Aubrey Huff predictably has issue with San Francisco Giants kneeling
By David Hill
Several members of the San Francisco Giants took a knee during the National Anthem on Monday to protest police brutality. Former Giant Aubrey Huff predictably had a problem with this.
Over the past few months, Aubrey Huff has made his disdain for basically anything that promotes equality known. He has constantly criticized the Black Lives Matter movement, decried the protests against police brutality, and gone out of his way to be confrontational and demeaning on social media. Understandably, the San Francisco Giants have moved on from Huff, as they refused to invite him to the 10th anniversary of their World Series winning team.
So, when several members of the Giants took a knee during the National Anthem on Monday, Huff predictably had a problem with that.
Huff followed with several tweets that took shots at the Giants and the Black Lives Matter movement. Amazingly, he did not have an issue with Alyssa Nakken, whose hiring in January prompted more of his unhinged ranting.
Huff does have an audience for his viewpoints. He has his own podcast and over 188,000 followers on Twitter. He can exist in his echo chamber to his heart’s content, spewing his beliefs to those who agree with his takes.
But those viewpoints also have repercussions. Huff has already found himself to be a persona non grata with the Giants. His misogynistic and racists tweets have not done him any favors in the court of public opinion and especially with the Giants. Clearly, they no longer want to hear what he has to say about anything.
Huff has a right to his opinion. Likewise, the players on the Giants have a right to theirs. Both sides are perfectly capable of using their voices to speak to the issues facing society as they see fit. But for Huff to claim that those players have no right to their opinion, which bemoaning that he has been shunned for his, is hypocritical at best.
The San Francisco Giants took a knee, and predictably, Aubrey Huff had an issue with that. It just shows why the franchise wants nothing to do with him.