djBuffoon 12,191 Posted Saturday at 01:58 PM Share Posted Saturday at 01:58 PM (edited) Leading up to the release of Stranger Things season 5, I noticed a trend re: Noah “Will Byers” Schnapp. For every dozen positive/neutral posts, two or three would call him something horrible names, “baby killer”, “genocide supporter”, “Zionist”, etc. Someone on this very board called him a fascist. None of that squared with my impressions of him, so what tf was going on? https://www.tumblr.com/hawkins-batman/785325029548261376/lets-talk-about-noah-schnapp I went down the rabbit hole, and found this Tumblr post - with all the receipts. It all clicked. Whether you’re a fan of Noah or the show isn’t the point - it’s about how online discourse can twist things into total misrepresentation very quickly. Genuinely disturbing in parts, but worth reading. EDIT: Just to be clear, I support a free Palestine, and I support activism. What I don’t support is defamation, character assassination, and unjustified bullying. Edited Saturday at 04:01 PM by djBuffoon 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepsami 19,919 Posted Saturday at 02:02 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:02 PM People genuinely just need to get a hobby 11 1 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,191 Posted Saturday at 02:13 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 02:13 PM 10 minutes ago, Sepsami said: People genuinely just need to get a hobby That is facts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NemoMyName 1,597 Posted Saturday at 02:18 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:18 PM c'mon It's twitter!!! you can be a bully, bigot and do death threats as long it fits certain side or narrative. 3 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Breast 2,727 Posted Saturday at 02:20 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:20 PM "After the October 7 attacks, Noah called out his followers who showed support for Hamas. He then was seen laughing with friends holding up signs and stickers that read 'Zionism is sexy.' " He has apologized though, so it's mostly just people being out of the loop doner 1 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,191 Posted Saturday at 02:21 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 02:21 PM 2 minutes ago, NemoMyName said: c'mon It's twitter!!! you can be a bully, bigot and do death threats as long it fits certain side or narrative. That was my biggest takeaway. Even if Noah was everything that has been claimed, how do death/SA threats and fake headlines help anyone? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,191 Posted Saturday at 02:24 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 02:24 PM 1 minute ago, The Breast said: "After the October 7 attacks, Noah called out his followers who showed support for Hamas. He then was seen laughing with friends holding up signs and stickers that read 'Zionism is sexy.' " He has apologized though, so it's mostly just people being out of the loop The activists wanted a specific script from that apology. Noah spoke from the heart, and despite being pro-Palestine in spirit, he still supports genocide in their eyes. It’s wild. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decodekid 29,373 Posted Saturday at 02:41 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:41 PM I’d love to see what these people are doing for Palestine besides fighting with user_xyz Long Live Gretchen 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,191 Posted Saturday at 02:48 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 02:48 PM 6 minutes ago, Decodekid said: I’d love to see what these people are doing for Palestine besides fighting with user_xyz Honestly, if I had to guess, absolutely nothing. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdrake 1,424 Posted Saturday at 02:55 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:55 PM anyone wishing harm on him is messed up in the head 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,191 Posted Saturday at 03:16 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 03:16 PM 20 minutes ago, timdrake said: anyone wishing harm on him is messed up in the head On Threads the other week, around 2.5k people shared a fake headline claiming that he compared ICE to Hamas… I genuinely think these people, whoever they are, want him harmed. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timdrake 1,424 Posted Saturday at 03:29 PM Share Posted Saturday at 03:29 PM 12 minutes ago, djBuffoon said: On Threads the other week, around 2.5k people shared a fake headline claiming that he compared ICE to Hamas… I genuinely think these people, whoever they are, want him harmed. that’s so messed up like, what do these people gain from this Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
djBuffoon 12,191 Posted Saturday at 03:41 PM Author Share Posted Saturday at 03:41 PM 10 minutes ago, timdrake said: that’s so messed up like, what do these people gain from this It’s sick. And the most twisted part, a lot of these folks are his generation. They know how impossible it is to retract a fake narrative once it’s caught on, and they do it anyway. No consequences. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimotheeChalamet 6,534 Posted Saturday at 03:50 PM Share Posted Saturday at 03:50 PM 19 minutes ago, timdrake said: like, what do these people gain from this 15 minutes of engagement and relief from their own miserable lives 5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheARTPOPball 1,017 Posted Saturday at 04:35 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:35 PM I’m sick of every day being a new controversy I want to delete all of social media atp 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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