'Is THIS where we're at?' Actor Vincent D'Onofrio's pre-emptive caving to the Outrage Mob is just plain 'SAD'

The Outrage Mob can be nasty as hell, so it’s no surprise that some people want to try to get out in front of it.

Still, this tweet from actor Vincent D’Onofrio is a pretty damning indicator of the pathetic state of things right now:

https://twitter.com/vincentdonofrio/status/1028240614863695873

He’s literally asking his Twitter followers if it’s OK for him to pretend to be an awful person on TV.

When you're so paralyzed by fear of mob outrage that you ask Twitter for permission to play a bad person on TV. pic.twitter.com/VDHcD7tppl

— neontaster (@neontaster) August 12, 2018

Welcome to 2018 where actors are so afraid of Internet Hate mobs they have to ask permission from their audience to play a certain character

— Satsu2Undersubbed (@Satsu2Cents) August 12, 2018

Unreal.

Sigh

— Arthur Normanson ??? (@artstop) August 12, 2018

as someone who follows this guy this whole thread is heartbreaking
and disappointing

— ?Bad Rabbit? (@MyBadRabbit) August 12, 2018

No kidding:

https://twitter.com/Mario__2D/status/1028804005512863744

It’s never enough. The outrage mob won’t rest until they’ve got everyone’s head on a pike.

Dude, the fact that he even had to ask…

— AnnaZ (@AnnaZ) August 12, 2018

'Is THIS where we're at?' Actor Vincent D'Onofrio's pre-emptive caving to the Outrage Mob is just plain 'SAD'

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