While CNN's Don Lemon was busy on New Year's Eve possibly (or possibly not) getting sloshed on live TV, whoever runs the Times Square Ball's Twitter page (@TimesSquareBall) was busy crafting a tweet so startling in its obvious offensiveness that one would be forgiven for simply assuming the whole thing was fake. It's not:
Of course, Twitter wasted little time offering commentary on how exactly an account dedicated to the Times Square Ball could possibly have thought this was a good idea. Though some seemed to suggest that getting offended at a Twitter account meant to represent an inanimate object was a waste of time, those assertions overlook the fact that an actual person made the decision to share (and eventually delete) the tweet in question.
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Though one would assume this would be a one-off event, @TimesSquareBall has actually been making a habit of their misguided mockery of Black Lives Matter activists in recent months:
As of Friday, the New York Daily News is still reporting that representatives from the Times Square Alliance and Times Square Ball have remained silent with regards to an official statement.
What a depressing start to the new year.
