https://twitter.com/ellencarmichael/status/857713954080083968
Earlier today, Paul Ryan shared this photo of a meeting he had with childhood cancer survivors:
Advocacy is not limited to adults. These Wisconsin teens shared some powerful stories with me about their fight against childhood cancer. pic.twitter.com/VJ0eQDXu7U
— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) April 27, 2017
Director Joss Whedon didn’t see a sweet, inspirational moment so much as an opportunity to show what a flaming jackass he is:
https://twitter.com/joss/status/857728662551932928
You proud of yourself, jerk? Sexualizing young women isn’t enough for you? Your hatred for Paul Ryan runs so deep that you have to mock cancer survivors, too?
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/857732003420143616
https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/857731241805832192
those are children, man
— Beisan Zubi (@beisan) April 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/MichaelRWarren/status/857733089715515393
this is a really, really bad tweet https://t.co/iH9w4q3ozz
— Kyle Foley (@KFoleyFL) April 27, 2017
No idea what makes a person's mind go there when seeing that picture.
— BT (@back_ttys) April 27, 2017
That person being scum probably plays a significant role.
The left seems to be making a habit out of making fun of cancer survivors. https://t.co/ISvnnjtRsF
— BT (@back_ttys) April 27, 2017
Not a fan of cancer survivors, I take it?
— Happy Thanksgiving & Epstein Didn't Kill Himself (@drawandstrike) April 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/elisabethlehem/status/857740329050656768
https://twitter.com/JoePerticone/status/857736212441911296
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/857732107984142337
Not only are they kids but they're cancer survivors. JHC, @joss. Not a good look, dude. https://t.co/0tvAwoGAH9
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock aka Kimberly (@conkc2) April 27, 2017
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Liberals hero finds teens having cancer hilarious. pic.twitter.com/32SKV6jl9D
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) April 27, 2017
Another enlightened, compassionate progressive, making fun of teenage cancer survivors. Great example, @joss. https://t.co/YVdQJkVndo
— Robert Tracinski (@Tracinski) April 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/torriangray/status/857733978291265537
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/857740255054704642
https://twitter.com/bkerogers/status/857734373730398213
And today's award for "Most Asshattery Exhibited in a Single Tweet" goes to…
— CarolinaConservative (@1776CC) April 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/Dwarfclone/status/857733613647015936
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/857736561890349056
WTF is wrong with you? https://t.co/sWRjKMG8pN
— BT (@back_ttys) April 27, 2017
Wtf is wrong with you? Delete.
— lizbuddie (@lizbuddie) April 27, 2017
Dude…What the fuck is wrong with you? https://t.co/0tvAwoGAH9
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock aka Kimberly (@conkc2) April 27, 2017
Stay classy, Joss. https://t.co/PmR3rWjdC8
— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) April 27, 2017
https://twitter.com/FBillMcMorris/status/857747347710857217
https://twitter.com/molratty/status/857736974240804864
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/857741127855857667
These young women aspire to make the world a better place. Sadly this won't be the only degrading comment they hear on their journey.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) April 27, 2017
Sadly they probably won’t hear an apology from Whedon.
Maybe you don't think they're 10s, @joss, but while you were barfing up your next Mary Sue these kids were beating cancer. pic.twitter.com/YOH9qYBLZL
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) April 27, 2017
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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Update:
Believe it or not, there’s a whole other layer of awful here:
Good thing @joss isn't directing a film about a teenage female super hero or this attack on his prime audience might seem really idiotic.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 27, 2017
"Joss Whedon is the best person we can put in charge of teenage girl who overcomes a disability to become Batgirl"
"Watch this!" – @joss
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) April 27, 2017
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Update: Whedon eventually deleted the tweet after realizing it had “inadvertently” offended the wrong people. Is this the weakest “I’m sorry” ever to appear on social media?
So I tweeted something that inadvertently offended everyone except the people I was trying to offend. I'm sorry. I'll be quiet for a bit.
— Joss Whedon (@joss) April 28, 2017
In your defense, I'm sure that mocking the looks of teenage girls who survived cancer seemed smart at the time. https://t.co/nYOnia8OLj
— jon gabriel (@exjon) April 28, 2017
#LoveWins or something. https://t.co/z7TA3A7u8p
— Conservative Review (@CR) April 28, 2017
Joss Whedon's deleted the tweet.
Apparently the deluge of criticism from conservatives was meh, but Buzzfeed wrote a piece, sooo…
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) April 28, 2017
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