come on my dude…Linemen kicked off team for racist remarks on facebook on Obama

via AOL

For those that don’t know, Facebook status updates are broadcast to everyone you know. So, if you’re going to post something that sounds racist or bigoted, well, don’t.

Texas Longhorn lineman Buck Burnette learned this the hard way. See, here was Buck’s Facebook status following Barack Obama’s win the presidential election:

“all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse”

Geez, Buck. Even if you actually feel that way — which is sad — why not just keep it to yourself? You know, instead of telling five million people. But he didn’t, and naturally, he is now paying the price; he’s been kicked off the UT football team.

On the very tiny bright side, Burnette at least claims to be somewhat remorseful and not racist, issuing the following apology:

Clearly I have made a mistake and apologized for it and will pay for it. I received it as a text message from an acquaintance and immaturely put it up on facebook in the light of the election. Im not racist and apologize for offending you. I grew up on a ranch in a small town where that was a real thing and I need to grow up. I sincerely am sorry for being ignorant in thinking that it would be ok to write that publicly and apologize to you in particular. I have to be more mature than to put the reputation of my team at stake and to spread that kind of hate which I dont even believe in. Once again, I sincerely apologize.