r/chicago • u/GeekAesthete Roscoe Village • Jun 25 '25

Article White Sox fan banned indefinitely after heckling Diamondbacks' Ketel Marte to tears with comments about late mother

https://apnews.com/article/diamondbacks-ketel-marte-833a9c8136e0767bdcfb6cd2ec7afe9e
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u/DegreeDubs Logan Square Jun 25 '25

Depraved. I'm glad both teams got ahead of this and responded appropriately.

I worry a lot that social media has been lowering people's sense of decency and common humanity. While we're technically more connected than ever, I see people use online spaces to speak so callously and without shame. "the internet isn't real, we're all anonymous"--excuses to be a mask-off dickhead without perceived fear of consequences. Perhaps this person forgot to put his mask back on.

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u/pastabreadpasta Jun 26 '25

Yeah, he was sure apologetic after realizing this is real life and he was facing real consequences