On today’s The Ed Show on MSNBC, host Schultz remarked on the hot Twitter topic of Richard Sherman’s post-game interview last night.
Schultz is remarking on how Twitter exploded with racism over the rant, which he demonstrates by showing a screenshot of a nobody racist on Twitter with fewer than 300 followers but who, BONUS, has a “Don’t Tread On Me” Twitter background. Because Republicans. I have no doubt there were hundreds of examples, though, of idiots saying idiot things. That tends to happen on the Twitter.
Ed then turns on what I can only generously assume is the old white guy version of “street” to describe what was going through his head at the time. And I quote:
I’m sitting at home watching this thinking, no no, no no, no eff bomb, be cool, be cool, be good! .. He didn’t swear!
Seriously? He’s telling his audience he was sitting at home hoping against hope that Sherman doesn’t drop an eff bomb, and is then relieved and impressed that he doesn’t? And that is just moments after coming within centimeters of assuring the audience that Sherman is normally “clean and articulate”. Imagine Schultz saying the same thing with a “Don’t Tread On Me” poster behind him. Where does MSNBC find these guys? Tone. Deaf.
As to Sherman’s interview, I don’t see the big deal. It’s sports. People trash talk. He’d just been smacked in the face. He’d just won the game. I guarantee if that had been me, there would most definitely have been some bleeping.