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Leslie Jones currently going HAM on racist internet trolls
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I'm so confused.
Edit: Oh so it wasn't a post about masturbating to X-Files. People can be fucking awful, jesus.
Edit: Oh so it wasn't a post about masturbating to X-Files. People can be fucking awful, jesus.
Enter the Dragon Punch
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Chie Satonaka
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This is what unity looks like.
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And why would I want them?
So fucking messed up. Good on her for exposing these racists, but now they are going to come out of the woodwork to attack her. Sucks.
I thought she was fucking hilarious in GB btw.
I thought she was fucking hilarious in GB btw.
Colonel Nasty
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Anime avatar? Check
Edit: I don't mean to shit on people who like anime. It's just all too common.
Edit: I don't mean to shit on people who like anime. It's just all too common.
brandonh83
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Fuck every single last one of these people.
#sorrynotsorry
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Teens on the Internet suck. Seriously.
BronsonLee
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Well. They already were. Now its just exposed to the light of day.
I edited that out lol, but not fast enough I guess. That was another link I had copied I sent to a friend who was freaking out about Gillian Anderson's tweet about Kate McKinnon.
Me being the brain trust that I am, forgot to actually copy a link to Jones' twitter and posted this pic instead.
What did he mean by this?
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Twitter is a godawful site in terms of moderation. The Constitution of Twitter must protect free speech!
That said, step away from the computer and let some PR person put out some fun stuff for your movie's opening weekend please, Leslie.
That said, I relate to her. Where's her cast members or director defending the particular racist vitriol leveled at her versus the relatively impersonal attacks against them? That must be a stressful burden and she has the right to defend herself and expose this underbelly to the public!
Yikes!
That said, step away from the computer and let some PR person put out some fun stuff for your movie's opening weekend please, Leslie.
That said, I relate to her. Where's her cast members or director defending the particular racist vitriol leveled at her versus the relatively impersonal attacks against them? That must be a stressful burden and she has the right to defend herself and expose this underbelly to the public!
Yikes!
Valkyr1983
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Her spelling is atrocious
DontBeThatGuy
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I'm pretty sure that 70's Ghostbusters ape joke was made on Double Toasted too. Shit's disappointing.
GravityInsanity
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This is sad. She doesn't deserve such hate over a fictional movie.
SoulUnison
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Racist anonymous internet trolls are awful, but she's not lookin' great with all these half-assed replies.
Just ignore them and let their words stand as their own embarrassment.
Just ignore them and let their words stand as their own embarrassment.
WordsintheWater
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This is disgusting, I'm glad she's exposing them. What drives people to post sickening shit like that? Man, I love GAF, but some days I just can't even step over to the off-topic forum
LongDongJunon
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Just reading through now. Deplorable.
Although she seems to have highlighted one of the tweets calling her "savage" (as in ruthless), which she seems to have misinterpreted as something else entirely.
None of that obviously takes anything away from any of the other horrible stuff she's received, though. Good on her for highlighting this.
Although she seems to have highlighted one of the tweets calling her "savage" (as in ruthless), which she seems to have misinterpreted as something else entirely.
None of that obviously takes anything away from any of the other horrible stuff she's received, though. Good on her for highlighting this.
Think of how much random shit you get sent on Twitter. Times that by a thousand, constantly telling you that you have a new notification fifty times per second.
Extra Sauce
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Nation's Pride is a fictional movie.
Ghostbusters is a real movie about fictional characters and events.
(I'm sorry)
I didn't even think the movie was special, but now I hope they make a million more and keep using that cast. Fucking clowns its just a movie! Calling someone an ape is the kind of bullshit i'd expect in 1950. Get real.
Fuck those haters Leslie and make your money.
That ape thing really pisses me off....
Fuck those haters Leslie and make your money.
That ape thing really pisses me off....
There's an interesting discussion to be had here though: Should she be responding to them? Is that feeding the trolls? Or, is it important that the world knows what she's going through to give an idea of what it's like being a black person in the spotlight.
Thequietone
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Watched and loved the new Ghostbusters, going to watch it another two times to spite these fuckers. Besides I want my sequel.
brandonh83
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I think it's at a point where she doesn't have to be professional about it. Being criticized is one thing, but this is a whole different thing entirely.
So that's the only thing you got out of this, huh?
Leslie was hilarious in Ghostbusters. Fuck every single one of these pathetic losers.
She has been pretty outspoken on twitter in general.
Not sure this is a good pound for pound comparison.
See, here's what sucks for her, and I genuinely feel bad for her:
So she gets to star in a reboot of a classic movie. Said reboot gets totally shit on until it comes out. Then it comes out and it actually gets a relatively warm embrace. People like it! She can rejoice-- they did a good job!
Then BOOM. Fuckin hateful racist pricks try to just knock her down on Twitter. Like, what the fuck is wrong with people?
So she gets to star in a reboot of a classic movie. Said reboot gets totally shit on until it comes out. Then it comes out and it actually gets a relatively warm embrace. People like it! She can rejoice-- they did a good job!
Then BOOM. Fuckin hateful racist pricks try to just knock her down on Twitter. Like, what the fuck is wrong with people?
excelsiorlef
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That's definitely the important thing to take from this.
Considering the shit she's getting, she's being pretty tame.
I expected far more out of lesdoggg.
MHWilliams
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Because she's in Ghostbusters.
Imagine the sheer number of notifications she gets every 30 minutes. Imagine having to swipe through that coming your way. Imagine trying to block or ignore that relentless push of hate in your direction. Just for you being you.
Calling it "random Twitter trolls" misses the absolute magnitude of the problem.
WordsintheWater
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I think the last sentence is the most important, no doubt so many black celebrities and black people in general get this hate on a daily basis and they block them and move on. It's good for the world to be reminded time to time how much hate still exists in this world because a person is of a different color.
DontBeThatGuy
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Look at his tag. Also, a Trump supporter.
Agreed
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