{"id":1347527,"date":"2022-02-27T16:07:35","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T21:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1347527"},"modified":"2022-02-27T16:07:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T21:07:50","slug":"i-am-a-racist-red-sox-release-minor-leaguer-brett-netzer-for-hate-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-am-a-racist-red-sox-release-minor-leaguer-brett-netzer-for-hate-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;I am a Racist&#039;: Red Sox Release Minor Leaguer Brett Netzer for Hate Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-am-a-racist-red-sox-release-minor-leaguer-brett-netzer-for-hate-tweets%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1347527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Getty-Images-66-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">On Saturday, the Boston Red Sox released minor-leaguer Brett Netzer after being alerted to reports of racist, homophobic, and antisemitic social media posts.<\/p>\n<p>Netzer reportedly went on a Twitter tirade aimed at several minority groups, including transgender people and blacks, and called Red Sox executive Chaim Bloom is a \u201chypocrite and an embarrassment to any torah-following Jew,\u201d according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m told the Red Sox have officially released former third-round pick Brett Netzer following a series of racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic posts on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chad Jennings (@chadjennings22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chadjennings22\/status\/1497651042351202310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The player admitted to being a racist and tweeted, \u201ci am a racist. i do sometimes make assumptions based on a persons (sic) race\/ethnicity\/culture. glad that is out of the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">i am a racist. i do sometimes make assumptions based on a persons race\/ethnicity\/culture. glad that is out of the way <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lbJUoLzQsE\">https:\/\/t.co\/lbJUoLzQsE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brett Netzer (@BrettNetzer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettNetzer\/status\/1497646611014590464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The now-former player also seemed determined to be released by posting a message on Instagram reading \u201crelease me\u201d over his screenshots of tweets about Bloom.<\/p>\n<p>In another post, Netzer disputed being antisemitic:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ill go along with racist and homophobic, but anti-semitic? thats too far. bloom is a hypocrite and an embarrassment to any torah-following jew. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qCTdlxhBO4\">https:\/\/t.co\/qCTdlxhBO4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brett Netzer (@BrettNetzer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrettNetzer\/status\/1497654154789072896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Netzer was a third-round draft pick in 2017 and played 302 minor league games, eventually reaching Class AA.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, the Boston Red Sox released minor-leaguer Brett Netzer after being alerted to reports of racist, homophobic, and antisemitic social media posts. 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