Racist messages on Twitter follow Capitals’ goal - Washington Capitals forward Joel Ward was the hero of Wednesday night’s Game 7 of the Capitals-Bruins NHL playoff series, but his shining moment was followed by racial epithets posted to Twitter in the hours after the game.

Racist messages on Twitter follow Capitals’ goal

- Washington Capitals forward Joel Ward was the hero of Wednesday night’s Game 7 of the Capitals-Bruins NHL playoff series, but his shining moment was followed by racial epithets posted to Twitter in the hours after the game.

Date April 26, 2012

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Tags #Bruins    #Washington Capitals    #NHL    #racism    #hockey    #Joel Ward   

  1. soonersorlater reblogged this from theprovince
  2. morningsides reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    I knew this would happen. And we say we live in a ‘post-racial society’….
  3. reliablydefiant reblogged this from condescendist
  4. keepthemuchness reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    So ashamed of my city right now.
  5. chelly15 reblogged this from boston and added:
    come on massholes….
  6. adelbomb reblogged this from inothernews
  7. tw0roads-diverged reblogged this from inothernews
  8. sorachamary reblogged this from sharkhunter and added:
    Fuck this shit man. The people who tweeted that stuff aren’t real fans and need to get the hell off the bandwagon.
  9. wolfperson1 reblogged this from rumbleclaws and added:
    Be honest, it’s a little bit revenge. *grin*
  10. rumbleclaws reblogged this from wolfperson1 and added:
    Uggghhh, fellow hockey fans, stop behaving like pricks, you’re embarrassing us all. (Seriously though, HURRAY FOR THE...
  11. newshook reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    Sad. I hate people sometimes.
  12. duskanddawn reblogged this from astheshadowslovethecastle and added:
    — you fuckers, what the fuck
  13. tarinhedquist reblogged this from inothernews
  14. eeriesage reblogged this from inothernews
  15. pseudo-comfort reblogged this from boston
  16. herblondness reblogged this from boston and added:
    This is so FUCKING gross and an embarrassment...this city. You should all pack up and get
  17. realizethestrength reblogged this from interiorlines and added:
    You’re better than that, Boston. Drown these assholes out. Fixed
  18. astheshadowslovethecastle reblogged this from inothernews
  19. kat-nyss reblogged this from inothernews
  20. condescendist reblogged this from xrob and added:
    Stay classy Boston
  21. xrob reblogged this from basedjaysuave
  22. basedjaysuave reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    No they’re not.
  23. barackobonerarchive reblogged this from inothernews
  24. sharkhunter reblogged this from boston and added:
    Lovely! Racism seems to pop up pretty frequently in the NHL and it’s absolutely disgusting. Go away racist fans, you...
  25. interiorlines reblogged this from inothernews
  26. theratswefeed reblogged this from inothernews and added:
    No true Bruins fan would stoop to the level of racism just because they were beat. To do so not only is a slap in the...
  27. theprovince reblogged this from boston