Mouth-foaming misogynist actor Alec Baldwin bid farewell to Twitter (again) after unleashing a torrent of violent, anti-gay hate on a Daily Mail writer this week. On Friday, he explained that in his culture, “toxic little queen” doesn’t mean what you think it means and there was no “homophobic connotation” in suggesting his target would enjoy a foot inserted where the sun don’t shine.
Baldwin’s wife, Hilaria, insisted Alec couldn’t possibly have used anti-gay slurs because “almost all of my best friends are gay.” (Flashback: When Baldwin was accused of a racist rant, he played the “some of my best grants are black” card.)
GLAAD finally weighed in, offering Baldwin a “Get Out of Homophobia Jail Free” card because, as TMZ put it, “we’re starf**kers.” But once again, Capital One’s pitiful PR machine has remained mum on its pitchman’s bigoted meltdown.
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/statuses/350781233694904320
https://twitter.com/GOPfashionista/statuses/350778375343841280
Wow, looks as if @CapitalOne is cool with gay slurs.
— Marian (@singlemaltgal) June 29, 2013
Why do you hate gay people, @CapitalOne? #AskCapitalOne
— China is lying (@jtLOL) June 29, 2013
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/statuses/350782606566096897
Way to go, Capital One!
Whoever's in charge of @CapitalOne's communications strategy should be fired. You don't ignore the Alec Baldwin fiasco.
— Angela (@AngelaKG) June 29, 2013
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When you have a social media presence as @CapitalOne does, it's poor business to be silent when your spokesman melts down.
— Angela (@AngelaKG) June 29, 2013
You can't stick your head in the social media sand, @CapitalOne. Release a statement on Alec Baldwin.
— Angela (@AngelaKG) June 29, 2013
Near as I can tell, @CapitalOne's communications strategy is: If we pretend nothing happened, it didn't. Good luck with that.
— Angela (@AngelaKG) June 29, 2013
But since Capital One does have a social media presence, the Twitterverse isn’t about to let it go to waste. Capital One tweets questions, Twitter users respond with mockery:
http://twitter.com/seanagnew/statuses/350779596272181250
http://twitter.com/GOPfashionista/statuses/350779930730172416
http://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/statuses/350780370205155328
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/statuses/350778906506309632
Others suggest new slogans for the conspicuously silent Capital One.
http://twitter.com/JayCaruso/statuses/350777978411683840
http://twitter.com/CAAmyO/statuses/350778246553538561
http://twitter.com/JayCaruso/statuses/350778360491806720
https://twitter.com/rachelveronica/status/350779653767704576
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/350780524782039042
https://twitter.com/RightWingNerd/status/350783924328349697
Parting thoughts for the flack behind the Capital One Twitter account:
Goodnight to the intern in charge of the @CapitalOne Twitter account. Think about Alec Baldwin's salary compared to yours. Why defend him?
— China is lying (@jtLOL) June 29, 2013
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