Perhaps one of the most deserving and talented comediennes of them all and my all time favorite Leslie Jones was a victim of racial insensitivity on twitter a few days ago. Led by of course conservative Milo Yinnapoulos which led to his ban by twitter and rightfully so.
The abuse that Leslie Jones faced was so awful that she has temporarily stopped the use of her twitter and who can blame her. Using free speech as a tool to attack others never has and never will be okay.As a matter of fact that excuse has become such a cliche and is so overused in today's society especially when people want to justify their horrible actions.
The hashtag #freenero also trended for more than twelve hours on twitter following the ban of Mr Yinnapolous. This is one of the more ridiculous things to trend on twitter of course. People argued that his ban was an attack on free speech, forgetting that twitter is a private company and that freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.
I will not be posting any of the tweets by Nero or his followers towards Leslie Jones because they are truly disgusting and horrifying. This is a woman who worked hard on a movie, you did not enjoy said movie once it was released and then the appropriate thing would be to attack this woman. Calling her everything from a black guy to an ape, no spare thought for her feelings. Sometimes I think we forget that celebrities are people too and with feelings.
I hope for twitter it is the first step towards shutting down accounts that exist just for trolling and bullying people online. Online bullying is a serious problem, not just on twitter but on other social media as well, Facebook, Instagram and the likes.
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