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For someone who works in the media ESPN’s Sage Steele sure has found herself catching a lot of heat on social media over the past few months.
Back in November she was on the receiving end of some scathing comments from noted angry person Miko Grimes and others over something she said about the Bucs’ Mike Evans.
Now Steele is once again in people’s cross-hairs after a post she made to Instagram complaining about how protesters messed up her travel plans to Houston and the Super Bowl.
It reads…
So THIS is why thousands of us dragged luggage nearly 2 miles to get to LAX, but still missed our flights. Fortunately, a 7 hour wait for the next flight to Houston won’t affect me that much, but my heart sank for the elderly and parents with small children who did their best to walk all that way but had no chance of making their flights. I love witnessing people exercise their right to protest! But it saddened me to see the joy on their faces knowing that they were successful in disrupting so many people’s travel plans. Yes, immigrants were affected by this as well. Brilliant.
As one can imagine, THAT did not sit well with many folks on social media.
hey Sage..w/ all due respect..what types of protest do you prefer? The 'disruption' is the point of protest.
— Taylor Rooks (@TaylorRooks) January 30, 2017
As a volunteer attorney who helped reunite a family this past weekend your comments are stunning. Some things are bigger than u.
— Natalie Esquire 🇯🇲 (@natfluential) January 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/RealLifeKaz/status/826050983784484864
https://twitter.com/CamShore_/status/825971467380600832
https://twitter.com/KevPKing/status/825974937793998848
.@sagesteele I'm sure plans back then were disrupted too. Some things are bigger than a missed flight. Sry you had to drag your luggage lol pic.twitter.com/QTqPF9WkUp
— Adriana Lacy (@Adriana_Lacy) January 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/LocalJudi/status/826044277155311616
5 year child was detained at an airport, people are being detained at airports across the country, youre late to the Super Bowl🤔
— Ishé Oluwa Kamau Ali Smith (@IsheSugarShay) January 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/ryanforegger/status/825976212740775937
https://twitter.com/cherylcoward/status/825977861202808832
My client was separated from her fam for more than 24 hrs & her 17-year old daughter handcuffed. Let's compare inconveniences.
— Natalie Esquire 🇯🇲 (@natfluential) January 30, 2017
" Can you guys move out the way? I got a 3pm appointment."
Sage Steele to the Civil Rights Movement at Selma— I’m Bad @ Tekken (@ATLWiley) January 30, 2017
"Ma'am we don't have time for this, some of us are trying to get home" – sage steele to Rosa parks
— Desus MF Nice💯 (@desusnice) January 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/mlemlovessports/status/826070229415510016
https://twitter.com/DeadNed88/status/826045808013357057
And it goes on and on and on…
Steele, for her part, did reply. Not very well, but she did reply…
All good! But just bc someone has a different opinion, doesn't mean they're "the worst". Unless, of course, only YOUR opinion is allowed🤔 https://t.co/iiZXuD4Ne2
— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) January 30, 2017
has nothing to do w what I "prefer". Comical to see the process used to determine when it's "ok" to disrupt. It wasn't…
— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) January 30, 2017
America is so much fun now, isn’t it?