The world already had a good idea that Barstool founder Dave Portnoy was a huge piece of shit. The guy is a misogynist who runs Barstool like some fucking frat house that appeals to the lowest common denominator, or stoolies as they like to call them.
The extent of Portnoy’s douchebaggery, however, went to an entirely different level Monday when it was learned that Ringer writers would be forming a union. Portnoy’s response to this news was retweeting a “little refresher” on how he feels about unions in general which was nothing more than a citation from a USA Today article and his bitchy, pretentious, follow up where of which he states that at he would “smash to smithereens” any union that Barstool employees were looking to start.
Then there was this tweet the attention of House Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as well as the ALF-CIO and New York Department of Labor who point out the illegalities that potentially come with Portnoy’s asinine tweets.
Portnoy’s response to all of this was typical of some fratboy shithead as he doubled down by challenging AOC to a debate while also cozying up to the likes of Donald Trump, Jr.
So not only is Portnoy going to take a dump on unions and issue threats to any Barstool employee looking to start one, but now he’s going to embrace an ally like Donald Trump, Jr.? You could probably connect the dots when it came to Portnoy’s politics before this when he would regularly pander and make friends with a bigot like Tucker Carlson.
This is that new level though.
But as the higher-ups in Barstool continue to rub Portnoy’s back — perhaps even at their own expense — there’ something very real to be said about all of this. Even as the Barstool founder continues to portray the whole idea of a union as some big fucking joke and/or ploy to promote the skidmark that is Barstool Sports. The labor struggles within the United States that workers went through in an effort for all of us to have been conditions in the workplace isn’t something troll or make light of. Workers died in labor strikes at the of their employers or in some cases the state.
But this clown Dave Portnoy is going to go thumb his stupid fucking nose at this struggle with petulant memes and some elitist attitude.
Seriously, go fuck yourself Dave Portnoy.