) October 5, 2014
@Jaguars that ebola joke fell flatter than you in every game you've played for like the last 7 years
— Satellite Cwak (@SatelliteCwak) October 5, 2014
Sorry, @Jaguars and @nfl but Ebola jokes aren't cool. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
— Janelle (@jpeanutOSU) October 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/EVBC35/status/518884802544418817
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