Asshole of the month award goes to…

[LuFins Dad]

Was that Elizabeth Warren?!

[Mik]

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[Mik]

I could get to like AI.

[Mik]

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[Mik]

The video shows she was not nearly as outrageous and is made out.

https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/philadelphia-phillies/fan-takes-ball-bader-home-run-viral-video/

[jon-nyc]

Yeah but the memes…

[Mik]

Yeah, but the action does not rate being made a national laughingstock. This could lead to a suicide.

[LuFins Dad]

I could see being pissed off if some guy random 10 rows away to snatch the ball away just as I was grabbing it, he was a bit of a dick himself.

[Mik]

That was my take. She didn’t grab it from the kid, the dad gave it to her.

[kluurs]

Link to video

[LuFins Dad]

So why is this bullying okay when other bullying isn’t?

Man, we’ve forgotten how to be gracious and forgiving.

[Mik]

Cyber anonymity. It allows for the worst of us to come out and show it to the world with impunity.

[kluurs]

We live in an era of always being on camera. In some instances, it has helped to perhaps address the worst of human behavior - but in the scheme of things as poorly as this woman's actions appear, they are by no means the worst behavior committed on that day. It is a sad thing that a camera may be present at those couple of minutes when we are not our best and be forever judged by those moments.

On the other hand, it is very, very rare that as a runner I see inappropriate behavior - but the time I did, just putting my phone in video mode seemed to make things a little calmer.

And while I have a lot of empathy and want to give police the benefit of the doubt, every once in a while there's a case that clearly demonstrates such an egregious lack of judgment as to call to question their ability to be in that profession - so perhaps a net benefit for the more transparent world in which we live. Sadly, the mob often overreacts.

[Mik]

And a mob is SO much easier to gin up these days.

[89th]

@LuFins-Dad said in Asshole of the month award goes to…:

I could see being pissed off if some guy random 10 rows away to snatch the ball away just as I was grabbing it, he was a bit of a dick himself.

I’d be upset I didn’t get the ball but there are 2 rules in baseball when getting a ball in the stands.

1. Anyone has a right to the ball until it’s in someone hands.
2. Always give the ball to a kid.

[Mik]

Nah. That doesn't excuse this guy's behavior.

[89th]

Huh? The dad who got the ball?

[LuFins Dad]

@89th said in Asshole of the month award goes to…:

Huh? The dad who got the ball?

Yes.

[89th]

What on earth are you talking about? The ball was fair game until it was in someone’s hands. It was in the seat in the row in front of the lady, and he was faster at getting it.

[Mik]

Minnesoooota winters have eroded your ability to reason. That guy was ten seats over and the ball was already on the ground when he dashed over to snatch it up. That's an asshole move by any light.