Tyler Joseph (TØP) dragged for mocking BLM messaging campaign

[stevana229 1,880]

1 minute ago, MJHolland said:

Are you for real?

People are mad because he's actively joking about skirting his social responsibility as a celebrity with fans of color. NOT because he stayed silent (which, IMO, is cringey regardless). 

uhhh, read his older twitter and instagram comments. they've been getting attacked for staying silent 

[Biggest Bitch 5,230]

2 minutes ago, MJHolland said:

Just because this isn't racist doesn't mean it's not extremely insensitive, ill-timed (people are literally firing assault rifles into BLM crowds!!!!!), and disrespectful to a serious issue. 

Your problem seems to step from the belief that this isn't a serious issue. 

Do better. 

As a proud black man of course I think it's a serious issue 

But it's just simply ridiculous 

[alsemanche 93,927]

2 minutes ago, stevana229 said:

what is a single tweet from a band going to do? what's it going to change? nothing. nothing unless everyone votes for the right people in November and actually try to make a difference 

First of all  thinking that either Biden or Trump will change anythign is delusional. Not even Obama gave one f*ck when he was president. Second of all, he could have just kept his mouth shut instead of making fun of it. 

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1 minute ago, stevana229 said:

what is a single tweet from a band going to do?

A tweet mocking his fans who are asking him to speak up about BLM doesn't do anything to help the issue either, but he did it anyway.

[LaLa 19,662]

Yeah, even if he felt it wasn't his place to speak about BLM or he didn't feel comfortable or whatever, that's one thing. But to then turn it into some joke? Absolutely unnecessary and so distasteful. If you don't have anything productive or supportive to say the LEAST you can do is not make a mockery of things 

[stevana229 1,880]

2 minutes ago, alsemanche said:

First of all  thinking that either Biden or Trump will change anythign is delusional. Not even Obama gave one f*ck when he was president. Second of all, he could have just kept his mouth shut instead of making fun of it. 

the civil unrest revolving BLM does not compare to Obama's presidency the way it does today. Clearly its now a MAJOR issue, which I think is because of the riots and looting. It was almost a necessary evil for people to actually wake up about this issue. now everyones woke

[littlepotter 75,147]

6 minutes ago, stevana229 said:

what is a single tweet from a band going to do? what's it going to change? nothing. nothing unless everyone votes for the right people in November and actually try to make a difference 

It's not your place to tell people what hurts them and what doesn't..? I was personally very hurt that Gaga chose to ignore the Beirut explosion when her support could have made a big difference since we desperately need any donation we can get. So I understand where they are coming from.

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Electric chairs for all 21 of them

[alsemanche 93,927]

3 minutes ago, stevana229 said:

the civil unrest revolving BLM does not compare to Obama's presidency the way it does today. Clearly its now a MAJOR issue, which I think is because of the riots and looting. It was almost a necessary evil for people to actually wake up about this issue. now everyones woke

Yet despite that both candidates have made racist comments recently. So much for waking up. 

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8 minutes ago, stevana229 said:

what is a single tweet from a band going to do? what's it going to change? nothing. nothing unless everyone votes for the right people in November and actually try to make a difference 

I half agree with u. There's a lot of exxagerations and emphasis on the wrong things sometimes imo and celebrities I think almost need a gigantic bible manual to navigate expectations these days on what they have to say and when and to not get dragged or cancelled etc it's rediculous

 

But like I said earlier, this is still rude and insensitive to post especially in a time like this. Best would be to just not say nothing at all if they feel they feel so strongly they shouldn't "have to" use their platform for anything specific. But to go and tweet a joke like this just digs themselves a hole cuz let's be honest this comes across really bad

 

This is one of the few times I'm not inclined to defend the celebrity in question at all cuz I don't think any of the criticism is being excessive. The tweet kind is poor taste especially with the timing

 

 

[StarstruckIllusion 52,896]

1 minute ago, Daylight Jokers said:

no one asked tho  

Damn I’m glad Trench was trash bc it’d be so much harder to leave them alone 

[alsemanche 93,927]

10 minutes ago, Daylight Jokers said:

He really thinks he's edgy and cool 

[Daylight Jokers 14,958]

2 minutes ago, alsemanche said:

He really thinks he's edgy and cool 

The fact that he's already 31 too...

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18 minutes ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

no one asked tho  

Damn I’m glad Trench was trash bc it’d be so much harder to leave them alone 

The way this was my first thought