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I actually thought it was funny. If you get offended by a thing that's so over the top it just can't be taken seriously, you sir are an absolute moron. Hate how

I actually thought it was funny. If you get offended by a thing that's so over the top it just can't be taken seriously, you sir are an absolute moron. Hate how people are just looking to get excuses to get offended and show off their 'righteousness' at the expense of other people. Point is: It's a joke. Learn the difference.

carlyahood 12y ago
"It's a prank bro! It's just a prank! Calm down!" Offensive people who do offensive things and then defend them saying 'it was just a joke, bro!'
bighi 12y ago
But it's not that over the top. There are A LOT of people that would say the "I'm white" comment and MEAN IT. It's not obviously over the top. Once I saw a T-Shirt in tshirthell.com that said something like "arrest black babies before they become criminals". I don't remember the exact words. THAT is obviously and ridiculously over the top.
fit2rule 12y ago
I don't think anyone got truly offended, just that they saw an opportunity to do something interesting with Twitter - which is mostly a very mundane activity - and went with it. An opportunity to rally the pitchfork brigade can feel very empowering to people who spend a majority of their time 'socializing' with a facile society such as Twitter provides. If you ask me, the root cause of this cannibalistic mob desire is, fundamentally, dire loneliness. When can you get 15,000 people to hate something you've decided is worth hating, its quite a buzz.
mercurial 12y ago
> If you get offended by a thing that's so over the top it just can't be taken seriously, you sir are an absolute moron. I gather many youtube commenters have a Twitter account and an attitude.
MichaelGG 12y ago
He explains his viewpoint: "Still, in those early days, the collective fury felt righteous, powerful and effective. It felt as if hierarchies were being dismantled, as if justice were being democratized." This is delusional slacktivism. Overthrowing power structures and hierarchies by retweeting. How more delusional can you get? OTOH, if you've got a PR job or a shitty position where you'd get fired for saying such stuff, you really ought to be ever so careful. Why are people posting this stuff with their real names attached? Unless you've got FU money or are in a career track that's mostly immune to this kind of harassment, just use a separate personal account. FFS, does anyone think the general public wants your tweets?

carlyahood 12y ago

"It's a prank bro! It's just a prank! Calm down!" Offensive people who do offensive things and then defend them saying 'it was just a joke, bro!'

bighi 12y ago

But it's not that over the top. There are A LOT of people that would say the "I'm white" comment and MEAN IT. It's not obviously over the top. Once I saw a T-Shirt in tshirthell.com that said something like "arrest black babies before they become criminals". I don't remember the exact words. THAT is obviously and ridiculously over the top.

fit2rule 12y ago

I don't think anyone got truly offended, just that they saw an opportunity to do something interesting with Twitter - which is mostly a very mundane activity - and went with it. An opportunity to rally the pitchfork brigade can feel very empowering to people who spend a majority of their time 'socializing' with a facile society such as Twitter provides. If you ask me, the root cause of this cannibalistic mob desire is, fundamentally, dire loneliness. When can you get 15,000 people to hate something you've decided is worth hating, its quite a buzz.

mercurial 12y ago

> If you get offended by a thing that's so over the top it just can't be taken seriously, you sir are an absolute moron. I gather many youtube commenters have a Twitter account and an attitude.

MichaelGG 12y ago

He explains his viewpoint: "Still, in those early days, the collective fury felt righteous, powerful and effective. It felt as if hierarchies were being dismantled, as if justice were being democratized." This is delusional slacktivism. Overthrowing power structures and hierarchies by retweeting. How more delusional can you get? OTOH, if you've got a PR job or a shitty position where you'd get fired for saying such stuff, you really ought to be ever so careful. Why are people posting this stuff with their real names attached? Unless you've got FU money or are in a career track that's mostly immune to this kind of harassment, just use a separate personal account. FFS, does anyone think the general public wants your tweets?