It’s lose-lose for the famous on Twitter. If you’re notable, people are gonna try to poke at you a lot. And if you complain or try to fight back, you end up looking petty. Jay Bruce is probably learning that today. His tweets from last night:
I appreciate all the tweets, good and bad, actually. You guys are what drive the game. I’m obviously not hitting as well as I’d like to, yet
— Jay Bruce (@JayABruce) May 1, 2013
….I actually feel sorry for the people on here who feel that it’s necessary to try and put me down on twitter. It really just explains…
— Jay Bruce (@JayABruce) May 1, 2013
Further who you are, and there are obviously things in your life that you’re unhappy about and you take it out on me via twitter…I suggest
— Jay Bruce (@JayABruce) May 1, 2013
you look into talking with a life coach or something to help you get over whatever you have going on in your life. There is obviously a….
— Jay Bruce (@JayABruce) May 1, 2013
lack of something going on, and I hope you guys get it straightened out, because you all sound like idiots Everyone have a good night. Haha
— Jay Bruce (@JayABruce) May 1, 2013
That’s all pretty civil and it’s hard to disagree with any of it. But it’s not like the sort of people who hurl insults and hate on Twitter are the sort who will listen to reason and appeals to civility. The only way to engage them is to fire back with insults of your own if that’s your type of thing — and for most people it isn’t — or to ignore them.
And then, after you’re no longer leading the league in strikeouts and hitting a paltry .252/.312/.339, see if you can spot the same jerks who insulted you back in April now claiming to be your biggest fans. Which is more or less inevitable.
