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What is it about Twitter that makes people, particularly people in extremely visible positions that are hugely affected by public perception, always want to do and say things that look bad and then double-down on them over and over and over again?
I swear Twitter is the social media equivalent of alcohol mixed with a sense of invincibility. A tactless joke is one thing. Fine whatever.
The difference is the reaction TO the reaction. It's not just a case of him saying something tasteless and people not letting it go despite him apologizing or whatever. It's him doing something tasteless, refusing to apologize, patronizing and insulting people who were upset/offended, and generally behaving like a jerk about it.
People who can't handle a few choice words thrown their way are abjectly weak in my opinion. Not only should he not have taken such offense to their drivel (i.e. displayed his own weakness), but he also wasn't hurling threats, wasn't trying to start anything with anyone (which underlies the accusation of weakness I would hurl at those who got into a shouting match with him) - he was defending himself with words, because a bunch of OTHER PEOPLE were on the attack with words. What he said was in poor taste... tell him that and get on with your life. Don's pass it on to your friends and snicker together as you label him a misogynist and high-five one another like you just scored one for "society."
Um, I'm not sure that's what happened here. What's happened is people OBJECTED to the joke.
He was attacking other people for calling him out for saying something that offended people.
This seems like a double-standard. You seem to be fine with people objecting to something that is in poor taste - provided they keep quiet about it. And if a public figure, instead of acknowledging or apologizing for causing offense, starts to attack the people who objected to him and directly insulting them, those people should not respond because that makes them weak?
Give me a break. I already indicated that what he said was in poor taste, and that rebuking him for it (and then MOVING THE HELL ON) was justified. I said this. I did. Get it straight in your mind. So yes, people objecting to the joke is fine, but you tell him THAT. You don't start name-calling and trying to drag the person through the mud. Petty, insignificant, weak-minded, stupid, lame, moronic, pitiable. And this crap ISN'T "newsworthy." Not in the slightest. And yet here we all are... sharing some stupid tale of a whole bunch of dummies throwing words around like apes chest-thumping. Social media is mostly a set of dumpster fires, with people eating out of it as if it were a grand ol' barbecue.
Don't "draw a line", that's my take. Examine things on a case-by-case basis, make judgments and act accordingly. As it stands we have an idiotic culture that rewards "public outrage." As if any of us are so perfect with our usage of words, the jokes or things we say that pop into our minds. We call each other out - fine. But end it there.
I'm not even going to dignify your stupid ideas with much of a reply: I'm not a Trump supporter in the slightest.
Get over yourself Landon.
Elaborate.
