Let me make one thing abundantly clear: when I say I'm scared of Gritty and don't want any cause I support associated with him, I am not fucking around.

The fact that a bunch of you would rather get offended on behalf of Philadelphia than respect my concerns about adopting a corporate mascot, let alone a terrifying one, as a symbol of Millennial Socialism is making me scared of people I would otherwise consider friends.

If you can't bear to get rid of your nightmare beast, at least CW him.