# Boys' basketball players walk off court in support of cheerleader with Down's syndrome.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 12, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859 "2015-03-12T21:07:05Z")
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859/1 "2015-03-12T21:07:05Z")
There’s a lot of bad stuff in today’s news. I appreciated seeing this positive story.
Great bunch of kids. I bet their parents are quite proud of them for stepping up and supporting their friend.
> **[When a cheerleader with Down syndrome is bullied, boys’ basketball players...](https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/03/12/when-a-cheerleader-with-down-syndrome-is-bullied-boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-to-make-it-stop/)**
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> Middle school hasn’t always been the kindest of places, and when a cheerleader with Down syndrome was bullied from the stands during a boys’ basketball game, it seemed to be just anothe…
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> Middle school hasn’t always been the kindest of places, and when a cheerleader with Down syndrome was bullied from the stands during a boys’ basketball game, it seemed to be just another example of kids being cruel — until a few players stepped up to make it stop.
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> It turns out that Desiree Andrews, an eighth grader from Kenosha, Wis., had some friends in her corner.
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> “The kids in the audience were picking on D, so we all stepped forward,” said Lincoln Middle School basketball player Chase Vasquez, who told TMJ4 in Milwaukee about the moment a teammate finally left the court to ask for the harassment to stop.
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> Then all the players gathered together, throwing their support behind Desiree.
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859/2 "2015-03-12T22:19:37Z")
Maybe there’s hope for our species yet…
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### Author:  [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859/3 "2015-03-12T22:53:28Z")
Well, the team didn’t kick the shit out of the worthless fucks, but, I guess it’s a start.
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### Author:  [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859/4 "2015-03-12T23:31:44Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> Maybe there’s hope for our species yet…
I wonder sometimes in which direction humanity is headed. I made the mistake of reading the article and watching the video of the [girl beaten at McDonalds](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/brute-shown-stomping-victim-mcdonald-beating-arrested-article-1.2146819). Pretty barbaric. Nobody tried to stop it. Nobody calls 911. They film it like an event at the Roman Colosseum 2000 years ago.
There are a lot of good kids out there. The kids on that basketball team are awesome for handling that situation responsibly.
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### Author:  [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2015, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859/5 "2015-03-15T12:34:36Z")
We have a four-year-old, and as his peer group slowly expands (pre-school, play dates, kids met in the park…), we are finding out that there really are “nice kids,” and “jerky kids.”
All my life, I’ve advocated seeing the good and bad in each of us, but lately I’ve seen the practical benefits of a little oversimplifying. Life’s too short to waste much of one’s time with jerks.
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### Author:  [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859/6 "2015-03-15T14:50:15Z")
Ahhhh - for more news stories like that.
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### Author:  [@chaika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaika)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859/7 "2015-03-15T16:47:23Z")
Well done, boys. You are champions even if you never win another game.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boys-basketball-players-walk-off-court-in-support-of-cheerleader-with-downs-syndrome/714859/8 "2015-03-15T17:40:31Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#):
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> We have a four-year-old, and as his peer group slowly expands (pre-school, play dates, kids met in the park…), we are finding out that there really are “nice kids,” and “jerky kids.”
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> All my life, I’ve advocated seeing the good and bad in each of us, but lately I’ve seen the practical benefits of a little oversimplifying. Life’s too short to waste much of one’s time with jerks.
For Piper Cub’s last birthday, we exercised parental veto on the guest list. Only nice kids made the cut, even tho the Cub argued strenuously for one of his friends who in our opinion didn’t meet the nice kid test.