Mexico suffered a stunning World Cup defeat Sunday as the Netherlands managed to grab a 2-1 win with two late goals, advancing the orange-clad men’s soccer team to the tournament quarterfinals.
And in honor of the Netherlands’ victory, the Royal Dutch Airlines Twitter account posted the following celebratory dig:
“Adios Amigos!” read the tweet, which also featured an Image of a man wearing a sombrero.
Unfortunately for the airline, the celebratory tweet was quickly deemed “offensive” — even racist! — by people who were more likely upset that Mexico lost its match.
In fact, the outcry against the “offensive” Image, which was re-tweeted more than 8,000 times, eventually prompted the airline to delete the offending message.
“It has not been our intent to hurt anyone’s feelings with this tweet … That’s why we removed it,” the airline said. Obviously, because Twitter is for moral posturing, and all joking around ist verboten!
