Joking or not, Twitter user appears to offer to kill Gord Miller over Barstool Sports criticism
The last 24 hours for TSN's Gord Miller have been a wild ride in terms of how answering a simple question on Tuesday has spiraled into a full-blown feud with Barstool Sports president Dave Portnoy.
The whole ordeal began when a fan asked Miller on Twitter when he would be on Spittin' Chiclets podcast, which operates under the Barstool banner. Miller calmly and plainly stated that although he likes Paul Bissonnette and Ryan Whitney a lot, he doesn't want to be associated with Barstool Sports in any way, shape, or form.
Following an outpouring of support from colleagues, friends and strangers from all over, Miller took to Twitter to expand on his reasoning for not wanting to appear on the popular podcast, citing Barstool's history of "misogyny, racism, xenophobia and the condoning of non-consensual sex" as his main concerns.
Since that time, Portnoy has taken to Twitter and refuted Miller's claims, while appearing to tune up the band, in the form of enabling his many followers to begin slinging insults at Miller, who was simply exercising his right to express his opinions of a controversial brand who has been known to cross the line on a lot of occasions.
"Nobody should ever be afraid to publicly speak their mind. But when you do I'd suggest doing actual research before slandering an entire company with blatant lies.
"Now comes the part where our fans become the bad guys because they defend us from being called Nazis," Portnoy tweeted.
Miller's daughter, Blair, also got involved in the exchange, as she wished to express both her pride for her father's bold public dismissal of Barstool Sports, and to offer her own opinion of how the misogyny and sexism in particular that is displayed throughout the brand demeans, degrades and is insulting to women.
Things have gotten quite out of hand on the Barstool fans end of things, as one Twitter user actually jokes (I hope?) about potentially killing Miller, if the price is right.
There are definitely lines that should not be crossed, and when it comes to joking about taking someone's life over their own individual preference to not appear on a popular podcast because of who runs it, I think that probably qualifies as crossing a line.
The user's comment and account has since been flagged and reported to Twitter. Oh what a way to start a Wednesday..
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