Imagine being so sensitive that a single tweet from a man whose father’s severed head you held up as a ‘joke’ could cause you to meltdown and write a pathetic and crazy long thread on Twitter.
Ok, maybe don’t imagine that, because then you’d be Kathy Griffin and nobody wants that.
This is a seriously long and truly pathetic thread … eat your Wheaties before reading the whole thing.
A) This morning, Don Jr. retweeted this tweet which contains a video of a Pizzagate/QaNON guy screaming at me at my show in Philadelphia over the weekend. I am sick and tired of talking about this, but I have no choice because every time they do this it impacts my life/career. pic.twitter.com/Fy7fduHSfL
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
She’s so sick and tired of talking about it she keeps talking about it.
K.
B) I am a comic who posted a photo some people took issue with. That does not mean I should be subject to this kind of harassment. I now have to have security guards wand my fans as they're entering my shows…I'm not a head of state/pres candidate, I shouldn't have to do this
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Some people took issue with? SOME PEOPLE? Kathy, you posted a picture of yourself holding the severed and bloody head of the president.
Some people.
Holy crap.
C) This kind of harassment is coordinated and then puts the subject through (in this case me) what I call the Trump wood chipper. The death threats will ramp up again, people in the business will be more hesitant to hire me, and Trump/QaNon people will continue to harass my mom.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Perhaps folks are hesitant to hire Kathy because she held up the bloodied, severed head of the president.
Just sayin’.
D) I don't care that Don Jr isn't a government official, he represents his dad in his actions. Everything is coordinated with these people. He serves as a proxy for his dad constantly. Spreading around a tweet about a horrible subject like pedophilia is dangerous and libelous.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Here we go … everyone roll your eyes with us.
E) And as you can see here, the guy who interrupted my show is delighted by Don Jr's retweet. So by retweeting, Don Jr. has told people like this guy that what he's doing is OK and encouraged them to continue engaging in this behavior. pic.twitter.com/6HQexJzlQN
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Boo hoo.
Poor Kathy.
F) And these people have fired up the worst of the worst QaNon people who push this false narrative and make venues/studios/production companies nervous about working with me. Like this woman who has made it her mission to say random celebrities are pedophiles. pic.twitter.com/tyxcPJwZFX
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Well some random celebrities are.
G) Hate tweeting about this stuff, but every time these people flood me with threats, I don't have any high profile people to defend me and the impact on my life is real…this is all for a damn picture. Because they didn't like a picture. No citizen should have to deal with this
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Remember, she hates tweeting about this stuff.
H) My message to Don Jr: Keep trying me motherfucker…keep doing this…you may think I will back down but I won't. I have put too much into my life and I know that if I back down I will be letting down all of the women you and your father have targeted for harassment.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Oooh, now she’s all tough.
I) And no matter what they say, this is all about gender…it's something that the right loves focusing on…female comedians. And it's the kind of harassment @iamwandasykes @chelseahandler @SarahKSilverman have had to deal with.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
IT’S NOT ABOUT GENDER.
The only people making this about gender are harpies like Kathy.
J) What's the end game GOP/Pizzgate/QAnon people? You want me shot? Is that what you want? Will that satisfy you? The kind of wood chipper I keep being put through will eventually lead to that unless people stand up. And then will people pay attention?
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Wow.
K) When @iamwandasykes was harassed by Trump supporters at her show, what was their goal/intent? When Trump folks call @SarahKSilverman a pedophile (she's not) in an effort to destroy her…what's their goal/intent? When they attack @chelseahandler..what's their goal/intent?
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Oh we dunno, maybe to defend themselves from the constant onslaught from all of you?
L) They want to destroy women comics…there are few things as intimidating for misogynistic men as women who tell jokes that make people laugh at them. It shames them, it's embarrassing for them. And that is the price we as women comics have to pay for daring to do what we love.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Nope.
M) One of the things that people don't realize is after the first or second day of news around a controversial joke…or in my case the Trump photo…the harassment and threats continue. Just because the story is out of the news doesn't mean the hell of the Trump machine ends.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
If you can’t deal with the heat get out of the kitchen.
N) This has happened to ordinary citizens who tell offensive jokes or mag/newspaper staffers who have made an error they've apologized for. They are flooded with threats and attacks that no person can take on by themselves. And this keeps happening and we do virtually nothing
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
*cue those tiny violins*
O) And one day it's going to get someone hurt. I'm shocked that it hasn't. Going around and calling people pedophiles/pedophile enablers can get people shot and the president's son thought it was just perfect to retweet that given his platform.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Someone did get hurt, Kathy. The name Steve Scalise ring any bells, ding-a-ling?
P) Remember the guy who went to the pizza parlor and shot his gun (thankfully no one was hurt). In a nation of over 300 million people, you don't think there's one other nut that believes this BS?
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Q) And as I've said before, Don Jr. using his massive platform to go after women comics and other people he has decided to hate, a platform backed up by the most powerful office in he world, is an absolute abuse of power. Can you imagine Jenna or Barbara Bush doing this?
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
OMG.
Speaking of using a massive platform to go after someone, remember when Kathy used her massive platform to target Andrea Ruth? We do.
R) So the Pizzagate/QAnon guy who harassed me at my show over the weekend…he basically does this for a living and Don Jr. just made him famous. He has harassed the Clintons in the past and has now setup a @gofundme to raise funds so he can harass them during their speaking tour pic.twitter.com/tsnKqkZRA9
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
S) So Don Jr. just made a Pizzagate/QAnon guy famous who spends his time harassing people who don't hold government office and who give speeches and tell jokes. I don't agree with 99% of what George W. Bush/Laura Bush stand for but I wouldn't want this to happen to them either.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
T) Think about how much this sort of behavior has been normalized. There has always been a fringe in this country, but Don Jr, serving as a proxy for his dad, has brought this up to the surface over and over again and given these people the legitimacy they are desperate for.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
U) I've said this before, after the Trump photo one of my biggest regrets was not mobilizing an army of support. I need it, I can't do this alone.
Please text KATHY to 345345 and join my list.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) October 9, 2018
Editor’s note, there are a few other tweets on this thread but it’s just Kathy pushing merch and trying to get folks to attend her lame show SO we left those out. No reason to give her free advertising.
You posted a picture of yourself holding the "severed head" of the @POTUS I know this is difficult for liberals such as yourself, but try TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS. Had that been @DennisDMZ and Obama's head, he'd of been arrested by the secret service #tcot #maga
— Captain America (@teamamerica2016) October 9, 2018
But SHE’S the victim!
Kathy and her crazy thread privilege.
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