I think, to one of your earlier points, Native Americans are a really complex and diverse group of people, bound together mostly by the fact that they're not white. For the tribes that have money these days, and maybe the room to consider this issue, it seems like an awfully big deal — judged by the money they're…

No, the moral weight is not there.

Considering the depressing situation is that people have been treating Native Americans like shit for 400 years and systematically ignoring them and their concerns... it was an awful joke.

Yeah, but a lot of tribes are asking for support — that's what this ad is about.

In this instance it seems like the Native Americans want public awareness of their issue, not financial contributions. So, actually it seems like Deadspin is doing what's being asked of them — why won't you listen to actual Native Americans and Indians?

So who does the Boston media create content for? The fans, perhaps?

Yeah, but you have to make it clear the reason you're withholding your donation, and it only works if you previously gave.

Yes. It's very stupid, made worse by their refusal to even use it consistently:

No, fuck him.

He did some pretty spectacular dunks back in the early 1990s at UConn... I believe he won the squad dunk contest his junior year with an Air Jordan-style, from-the-foul-line (or close enough). Or at least that was the way the paper 14-year-old-me was reading described it. Dude could jump, but always seemed to…

And Connecticut of course. Where he used to win dunk competitions.

The fact that you think all action, whether it is acting like an asshat or not, proves you have no grasp of what we're talking about.

His own personal Twitter account? Was it locked up and private only for a small number of his personal acquaintances to view? No? Then it was public and unfortunately due to his job, which he chose, was part of the public persona that made him employable. He shouldve known better and his failure to do so has nothing…

Agreed. But I do think it's more a commentary on the creepy constantly monitored world we live in than anything.

Or in the case of this post and several others, an "Is AND Are" argument, since none of the writers can seem to make up their mind to stick to that lame style.

And then there's the bullshit with insisting on using the plural to refer to the singular team... except when they forget to.

If you're a closet racist and you express that in a non-work related place, then, fine... and no one is interfering with that. This guy, however, was a public contact for his organization and used a well-known communication outlet that is tied to his public profile as one of the organization's contacts.

I'm not trying to make this a thing, but I'm willing to bet there is some creepy dude putting these in men's bathroom as well.

What's the complaint — plenty of baseball coverage this morning. Was there an NBA playoff game or something?

I disagree... speech without consequences quickly loses its value. Things would be a lot easier if reporters could write anything they wanted, anonymously... a lot more news would come out, a lot more official secrets would be broken — probably for the good of the people... but a lot more slander, a lot more lies and…