The San Antonio Spurs guard, who is currently in Germany with the team for an exhibition game against Alba Berlin, quickly apologized for a social media faux pas made during a visit to the Holocaust Memorial. According to Deadspin, Green posted a photo of himself at the site on Facebook with a caption that ended with "lol #Holocaust." And make no mistake, there is nothing that is laugh out loud about the Holocaust.
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To his credit, Green recognized his lack of social media decorum and took to Twitter to issue out a series of rapid-fire apologies.
Yes, mistakes do happen
— Danny Green (@DGreen_14) October 8, 2014
I want to sincerely apologize for the insensitivity of my post! — Danny Green (@DGreen_14) October 8, 2014
I have great respect n understanding for this country's history n wanted to continue chronicling my experience in Berlin
— Danny Green (@DGreen_14) October 8, 2014
Clearly this was an unfortunate lapse in judgment on Green's part. Let's all consider this a lesson on how casual internet slang is probably not the best idea when you're paying your respects at a memorial for one of history's greatest atrocities.
