For one Twitter sucks because it’s used by a bunch of racists.
For another it sucks because it’s run by a bunch of people that don’t give a s**t about racism apparently.
Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones has been pretty much getting tortured by racists on Twitter since the film dropped and she’s started sharing the tweets in the hopes of it ending. Honestly, I haven’t seen the new Ghostbusters movie. I can’t personally vouch for whether it’s any good or not. However, no one is even talking about the film. They are just tweeting out hate speech like this fucked up s**t.
I just don't understand pic.twitter.com/N9xWoXPttu
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 18, 2016
Like holy s**t. And then there’s also this.
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 18, 2016
Oh my god. And Twitter wouldn’t do s**t. In fact, it took multiple pleas from Leslie Jones and a whole mess of celebrities and public figures to get Twitter’s staff to even notice.
Twitter I understand you got free speech I get it. But there has to be some guidelines when you let spread like that. You can see on the
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
Yeah, Twitter’s staff initially tried to play the free speech card.
You tell them Lorde.
.@paulfeig @Lesdoggg hang in there, leslie. pic.twitter.com/kknSNn6lJQ
— Monica Lewinsky (she/her) (@MonicaLewinsky) July 19, 2016
Thousands of people are rallying around her using the hashtag #LoveForLeslieJ and it’s good to see that in this country of racists there’s like at least 5 ok white people.
She is a lovely, kind, funny person. She does not deserve this. Nobody does. But it keeps happening. #LoveForLeslieJ
— Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) July 19, 2016
Matilda is right.
Unacceptable. You are so loved. Stand back up this morning and feel it. #LoveforLeslieJ https://t.co/w7K2X3x2Xw
— kaitlin olson (@KaitlinOlson) July 19, 2016
Hundreds have rallied behind her, even calling on Twitter to get their s**t together.
Twitter eventually addressed it, claiming that they are doing their best and often rely on people to report offensive accounts to them. Leslie Jones ended the day with a heartbreaking series of tweets, like this one.
I feel like I'm in a personal hell. I didn't do anything to deserve this. It's just too much. It shouldn't be like this. So hurt right now.
— Leslie Jones 🦋 (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016
To hell with all these pig fucking cousin humping inbred racists. It’s not 1850 guys.
“It’s good to see in this land of racists there’s like 5 ok white people…” Yeah Isadorah, as this line in your piece clearly shows – just white people are racist.
FFS, if you’re going to quote someone, at least do it right.
“…it’s good to see that in this country of racists there’s like at least 5 ok white people.
lol – blah, details
Boo fucking whoooooooo she can dish but can’t take. Blacks are turning out to be a bunch of fucking sissies. But wait… sissy white lefties will back you up. You fuckers started this s**t and now that the normal people in the US have had enough you call foul. WELL F**K YOU AND EAT A MONKEY DICK YOU PUSSY FUCKS