Regular readers of Twitchy know John Ekdahl, and they love John Ekdahl. And now the inexplicably vast audience of E! News knows him too, as a mighty social justice warrior who stood up for Caitlyn Jenner against transphobic bully Bob Costas.
In case you hadn’t heard, Bob Costas called into the Dan Patrick Show on Tuesday and argued that Caitlyn Jenner should not have been awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at ESPN’s ESPY Awards, calling the move “a crass exploitation play.” Seeking an example of public outrage over Costas’ remarks, E! settled on this tweet by one Mr. John Ekdahl.
Disgusting and hateful thoughts from Bob Costas. He should be ashamed and maybe fired. #p2 http://t.co/Cy99EZCH5x
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) June 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/bitingtea/status/608772137650892801
It's only Wednesday, but I'm calling it: @JohnEkdahl won Twitter this week. Take Thurs/Fri off, everybody else.
— Scott Lincicome (@scottlincicome) June 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/608783667918462976
Exactly.
He tweeted this to "mock the perpetual outrage mob." @ENews showed it on TV as if he meant it. Now he's mocking them https://t.co/EWUTrA2yEr
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 10, 2015
@brianstelter @ENews @JohnEkdahl too meta, don't get it!
— katie rosman (@katierosman) June 10, 2015
Shouldn't he be given an Emmy and a walk down the red carpet for that?@brianstelter @JohnEkdahl @ENews
— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) June 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/ZeitgeistNow1/status/608784315191676928
@brianstelter @JohnEkdahl Can someone grab a rulebook? I think this means you get to add the letters "SJW" to the end of your name.
— Chris Hynes (@realchrishynes) June 10, 2015
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Awesome RT @JKirk777: @JohnEkdahl they implied you were the epitome of tolerance. You're a SJW hero now
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) June 10, 2015
Memo to E! News.
.@ENews I was mocking the perpetual outrage mob, you clowns.
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) June 10, 2015
OMG, E! *ONLY* used me to prove "social media backlash". No other examples. https://t.co/ncbmsp4Q8y
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) June 10, 2015
Kind of proves my point that E! was searching for outrage, only found me, and bit anyway, huh?
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) June 11, 2015
Why not? You do essentially speak for Twitter as a whole. Or should.
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/608785309334126592
https://twitter.com/bitingtea/status/608785536476532737
Time to settle in for a night of these.
@JohnEkdahl you are full of shit troublemaker. Costas said nothing disgusting or hateful but he did say nice things about @Caitlyn_Jenner
— Rev Dudeman (@Rev_Dudeman) June 10, 2015
https://twitter.com/JimRyals/status/608789084073414656
John Ekdahl — social justice warrior or disgusting and hateful fascist? Tomorrow night on E! News!
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