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July 29, 2010 @ 08:19

Just when you think you've seen all the stupid you need to see, along comes a guy like Argos offensive lineman Rob Murphy.

His imbecilic tweets have landed him in hot water with his team, the Canadian Football League and anyone else who has a brain in their head.

What would possess this idiot to make racially offensive tweets while a member of a professional sports team is something that nobody will ever been able to explain.

In this day and age where mindless social networking has caused pain and suffering for thousands of nitwits, how could such basic common sense escape this guy?

I guess the obvious answer is that he's taken too many shots to the head but that's too easy.

The answer is more like this, he's an asshole.

At this very moment there are people all over the world getting stung and stung hard by hitting a send button without using their heads. There are people losing jobs and friends and family relations because of dumb-ass things they've written on twitter, facebook or web pages.

How did Rob Murphy not clue into this?

How could this guy become a professional athlete with an increased profile and obligation to image of so many others and tweet about "smelly foreigners and Frenchland."

Here are the tweets. Pumped to be smelling foreigners this early in the A.M. They smell less offensive this way ... little known fact."
Another post by Murphy read, "OK ... the novelty of riding on a train thru Ontario and "Frenchland" has worn out ... get me off this damn thing!!!!"

It is so horrifically stupid you can only deduce that he really believes what he writes.

Some might argue that being a CFL player doesn't qualify has high profile, but it does, and more importantly it makes him a target. How did he not think about this?

There millions of offensive tweets being made as I write this by people who don't matter. They don't have a "name" or a special identity so in essence they get away with it or they're written off as idiots without really paying for it.

By pulling on an Argonaut jersey every week, Murphy has a unique status that changes the rules for him when it comes to stupid, but again, he obviously didn't grasp this.

All it took was one person to grab one tweet because it was coming from an Argonaut and the rest his history.

Murphy has defended himself by saying this - "Obviously my recent tweets have gotten blown out of proportion. I'm sorry if I offended anyone by my recent comments. I was JOKING around"

Sorry jerk off but that doesn't cut it.

You've not only embarrassed yourself, but a team and an entire league.

The Argos play in Montreal this weekend. I wonder if the fans will be able to smell your stupidity.


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22 Responses to "Argonut"


Tim A
July 29, 2010 / 15:01

Murphy and Officer Bubbles should go for a beer and talk about their lack of tact and intellect in handling sensitive matters.


Jake
July 29, 2010 / 15:26

Guess who will be booed loudly in Montreal?


El Torpedo
July 29, 2010 / 17:17

The game is tonight Fred. Not this weekend. Oh, and I'm sure it'll be another sell out in Montreal even after adding 5000 more seats this season. I distinctly remember you once said the Al's wouldn't sell a single seat beyond their old capacity if they ever expanded Molson Stadium. Time for you to say something nice now!


buster69
July 29, 2010 / 17:18

I bet he graduated with honor
there is a reason that these players aren't in the NFL.
and this guys reason is very apparent
send him back to the good old USA and don't let him back
how would the world respond if he referenced black or some other race


Anonymous
July 29, 2010 / 17:38

@buster69
"there is a reason that these players aren't in the NFL.
and this guys reason is very apparent"

I don't think a league full of gun-wielding thugs, rapists, and drug users would hold their noses up at a guy who makes offensive tweets.


Derek
July 29, 2010 / 19:16

Twitter, Facebook and whatever social media sites are out there are still so new that stupid people don't know how to deal with them yet. I bet if a reporter stuck a microphone in this guy's face he wouldn't have said what he did.

If this incident proves anything, it's that athletes are no different than "regular" people: there are plenty of people out there with nothing of value to say, but modern media gives them a platform to reach hundreds, if not thousands and athletes are no different.


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July 29, 2010 / 19:25

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Il Duce
July 29, 2010 / 20:37

Chill Freddie


Argie
July 29, 2010 / 21:17

So much for free speech, Fred.

Even if his comments are offensive and moronic, he's entitled to say and/or write them.


Right Uppercut
July 29, 2010 / 23:05

@ Tim A: Officer Bubbles should receive a citation for the way he handled that twit that was BLOWING more than bubbles!

As for the football player... so what? Howard Stern ripped the "Frenchies" when he was on Q-107.

Damn Bloc Quebecois should be hauled in front of a court for treason.

That's the real crime.


Freddie P.
July 30, 2010 / 08:54

That's not the point Argie.. he can say whatever he wants, its the ignorance of not respecting the consequences.


Speyside Phil
July 30, 2010 / 10:55

Twitter, Tweeter, what a waste of time for lonely, egotistical people. Get a Life!!!


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