Today in “Reasons to Lose Faith in Humanity,” we have the Twitter mentions of former college football player Riley Curry.
Curry, formerly best known for participating in one of the craziest plays in football history as a receiver at Trinity (TX), is now notable for sharing a name with the sports world’s most outspoken toddler. He has the Twitter handle @rileycurry, which means he often receives tweets confusing him with the Warriors’ First Daughter.
In an interview with For the Win, the elder Curry explained that his mentions first blew up during last year’s playoffs, when Steph brought his adorable infant daughter to several post-game press conferences. Back then the tweets were misdirected but innocuous:
“Some were sweet,” Curry said. “And some of them were bad, but not all that bad — telling her there’s no Santa, her dad sucks, blah blah blah.”
But this year, as Steph’s Warriors took somewhat of a heel turn, they’ve taken ugly:
“Since then it’s been stuff like, ‘You should tell your parents to kill themselves,’” Curry said. “All this stuff that is just awful. The problem isn’t about me being bothered or offended or getting my feelings hurt. It’s the fact that on social media, people say whatever they want without there being any accountability or consequences. People say these awful things potentially to a three-year-old little girl. It’s alarming and kind of sad.”
Here’s a sample:
https://twitter.com/S24conway/status/724412677683089408
https://twitter.com/Rocky_BalNoah/status/744739341440786432
https://twitter.com/ItsMattMcCarthy/status/744007874494472192
We all know Twitter has a vast dark side, but you’d think if anyone were immune to the trolls and abusers it would be a three-year-old.
[FTW]