Editor’s note: This post contains tweets that some may find offensive.
Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens has a racist troll up in arms because of the diverse cast. A twitter user, who obviously never knew Darth Vader was voiced by a black man or never paid attention to the luxurious waves in Lando Calrissian’s hair, complained that the movie is anti-white.
https://twitter.com/genophilia/status/656072153838710784
#BoycottStarWarsVII became a trending topic because of a troll with too much time on his hands and obviously nothing better to do.
But the interesting thing about the hashtag is that it didn’t trend because other people were in agreement with him, but because most people were like, “What the f—k, dude?”
https://twitter.com/SimonInDJungle/status/656182240280449029
The funniest responses to the troll pointed out that maybe he should just stay home and not bother watching the movie. As well as also pointing out things like:
https://twitter.com/PiaGlenn/status/656192718742429696
Trolls are gonna troll. It’s the nature of the Internet. I’m quite sure he’s already purchased his ticket for the movie.
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