Rolling Stone’s writer makes a racist tweet about The Weeknd

[Tinnitus15 50,641]

Jesus Christ. 

[Cameltoe Chariot 14,541]

Giving the guy the benefit of doubt, for two reasons:

1. His swift and genuine apology he has since posted, along with taking full responsibility for not considering how a monkey gif could be interpreted in this context.

2. The fact that I use monkey gifs all the time to express reactions without even considering a racialized interpretation.

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but everyone is going to get him fired anyway I'm sure 

 

[Whigney Houstan 1,199]

Bit of a reach.

[Space Cowboy 11,670]

He was definitely not thinking before he posted..

[Taco al pastor 36]

The fact that the tweet was deleted it and he apologized for it, shows that he knew he was doing in the first place. He regretted doing it BUT the only reason that tweet was deleted, and he apologized for it, is because HE TWEETED IT. 

He's a journalist, HE KNOWS the impact of words and social media. This was not a "innocent" mistake. IMO. 

[Cameltoe Chariot 14,541]

24 minutes ago, Taco al pastor said:

The fact that the tweet was deleted it and he apologized for it, shows that he knew he was doing in the first place. He regretted doing it BUT the only reason that tweet was deleted, and he apologized for it, is because HE TWEETED IT. 

He's a journalist, HE KNOWS the impact of words and social media. This was not a "innocent" mistake. IMO. 

Calling someone who writes opinion pieces for Rolling Stone a "journalist" is hilarious 

[Anderson123 36,245]

Mess. Yeah he's getting fired as we speak.

[Fuffy 1,023]

Another day, another person being socially executed by online strangers for a dumb mistake. 

[Not The Real Gaga 7,483]

14 minutes ago, Fuffy said:

Another day, another person being socially executed by online strangers for a dumb mistake. 

It's really insane how those anonymous stan accounts react to that tweet.

Shows you everything what's wrong with social media and society.

 

[Cameltoe Chariot 14,541]

5 minutes ago, Not The Real Gaga said:

It's really insane how those anonymous stan accounts react to that tweet.

Shows you everything what's wrong with social media and society.

 

It honestly terrifies me how the internet has shaped people at this point. Everyone is so blood thirsty, righteous and IMMEDIATE with their reactions 

[Taco al pastor 36]

1 hour ago, Cameltoe Chariot said:

Calling someone who writes opinion pieces for Rolling Stone a "journalist" is hilarious 

That's what it says on his LinkedIn

Are you calling him a liar? 🤭

[AURAOFSHEISSE 6,515]

99% it was a white person who was offended by this… just like the majority of other “racism” accusations

[Rahrahbitchson 17,588]

I am not surprised by the people here who minimize or do not see a problem with this, because many people do not understand what racism implies, this boy is a clear example of what passive aggressive racism is, it is common sense and everyone knows that references to monkeys have always been used to offend black people, his intention was clear and he knew that it would be interpreted in this way when using that image to respond to a BLACK person, but once things got serious and his job is at risk so "it wasn't my intention" "I didn't mean to do it" BS, this is a daily thing, but since it's not a queer person he's offending, yall don't see the problem, if it was a comment doubtfully homophobic would still be doubtful? NO, you would be burning the person alive, but since it is towards a black person then we give him the benefit of the doubt "I don't think he did it intentionally" yall are probably just like him. 

[sarcamstic 1,558]

sorry but it’s literally a reaction image, like bffr 

 

also as much as i love abel, his acting in that clip was atrocious. i was excited for ‘the idol’ once upon a time, but after the sam levinson news & abel’s attitude towards the news, i’m kinda turned off. 

[AkariGaga 1,102]

1 hour ago, Fuffy said:

Another day, another person being socially executed by online strangers for a dumb mistake. 

So comparing black men to monkeys is a dumb mistake and people calling him out are the bad guys.