You can please all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but if you're NBA superstar LeBron James you can piss off all of the people all of the time.

This week on Twitter, LeBron (@KingJames ) acknowledged his haters, specifically those he left behind in Cleveland, declaring it “Hater Day." Sort of clearing the slate (at least he naively hopes) before the NBA season tips off Tuesday night with his national TV debut as a member of the Miami Heat.

Today is Hater Day," LeBron tweeted. "Everyone please let them get their 2 mins of fame and light! I Love You Haters. Continue to make me proud of u guys! LOL"

Although I won’t defend LeBron's move to Miami, some of the Clevelanders’ hate tweets were over-the-top, using hate language and racial slurs.

LeBron even responded to some. For example, after @DieselDaveT’s grammar-disaster tweet reading, “no one wants to hear u speak. Why dont u speak by laying ur head under a moving car,” LeBron joked back, “haaaaaa, ok I'll try that.”

In the tweet world, a polite, “Dearest LeBron, I still feel betrayed by your decision to leave Cleveland for Miami,” doesn’t fly.

As a girl who has some serious haters, I initially admired his decision to re-tweet the harsh words. (When an anonymous reader left a string of comments calling me a word that rhymes with "snore" I clicked "like" on Facebook and tweeted the comments.) I likened it to grinning and bowing amidst a shower of rotten tomatoes.

However, on closer inspection LeBron's humble, above-the-drama re-tweets are disingenuous. CBS Sportsline call James’ Twitter actions “a definite thumb-bite to the plebeian crowds." They're right.

In August, LeBron took his critics seriously, announcing, "Don't think for one minute that I haven't been keeping mental notes of everyone taking shots at me this summer. And I mean everyone!”

It’s hard to believe that he now finds his haters amusing. His dismissive laughter comes off as haughty and unapologetic. (Though perhaps we should cut the athlete some slack. You can’t expect perfect humility from a guy who rose to international superstardom in high school and received millions in endorsement money before even stepping foot on an NBA court.)

Lebron seems convinced that fans’ hate stems from his decision to move to Miami and believes that if he plays well enough he’ll gain approval. In reality, most are upset with his egotism and the way he handled the decision rather than the decision itself.

One went as far as to create a Twitter account parodying Lebron entitled "@LeBronJamesEgo." Typing in all capital letters, the outlandish tweets poke fun at the baller's narcissism.

September 30th, LeBron James' Ego comments on Shaq's disapproval of his decision to move to Miami:
SHAQ TALKIN TRASH IS OK. OLD PEOPLE LIKE HIM R CRANKY CAUSE THEY COULD DIE SOON AND HEAVEN HAS NO LEBRON WHICH IS SCARY IF U THINK ABOUT IT.

October 13th LeBron James' Ego:
WATCHIN KNICKS GAME & THINKIN: WHAT IF THERE WAS A STATUE OF LEBRON NEXT TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY? I JUST BLEW YOUR MIND. #MINDOLOGY

Satire accounts like this one prove it's OK to be mean as long as you're funny.

Unfortunately for LeBron, he has yet to grasp the nuances of Twitter. His retweeting came off as callous rather than lighthearted, and the sports star only further angered his hometown.