Leslie Jones fights back against racism on Twitter, It should accept been a blessed anniversary for Leslie Jones.
Crowned one of the new Ghostbusters, Jones abutting Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig in the reboot, which survived months of animadversion to yield the No. 2 atom at the box appointment endure weekend (almost assault out The Secret Life of Pets, which nudged ahead).
But abaft the Hollywood rollout was addition animal storm brewing on amusing media. On Monday, Jones began retweeting the ugly, racist abhorrence that has been advancing her way on Twitter. "You apperceive I'm gonna stop blocking (people) so y'all can go through my augment yourself and see (this). You will not accept the evil," she wrote. "It's (expletive) scary."
"I just don't understand," she wrote in acknowledgment to a cheep that compared her to an ape.
"Exposing," she wrote, putting the faceless trolls on blast. "I achievement y'all go afterwards them like they traveling afterwards me."
"It's like if you anticipate "ok I've accurate I'm worthy" again you get hit with a advertise of (hatred)," Jones wrote. "I'm numb...I'm not brainless to not apperceive racism exists. And I apperceive it will apparently reside on way afterwards me. But we accept to accomplish humans yield responsibility...for the abhorrence they (spew). We accept to angle up to it."
Ghostbusters administrator Paul Feig jumped to her defense. "Leslie Jones is one of the greatest humans I know. Any claimed attacks adjoin her are attacks adjoin us all," he wrote, as the hashtag #LoveForLeslieJ began trending on Twitter.
Many users asked why Twitter wasn't accomplishing added to adapt the abhorrent tweets aimed at Jones.
Jones addressed Twitter directly. "Twitter I accept you got chargeless accent I get it. But there has to be some guidelines if you let (hate) advance like that...It's not abundant to benumb Acct. They should be reported," Jones tweeted.
Twitter did not anon acknowledge to a appeal for comment.
After a day of angry back, Jones seemed defeated by Monday night. "I beggarly on my affliction day I can't anticipate of this blazon of abhorrence to put out," she wrote.
She added: "I use to admiration why some celebs don't accept Twitter (accounts) now I know. You can't be nice and acquaint with admirers could cause humans crazy."
"As abundant as you wish to thinks actors ain't animal I wish to accord you something to anticipate about. I plan off authentic affection for this game. I've never affirmation to be bigger or special. I just try to do my job as best as I can. Isn't that any of us yall. So Yea this hurts me!"
Crowned one of the new Ghostbusters, Jones abutting Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig in the reboot, which survived months of animadversion to yield the No. 2 atom at the box appointment endure weekend (almost assault out The Secret Life of Pets, which nudged ahead).
But abaft the Hollywood rollout was addition animal storm brewing on amusing media. On Monday, Jones began retweeting the ugly, racist abhorrence that has been advancing her way on Twitter. "You apperceive I'm gonna stop blocking (people) so y'all can go through my augment yourself and see (this). You will not accept the evil," she wrote. "It's (expletive) scary."
"I just don't understand," she wrote in acknowledgment to a cheep that compared her to an ape.
"Exposing," she wrote, putting the faceless trolls on blast. "I achievement y'all go afterwards them like they traveling afterwards me."
"It's like if you anticipate "ok I've accurate I'm worthy" again you get hit with a advertise of (hatred)," Jones wrote. "I'm numb...I'm not brainless to not apperceive racism exists. And I apperceive it will apparently reside on way afterwards me. But we accept to accomplish humans yield responsibility...for the abhorrence they (spew). We accept to angle up to it."
Ghostbusters administrator Paul Feig jumped to her defense. "Leslie Jones is one of the greatest humans I know. Any claimed attacks adjoin her are attacks adjoin us all," he wrote, as the hashtag #LoveForLeslieJ began trending on Twitter.
Many users asked why Twitter wasn't accomplishing added to adapt the abhorrent tweets aimed at Jones.
Jones addressed Twitter directly. "Twitter I accept you got chargeless accent I get it. But there has to be some guidelines if you let (hate) advance like that...It's not abundant to benumb Acct. They should be reported," Jones tweeted.
Twitter did not anon acknowledge to a appeal for comment.
After a day of angry back, Jones seemed defeated by Monday night. "I beggarly on my affliction day I can't anticipate of this blazon of abhorrence to put out," she wrote.
She added: "I use to admiration why some celebs don't accept Twitter (accounts) now I know. You can't be nice and acquaint with admirers could cause humans crazy."
"As abundant as you wish to thinks actors ain't animal I wish to accord you something to anticipate about. I plan off authentic affection for this game. I've never affirmation to be bigger or special. I just try to do my job as best as I can. Isn't that any of us yall. So Yea this hurts me!"
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