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Stupid Is As Stupid Types
Some people just don’t have a clue who is reading their Facebook profile. But one former football player has just gotten the extra point driven home when he was released from the University Of Texas Longhorns football club.
Buck Burnette, a sophomore offensive lineman from Wimberley, was let go from the football team Nov. 5 for posting a racially insensitive remark about President-elect Barack Obama on his Facebook page. We are presuming that Mr. Burnette used the “N” word, and not in the way that rappers glamorize it in music.
Now there are stupid things that people say that get them in trouble, but posting something in writing is even more stupid and stupid. When you are thinking about destroying your own personal character and reputation, you would be far better off taking out a page in the local newspaper, because at least then, only the locals (and not the entire Internet) will be able to read your comments.
Your Facebook page is just like a personal diary or journal, one that has one of those tiny little locks on the cover that can be picked with a paperclip. And to paraphase what your mother always said: “If you don’t have anything nice to type, don’t type anything at all.”
