Golf Channel is part of the NBC Sports Group, and NBC is pushing the #DreamDay hashtag big time today:
What is your dream? Finish the statement "I have a dream that_____." Then visit http://t.co/Jeiwehtwhm #DreamDay
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 28, 2013
And 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream for equality and civil rights, this is how Golf Channel marked the occasion:
https://twitter.com/GolfChannel/status/372745600766599169
Painful.
@SpikeEskin @GolfChannel I thought I was the only one that found that tweet extremely stupid
— Andrew Friedman (@AFriedman15) August 28, 2013
Au contraire, friend. Lots of people found that tweet extremely stupid:
@GolfChannel @MattBinder so tacky, tactless.
— ana cranberry (@ChristianaJoy) August 28, 2013
@GolfChannel @sportspickle #DreamDay wow, you have to be kidding me! I had know idea MLK just wanted to get in a good round of golf.
— trevor theobald (@trevor_theobald) August 28, 2013
@DaveLozo @GolfChannel Wow. That is so so so bad.
— Chelsea Siler (@chelseasiler) August 28, 2013
#DreamDay: I have a dream that Golf Channel will not use a famous civil rights speech to talk about golf
— Patiently Waiting for Baseball (@Braddigan89) August 28, 2013
I'm disgusted. RT @Penn36: @leenie909 …I'm confused. @GolfChannel
— (((Light & Joy))) is Anti-Fascist (@leenie909) August 28, 2013
Oh my. RT @MattLGHL: Is this real life?? MT @GolfChannel: Tweet your ‘golf’ dream on the 50th anniversary of MLK’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech
— Jeañña Kelley (@jeannathomas) August 28, 2013
Oh, no. Just, no. MT @GolfChannel Tweet your golf dream on 50th anniversary of MLK’s I have a Dream speech using #DreamDay I have a dream…
— Chad Buchanan (@_chadbuchanan) August 28, 2013
.@GolfChannel I had a dream that many over at the Golf Channel will feel immense shame and regret for this dumb tweet.
— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) August 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/MikeChops/status/372751657681301504
I have a dream that someone @GolfChannel will be fired for completely missing the point. #DreamDay pic.twitter.com/2aNV6NBtSx
— Laura Seay (@texasinafrica) August 28, 2013
@CheerTheAnthem @GolfChannel Holy shitty co-opting of historical significance, Batman.
— Winging It In Motown (@wingingitmotown) August 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/sladegator/status/372751462196981760
Oh yeah, very comparable MT @GolfChannel: Tweet your ‘golf’ dream on the 50th anniversary of MLK’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech
— Herbie Pallotta (@Herbie) August 28, 2013
Sorry, what? “@GolfChannel: Tweet your ‘golf’ dream on the 50th anniversary of MLK’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech”
— Matt H (@herbiemcw) August 28, 2013
Golf Channel should not be allowed to tweet
— Going through an Academic (@Oktobersfynest) August 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/a_girl_irl/status/372752144199192576
https://twitter.com/norbizness/status/372751682431488000
Ouch.
How soon before @GolfChannel apologizes for that minimalizing Tweet?
— Ron Flatter (@ronflatter) August 28, 2013
Apology? Nah. Much easier for Golf Channel to pretend their cringeworthy tweet never happened:
https://twitter.com/kevindepew/status/372751421713555456
…and the Golf Channel takes the tweet down.
— Cecily Kellogg (@Cecilyk) August 28, 2013
https://twitter.com/ronfrankl/status/372752402736099330
Unfortunately:
You can't erase cyberspace @GolfChannel pic.twitter.com/yDkCma1qM5
— Herbie Pallotta (@Herbie) August 28, 2013
There’s no such thing as a mulligan on stupidity.
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