The story here is TSN/Bell Media showing that garbage.
You don't have to go too far to see much more disgusting and vile stuff on twitter towards public/sports figures, or, their kids. While this guy tweeting the Phaneuf stuff is a loser, there are much more disturbed people out there.
From the last couple days, Exhibit a)
http://deadspin.com/curt-schilling-g...g-h-1688969687
Schilling does what needs to be done in outing those guys, which will have repercussions for those guys now as long as there is an internet search engine.