Last night, the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the hapless L.A. Lakers in a snoozefest inside Chesapeake Arena. One interesting subplot to the game occurred on Tuesday morning, when Mychal Thompson – the L.A. Lakers color announcer – took a shot at Oklahoma City on Twitter.
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The tweet set off the OKC Internet Defender Force – a vagabond group of social media users, civic leaders and Ogles, us included, who tirelessly defend Oklahoma City from negative criticism and stereotypes that are, sadly, grounded in truth, but pisses us off anyway. I guess growing up in a boring city makes us sensitive.
The tweet (and online reaction) was such a big deal that KFOR even covered it. Well, they basically just rounded up people's reactions on Twitter, but that counts as journalism in today's age. Gabe Ikard gave a comprehensive list of reasons why OKC was abandoned on Monday: