it is un-American to not know what a "k" means
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) November 3, 2016
Heh. And for one Mediaite writer, it is also super embarrassing. You see, this was published during game seven of the World Series Wednesday night:
I feel like Dian Fossey:https://t.co/Gp0lmx9XIQ via @mediaite
— Bill Clinton's Cigar (@ISmokeEmWet) November 3, 2016
Oh. My. Gawd. The “KKK” signs? A sign indicating the number of strikeouts, natch.
https://twitter.com/Dr_2A/status/794031861806862341
Pajama Boy’s brother, perhaps? For cripes sake, even I know that and sporty thingies are super hard. The writer, Josh Feldman, tried to blame it on “Twitter users.”
But check out the post’s slug (click to enlarge):
What the heck, dude?
https://twitter.com/mr_bovine_jonie/status/794031860196130817
Twitter users swiftly, and rightly, took him to task. While gasping for breath and collapsing with laughter:
??? Mediaite Thought There Was a KKK Sign at the #WorldSeries https://t.co/qr0pK6sCaB
— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) November 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/LouiseMensch/status/794110408692994048
@AceofSpadesHQ Ahh, the Klan and their infamous three strikeouts signal. Wheels within wheels.
— The H2 (@TheH2) November 3, 2016
These guys really, really, really want to live in a racist country. @seanmdav @Mediaite @AceofSpadesHQ
— Starless (@starless941) November 3, 2016
Ding, ding, ding! And they’ll do their damndest to invent things to make it so.
https://twitter.com/Stmpy_Mch/status/794064285886533632
Gross. And the funniest part? Check out what the writer did after he was called out for his extremely embarrassing false claim:
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/794031477600251904
Oh sweetie. Bless your clueless heart. Not only do you not understand sporty thingies; You clearly also don’t understand how the Internet works.
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