The Theoren Fleury twitter saga continues

Theo Fleury has a twitter account. I think it started last year when he was gearing up for CBC's Battle of the Blades. He tweeted quite a bit about the competition, and he has continued to tweet since the show ended. He's received some negative tweets from a lot of people referring to the sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of his former junior coach (who shall remain nameless - I can't bring myself to type his name out), and his subsequent addictions.

Before the Canucks/Hawks series, Fleury tweeted that the Canucks were going to lose in the first round. That drew a lot of classless comments from Canucks fans, that focussed on his abuse and addiction. I was awestruck at how petty some people can be.

With the Canucks winning Game 7 by a score of 2 - 1 in OT versus the Blackhawks, Fleury started to receive mentions right after the game ended. It seemed that some 'fans' were more interested in slinging insults than celebrating their team's victory over the defending Cup Champions.

Fleury has decided to retweet anyone who says anything negative to him. Reading through them, I am shocked at some of the tweets he's received. One guy asked him about his Cup ring (89 Flames) and asked if he pawned it for some cocaine (paraphrasing of course). There are a lot of expletives thrown in to pretty much every one. Oddly enough, some of the twitter accounts seem to be created with the sole purpose of antagonizing tweeters. They're completely anonymous, with no photo and no profile. Blatant cyber bullying is what it is.

I've even replied to one tweet...something along the lines of 'show some class because you're representing the Canucks and they're better than that'. I know that doing that opens me up to criticism, but I had to say something.

I should mention that there are also a lot of people tweeting their support to Fleury, for the twitter bullies, and for his recovery.

Social media continues to amaze me...