You have to feel for now-former Houston Rockets digital communication manager Chad Shanks. His team is headed further into the playoffs, but he’s now without a job thanks to a tweet suggesting… an emoji horse being taken out of its misery with a gun? I don’t know how that’s offensive at all, but OK.
Unreal that the tweet above during last night’s series-winning game against the Mavericks caused so much backlash. Today the Rockets fired there social media manager over the funny, innocuous tweet above.
@HoustonRockets Not very classy but we still wish you guys the best of luck in the next round.
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) April 29, 2015
And then there was the retraction:
https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/593252813712404480
He chimed in on his account:
Sometimes you can go too far. I will no longer run @HoustonRockets but am grateful to the organization that let me develop an online voice.
— Chad Shanks (@chadjshanks) April 29, 2015
I did my best to make the account the best in the NBA by pushing the envelope, but pushed too far for some and for that I apologize.
— Chad Shanks (@chadjshanks) April 29, 2015
I hope there's another organization out there in need of someone willing to take chances and create engaging social content. I hope.
— Chad Shanks (@chadjshanks) April 29, 2015
Something tells me he’s not going to be without a job for long:
I'm free. https://t.co/FFMW5Flv0i
— Chad Shanks (@chadjshanks) April 29, 2015
There is more outrage that Shanks was fired than the outrage from the oversensitive wimps who got fussy over the content of the tweet itself.
It’s scary how soft America has become. Twitter is absolutely ridiculous.