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Oh, humanity.
Hours before the release of the new, eagerly anticipated trailer for Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, a group of ‘fans’ of the franchise have been urging others to boycott the series.
The phrase #BoycottStarWarsVII began trending heavily on Twitter and a depressing foray into the hashtag revealed that a small minority of people are not happy with the inclusion of John Boyega in the film.
One small mercy is that the majority of the tweets in the hashtag are actually calling out the trend for its bigotry, but it still contains mind boggling comments that make us simply want to leave this planet and head to a galaxy far, far away. Or perhaps send the tweeters to it.
These are just some of the tweets from those planning to relieve us of their presence in the cinemas in December:
Thankfully, the root of the hashtag is now difficult to find – the trend is now awash with those who are counter-trolling the racist comments and pointing out the major flaws in the stance.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens releases on 17th December, for those of us who aren’t boycotting it.
Oh, humanity.
Hours before the release of the new, eagerly anticipated trailer for Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens, a group of ‘fans’ of the franchise have been urging others to boycott the series.
The phrase #BoycottStarWarsVII began trending heavily on Twitter and a depressing foray into the hashtag revealed that a small minority of people are not happy with the inclusion of John Boyega in the film.
One small mercy is that the majority of the tweets in the hashtag are actually calling out the trend for its bigotry, but it still contains mind boggling comments that make us simply want to leave this planet and head to a galaxy far, far away. Or perhaps send the tweeters to it.
These are just some of the tweets from those planning to relieve us of their presence in the cinemas in December:
Thankfully, the root of the hashtag is now difficult to find – the trend is now awash with those who are counter-trolling the racist comments and pointing out the major flaws in the stance.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens releases on 17th December, for those of us who aren’t boycotting it.
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