Twitter Defends Cam Newton From "Thug" Name-Calling After Carolina Panthers Win
After the Carolina Panthers defeated the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football Conference championship game Sunday, the usual suspects took to Twitter to lambast Panthers quarterback Cam Newton. Some expressed their annoyance with what they said was the 26-year-old quarterback's "arrogance" or his "classlessness" every time he celebrates a touchdown. Others weren't as subtle, describing the Georgia native as a "gangsta" or "thug."
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However this NFC playoff game turns out, Cam Newton is still a Classless Gangsta Thug!
cam newton is just a thug who's good at football.
Don't care what anyone says cam newton is a thug
Cam Newton a thug
Panthers fans, football supporters and people who generally disapprove of such mudslinging came to the superstar's defense after the football win.
Cause he drinks and does drugs & women beating? Like Johnny Manziel..that kind of thug? RT @liamgordd: Cam Newton a thug
Yall say this bout all black athletes "@MartinKastner1 Cam Newton is classless, disrespectful, cocky, unsportsmanlike & very unprofessional"
Remember 2 years ago when everyone was calling Richard Sherman a "thug?" And now you're calling Cam Newton "classless?" Yeah. Stop it.
"We won as a team." "I don't want the credit." - Cam Newton, a classless, arrogant, thug.
How you could call Cam Newton a "thug" is beyond me. He may be annoying, but he's the opposite of a thug.
"Cam Newton is a thug" https://vine.co/v/iOIl79Ul9bg
Some social media users pointed out that Newton, who won the 2010 Heisman Trophy, participates in various charity projects under his Cam Newton Foundation, which helps support underprivileged youth. Most recently, he spent five hours driving around Charlotte, North Carolina, during the holiday season, wearing a Dabbing Santa sweater and giving gifts to children in schools and neighborhoods, according to People Magazine.
Why do people hate Cam Newton? He has fun, does a ton of charity work, respects his teammates, and gives footballs to kids.
Cam Newton haters baffle me. Like what the fuck you mad at bro? dude dances does charity work and gives kids footballs. That's a thug
Newton also visited family members of the victims of the Charleston, South Carolina, shooting, and donated $150,000 to three Charlotte-area schools — actions that are quite opposite of what "thugs" do, his defenders said. The Carolina Panthers will play the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 on Sunday, Feb. 7, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.