Red Sox release self-described homophobic and racist baseball player
A post shared by Brett Netzer (@brettnetzer)The Boston Red Sox released minor league prospect Brett Netzer on Sunday after the 25-year-old tweeted a series of homophobic, transphobic, racist and anti-Semitic statements, including some directed at Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer Chaim Bloom, who is Jewish.The news was first reported on Twitter by journalist Chad Jennings, who covers the Red Sox for The Athletic.
Netzer responded to the tweet with, “interesting.”interesting. https://t.co/qCTdlxhBO4— Brett Netzer (@BrettNetzer) February 26, 2022Netzer said Bloom “went to hebrew school and studied the torah growing up but sold his soul to the sodom and race groups,” called him a fraud and questioning if he was actually Jewish.He also criticized Bloom’s support for Black Lives Matter and the LGBTQ community, and claimed “jews that follow the torah are against the lgbtq community.”and if i remember correctly – chaim bloom supports black lives matter, the organization, and the group of sodomy, lgbt pride.
maybe there should be a word for ironic in Hebrew.— Brett Netzer (@BrettNetzer) February 26, 2022When called out for his racism, Netzer copped to it, tweeting, in part, “i am a racist.”i am a racist.
i do sometimes make assumptions based on a persons race/ethnicity/culture. glad that is out of the way https://t.co/lbJUoLzQsE— Brett Netzer (@BrettNetzer) February 26, 2022Later, Netzer argued that, in his opinion, “racism isn’t necessarily a bad thing.” He also self-described as a homophobe, but denied he’s anti-Semitic.ill go along with racist and homophobic, but anti-semitic?
