Earlier this week, Barstool Sports fired Ben Mintz aka Mintzy after he rapped the n-word on his podcast/radio show thing. Dave Portnoy announced on Twitter that Mintzy no longer worked for the company and went out of his way to let everyone know that he was totally okay with him saying the n-word but Barstool’s parent company, Penn National, made Portnoy fire him.
Here is the quick clip of Mintzy saying the n-word and I know it’s only like, 4 seconds long but I cannot imagine what the value of this show even is but I reckon that doesn’t matter anymore.
On 2nd thought, Maybe Mintzy should record all his shows and have them reviewed prior to air. pic.twitter.com/ZnXbcdFTB4. @BarstoolBigCat @stoolpresidente
— conrad (@derbybbclassic) May 1, 2023
Damn, how will Barstool survive without this must-see content? The world is a worse place without this special needs boy rapping slurs in his dirty kitchen.
Barstool fans rushed to flood every single comment section they could to speak to a manager and complain about how much the company has gone woke. This whole event tells you everything you need to know about this entire brand. Their fans are pissed that they no longer have a sanctuary to hear racist nonsense.
Dave Portnoy being forced to fire an employee for saying the n-word is the final nail in the coffin for these losers who believe that you should be able to say whatever you want and face zero consequences and any sort of consequence is a sign that America is falling under control by communists and blah blah whatever frightening bullshit Tucker Carlson used to scare his audience with every night.
Personally, I don’t think that guy should’ve been fired.
I can’t say I’m for worker’s rights and then celebrate someone losing their job after one mistake. I have no idea why he was even reading rap lyrics but I think we can discern between what he did and like, someone really saying the n-word in a hostile way. Workers should be able to fuck up at work without the fear of losing their income (depending on the size of the fuck up, of course). Mintzy should’ve been suspended and given a warning for next time.
Those worker’s rights get a little loose when you’re saying racial slurs at work and posting them online for everyone to see but I’m not offended by the video and I won’t pretend to be just to dunk on this terrible website.
But it’s important for me to distinguish that I don’t think he should be fired because workers deserve more job security while Barstool fans don’t think he should be fired because they like hearing (and saying) the n-word and these people have rebuilt their entire personalities into becoming crybabies who are constantly complaining about companies acknowledging the existence of non-straight white dudes. Bud Light did a brand deal with a trans woman??? Well, that’s not what they see in the mirror every morning so they must dedicate their life to destroying that company.
It sucks that we live in a country where people feel so helpless and betrayed by the officials they elect to represent them— doing absolutely nothing to help anyone but themselves by lining their pockets with campaign donor money and huge stock gains from insider information based on upcoming legislation that only they’re privy to—that they only power and change they can influence is from these incredibly unimportant culture wars about the skin color of Disney princesses and random ass Barstool Sports employees being fired.
I just wonder if these dorks who cry about ‘woke mobs’ ever take a step back and realize that they’re the ones who are constantly fucking complaining about every single thing they see. Like, I don’t follow Barstool at all. I would’ve had no idea this event even occurred if it weren’t for these anti-woke Internet warriors who think the world is going to burst into flames if they aren’t allowed to say nigga at work.
Thoughts and prayers to whatever Penn Gambling employee gets attacked outside of their home by some lunatic who thinks he’s saving society from cancel culture and internet discourse is hijacked by disgusting alt-right lunatics who will treat the assailant like a hero vigilante.
Or none of this will matter because no one actually gives a shit about any of this and everyone’s just pretending for likes and retweets or because they hate their real lives and only find joy in logging into Twitter and IG to ruin the lives of others.
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