@CharlesMBlow should perhaps have considered the further implications of his tweet!?
Now I am a very open minded individual and accept pretty much any belief or creed or views and opinions but I do not accept violence!
Look at what @CharlesMBlow’s little tweet has escalated to so far!
H&M Stores Ransacked and Damaged in South Africa
I totally understand where he is coming from and don’t feel any feelings of contempt
for the man. I don’t even know him. I just think that we have to be very careful about the content that we decide to publish on today’s social media networks, given that there is more than enough hardship to go around in the world without sparking riots over what IMHO was not meant to incite racism! just a little tactless.
Yes I agree it probably was a little naieve and a little ignorant of H&M in the way that they chose to execute that particular item of clothing and I do not by any means condone complacency with regards to racial prejudice nor any form of prejudice!
It makes my blood boil when I think about the atrocities that have been visited upon all humanity regardless of social backgrounds, race, color or decree, faith or beliefs!
But for @CharlesMBlow to carelessly post a tweet like this without fully considering the global repercussions is just plain downright irresponsible! And lets face it when you put yourself out in the public eye which we all do now on a daily basis, then yes we must be very careful about what we say or rather what we write because once it’s on the internet, regardless of whether a Mod takes it down or not (and to be fair I haven’t seen a lot of that happening in the history of twitter or facebook or youtube or any other social platform) It will be retweeted and flung across to the farthest reaches of the planet before you can say the word “racist” and might just result in such actions as was recently seen in South Africa!
Whats next? Are we going to go and lynch every single entity that practices cruelty to animals, will Trump get strung up at the Gallows, will we smash up every single Security Robot just because we don’t agree with it patrolling our neighbourhood?Or heaven forbid some numpty presses the damn button like in Hawaii but next time on purpose because of ignorance!
Everyone just needs to calm the hell down and stop getting so worked up about stuff! Seriosuly! Like I have tweeted already, there is other atrocities that are far more offensive than a cute little boy in a hoody or that warrant our acute attention such as the state of Japan and the Pacific after Fukushima?! Seriously! get over yourselves! If everyone continues with these tweetishly knee-jerk reactions then we are no better than some “world leaders” who have unfortunately taken to this ridiculous platform for updates on the world’s state of affairs! Seriously? grow up!
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