Pro Wrestling Stop Trial by Social Media
Everything Written here is my own opinion 110% my own view point and is not connected to anyone, person or company mentioned in this blog.
Whenever I look on social media I see a society which feels it has the right to dictate people lives, what happens and what decisions are made,this seems to me to be most prevalent in pro wrestling.
I saw this post below recently from Thomas Latimer (who plays the Character Bram in Impact Wrestling)
As you have read from Thomas Latimer statement above he was accused of something, the matter was investigated by the authorities and he was cleared of all charges, he moved on with his life and with his job.
Thomas Latimer was cleared of all charges in 2015.
So why when Thomas Latimer was booked for a promotion recently and the advertising material went out for said promotion was then suddenly cancelled.
(I wont name said promotion you can google it if you like)
The promotion had tweets from a certain portion of "fans" which they said they would boycott the show if Thomas Latimer was booked because they believed him to be guilty.
The Promotion in question actually gave in to this portion of "fans" and cancelled Thomas Latimer from their show even though, he had done nothing wrong and was cleared of all charges over 2 years ago.
I think is awful that the promotion in question actually allowed this to happen and they allow fans to dictate their shows and how should and shouldn't be booked based of fan opinions and Not facts.
If that's the case then the promotion in question should get background check on all of their wrestlers and any with a criminal record should not be allowed on the show - whether fans love then or not, You cant have one rule for some wrestlers and one rule for another.
Thomas Latimer should be able to freely make a living - he has done nothing wrong and whether you like him or not is irrelevant - he has the right to freely make a living.
Imagine this........
you have a job you work hard at that job to make money for you and your family, Someone at work finds out that when you were younger you got into a fight at a pub and got arrested, it was investigated but never charged.
But that certain person goes to management and says they don't want to work with you because your a violent person in your past, even though you have been a model employee and never showed any aggression in the workplace, and you were never charged with anything, your boss calls you in and fires you.
Is that right? No Is That fair? No
Why should you not be able to make a living because your being judged on what a group of people think and not the facts.
This Isn't trial by social media or Trial by wrestling fans who are you to judge anybody? No one is whiter than white, we have all done things we aren't proud of, people need to remember that things they say have repercussions on people whether it be on social media or in general
, Leave the Law enforcement to the Police, Courts and Judges - actual people who are employed to uphold the law.
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@jon422002
Jonathan Orchard
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