Ganzlinger
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We shouldn't give this people attention. We are just giving voice to idiots. (not criticizing the OP, though)
#BoycottStarWarsVII - people are super mad that SWVII has a nonwhite lead
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Palette Swap
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There are probably more posts in this thread than people supporting this dumb shit.
But yeah, that's the part where people should complain about outrage culture as they're so apt to do.
But yeah, that's the part where people should complain about outrage culture as they're so apt to do.
SenorArdilla
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Who is this character? I'm not really caught up with Star Wars lore.
BobTheFork
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Yeah so they couldn't tweet it but you could still get a news story out of it.
I'm sure this was coordinated by /tv/ users.
A small, very vocal group of white supremacist shitposters on that board are furious that John Boyega was cast, and are convinced that it's part of a Jewish plot to get white women to have sex with black men. I'm not kidding.
No one will know him until they watch the movie.
brandonh83
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Probably not. There's "news" stories out of this because they were enabled by social media.
Oh fuck this then. I'm off to throw tea in the ocean until they go running back to the Queen, just like I did when I found out General Grievous wasn't a real robot.
More Fun To Compute
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That sort of thing is normally covered by "shouting fire in a crowded theatre" sorts of categories. Incitement to racist action is exactly the same sort of public order problem no matter if the person doing it is racist or not.
The problem with seeing it purely as comedy is that comedy is subjective and a joke can easily be perceived to not be a joke by people who don't understand the full story. While a troll deliberately hopes that most people don't understand the full story for his own personal amusement.
Veritigo_X
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Conservative values are under attack from all directions!
Dr. Zoidberg
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My wife and I were talking about this last night. Lando was a pretty central character in ESB and ROTJ. Do they hate those movies? He wasn't the LEAD per se, but he was in them quite a bit. What difference does it make? The whole thing seems really stupid.
Much of this is really how people feel versus how much of it is just hyperbolic trolling or baiting?
Don't know a single person that I've talk to about this film the care is that all that one of the lead characters is black. Not a single word about that has ever come up.
A lot of those things really read like parodies of conservative extremism.
Don't know a single person that I've talk to about this film the care is that all that one of the lead characters is black. Not a single word about that has ever come up.
A lot of those things really read like parodies of conservative extremism.
Shpeshal Nick
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Really looking forward to this movie. I loved what Abrams did with Star Trek which was a franchise I had zero interest in previously. I'm not a massive Star Wars fan but this looks really cool.
Rastafarian42
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Let the salt flow.
ROTFLMAO!!!! #Perfection
LiquidSword
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ginger ninja
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What are the odds this started on 4chan ?
Edit: also I am gonna wait out until at least the first theater related shooting before I go see this. I know it's a scummy thing to say but such is that sad state of our country.
Edit: also I am gonna wait out until at least the first theater related shooting before I go see this. I know it's a scummy thing to say but such is that sad state of our country.
I want to agree with you, but some of the Twitter accounts I checked were really, really fucking racist. Pages upon pages of the most vile, racist shit you can imagine.
BobTheFork
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True but if a bunch of asshole back then had tried to picket, there would have been news. I don't remember anything but I was too young to understand the burden of the white people
one of the most perfect gifs ever!
uncelestial
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These people are serious? Fuck that pisses me off.
There has definitely been a racist reaction to John Boyega playing one of the leads, to the point Boyega told people to get used to it.
Oh God, I remember that post.
stufte
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Serious or not, your reaction is exactly what they want.
Gentleman Jack
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A good number of them aren't actually serious.
A precious selection of them are perfectly serious, or at least they're able to keep the kayfabe up for over a year if a casual perusal of their twitter feed is any indication.
This will never not be funny
I didn't know you were recording me after Fury Road!
CrunchyFrog
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Ahahahahaha, you can't be fucking serious with this shit
100% free advertising for the film.
Finn (John Boyega) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) are co-leads.
brandonh83
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True but if a bunch of asshole back then had tried to picket, there would have been news. I don't remember anything but I was too young to understand the burden of the white people
Well, there isn't a mob, just a few people who wouldn't make any real noise. If a bunch of people actually got out and ranted that'd be different
AstroNut325
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I came in the thread expecting some sort of joke or parody. WTF...
Seriously? We need more diversity in lead roles dang it!
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This has to be a troll. I refuse to believe otherwise! I mean... come on!
Seriously? We need more diversity in lead roles dang it!
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This has to be a troll. I refuse to believe otherwise! I mean... come on!
uncelestial
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Well, by now I would expect that the hashtag would be hijacked by the left. Or hell, not even the left, just people who aren't assholes. But the idea that there are people out there who won't watch a movie because it has a black lead is enraging, just because I hadn't considered someone would react that way. Like, open, proud racism. I thought racism was some thing people won't really own up to but participate in, usually subconsciously. Or say, "I'm not racist, but black people (stereotype here)." Not, "don't show me brown people. I can't even look at them." What the fuck, man.
I hope they are romantically involved in the movie. Implied sexy time would cause some people to melt down towards the earth's core.
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