Whoever runs the social media pages for the Tennessee Titans had some controversy to clean up on Father’s Day.<\/p>\n
Many organizations post typical well-wishes to fathers on their special day, of course.<\/p>\n
However, the wording of the Titans’ Father’s Day post <\/a>provoked debate.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The graphic with the post on the team’s official account <\/a>was pretty basic. It showed a lawn mower on a football field with the words, “Happy Father’s Day.” It’s the caption that caused the controversy; it’s been deleted, but it was preserved in screenshots now going viral on X.<\/p>\n “Happy Father’s Day to all the Titans moms and fatherly figures!” the post read.<\/p>\n Here’s the screenshot of the post:<\/p>\n Fans weighed in on X.<\/p>\n Some fans focused on the inclusion of mothers on Father’s Day. “I guess the SM intern forgot this thing called MOTHERS DAY exists,” wrote one X user.<\/a><\/p>\n “I\u2019m sorry, is it mother\u2019s day?” wrote another person.<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n “Happy father’s day moms!!!” sniped another. <\/a><\/p>\n Others wondered why the post used the phrase “fatherly figures” but didn’t mention fathers or dads (other than on the graphic.)<\/p>\n “They can\u2019t say dads? Fatherly figures?” questioned another X user.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Other people had some sage advice for the Titans’ social media manager.<\/p>\n “Happy Fathers Day- thats all you have to say,” wrote one.<\/a><\/p>\n One person had a problem with the lawn mower proving that, on social media these days, sometimes you can’t win no matter what you do.<\/p>\n “If they’re going to play up tropes by putting a lawnmower in a Father’s Day post, I want to see them put a laundry basket in a Mother’s Day post to see how well it works out for them,” that person wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Related: Amanda Balionis Turns Heads With Vacation Photos During U.S. Open<\/a><\/p>\n