The more embarrassing thing is someone actually admitting to watching Stephen A. Smith.
Look, we all have our weird little things. Some of us like Twilight. Some of us like Star Wars fan fiction. I have lots of things I'm ashamed of. But just because the internet gives some level of anonymity doesn't mean I'm eager to confess all of those awful things to you guys.
I don't know why anyone would openly admit to listening to anything these morons say. That some of you intentionally listen to guys like Smith, Bayless, Whitlock is sad. I'd have more respect for you if you showed me your Hello Kitty! collection than confessing you routinely listen to these morons.
Except it's even worse than that. Not only do they
admit to watching them, their feathers get so ruffled that their first instinct is to run online and complain about it.
Honestly, it's truly sad that people continue to fall for this crap. It's like going to the fair, listening to one of those clowns barking out insults from the dunk tank attraction, and then running home, making a topic on a message board and saying, "oh my god! You wouldn't believe what I just heard! A clown at the fair called me
ugly. Can you believe that? How could that clown say I was ugly! That clown doesn't know anything! Look at my HotOrNot rating, I'm an 7.2/10! That puts me in the 70th percentile of user ratings, I am objectively not ugly! That clown is so stupid! I can't believe he had the nerve to say that! Now that I'm done blowing off steam, I'm going to go back to the fair, go back to that same exhibit, and get offended by what he's saying again!"
Wake up people, this isn't hard. Steven A Smith doesn't believe the things he says. He only says things he believes will upset people. Stop taking the bait, good lord.
I think what bothers me most of all is that people continue to watch this crap, which means these anchors are here to stay. Maybe ESPN could get back to being something remotely worthwhile if we started tuning these guys out.