Earlier this week ESPN fired baseball analyst Curt Schilling was fried for his remarks on his social media page. Schilling is a former all star pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and was a 3 time World Series champion, twice with the Red Sox and once with the Diamondbacks. The reason behind Schilling’s firing was because of a controversial picture that he posted on facebook that depicted an overweight man in a woman’s dress with a caption that read “Let him into the bathroom with your daughter or you are a narrow-minded, judgmental, unloving, racist bigot who needs to die.” Earlier this year Schilling also compared Muslim extremists to Nazi Germans and then went on a radio talk show and said that Hillary Clinton needs to be buried under a prison. So with all of this being said, ESPN has decided to fire the analyst for actions that were “out of line.” In other words, what Schilling said was an opinion that leaned towards the right. ESPN is a historically democratic network and the second that a guy decided he wants to say his republican views, he gets fired? Well, I’ve seen plenty of times that a democratic view has been displayed on air and there wasn’t any problem. So why is it that Schilling is getting the boot? In my opinion, Schilling is expressing his first amendment right to free speech. If you want to say what Schilling said, you should have every right to say that because it wasn’t in his contract to not be allowed to say that so why fire him. It’s simple, because today we live in a society where if someone doesn’t agree with you, you automatically have either a phobia or hatred towards them, which is ridiculous. So in a nutshell, Curt Schilling was fired for being out of control for sharing his opinion. 
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Schilling Gets the Curb
Earlier this week ESPN fired baseball analyst Curt Schilling was fried for his remarks on his social media page. Schilling is a former all star pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and was a 3 time World Series champion, twice with the Red Sox and once with the Diamondbacks. The reason behind Schilling’s firing was because of a controversial picture that he posted on facebook that depicted an overweight man in a woman’s dress with a caption that read “Let him into the bathroom with your daughter or you are a narrow-minded, judgmental, unloving, racist bigot who needs to die.” Earlier this year Schilling also compared Muslim extremists to Nazi Germans and then went on a radio talk show and said that Hillary Clinton needs to be buried under a prison. So with all of this being said, ESPN has decided to fire the analyst for actions that were “out of line.” In other words, what Schilling said was an opinion that leaned towards the right. ESPN is a historically democratic network and the second that a guy decided he wants to say his republican views, he gets fired? Well, I’ve seen plenty of times that a democratic view has been displayed on air and there wasn’t any problem. So why is it that Schilling is getting the boot? In my opinion, Schilling is expressing his first amendment right to free speech. If you want to say what Schilling said, you should have every right to say that because it wasn’t in his contract to not be allowed to say that so why fire him. It’s simple, because today we live in a society where if someone doesn’t agree with you, you automatically have either a phobia or hatred towards them, which is ridiculous. So in a nutshell, Curt Schilling was fired for being out of control for sharing his opinion. 
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