JasonB wrote:SMU_Alum11 wrote:JasonB wrote:"As an SMU alum, let me tell you why your friends suck, and why your other friends are going to leave the program."
If having a little class makes you a snowflake, then fine, call me a snowflake.
If Feron was walking around after the game and said that comment, would you really beat him down like that? I'd hope that you would just appreciate the kid for sticking up for his coach and his school and let it go.
To you and Abu: I’m not calling you a snowflake. I’m saying that your one specific recommendation of not writing back to his “Dont be upset with my coach” is of snowflake logic. I’ll reiterate my point: 1) He’s in college and an adult 2) He utilized a public platform and addressed it to the community who wants change. Those two items right there, for any person, are valid reasons to be open to public criticism. I do and will not understand how he gets immunity to that because to me that logic is of the snowflake mentality.
Sure, he put it out there and opened himself up to criticism. But you still don't have to be "that guy". Again, there is zero reason for any of us to tell him that his friends suck. What is the purpose? Would you really do that in person?
My response is to not be a snowflake yourself. Instead of hiding behind the internet and responding to a 19 year old, nut up, walk up to Turner at the next basketball game and tell him how you feel about the program.
Make your opinion known to someone who it might actually have an impact on. Talk to the people that you are actually frustrated with. But don't take your frustration out on a kid who is just trying to stick up for his coach and his team. You are just unleashing your frustrations on someone who doesn't deserve to hear alumni telling him his friends suck, and you are doing it because you are too much of a snowflake to talk to real grown men about it.
How's that?
Once again, you are deliberately using a post someone made, the 'your friends suck', to further your argument when you know full well that nobody on this thread supports that individual tweeting that to Feron.
Classic strawman argument.
What you won't answer is our specific question. Was HoopmanX's tweet inappropriate.
And one final note. Feron is using Twitter to make his opinion known to as many people as possible. When someone retorts, they should be afforded the exact same luxury. When done properly, whether in the courtroom (Arkpony) or on social media, everyone benefits.