Internet talk of boycotting star wars over black character [View all]

[Liberal_in_LA]

While #BoycottStarWarsVII hardly qualifies as an organized movement, it’s certainly generating a ton of talk.


The hashtag appears to have been launched by Twitter users — commonly referred to as trolls — who are simply trying to get a rise out of people they perceive as social justice warriors, or “SJWs.” And their mission was accomplished, because the hashtag is the No. 2 trend worldwide, at the moment, since people started arguing against such a boycott without really caring where or how it started.


Here are a few of the trolls inciting the online riot:

Let’s get #BoycottStarWarsVII trending @DarklyEnlighten

– Lord Humungus (@DarklyEnlighten) October 19, 2015

#BoycottStarWarsVII because I am sick of muds being casted in white parts. #StopAppropriatingWhiteCulture — Lord Humungus (@DarklyEnlighten) October 19, 2015

#BoycottStarWarsVII because JJ Abram’s political correctness is a code word for anti-white. — End Cultural Marxism (@genophilia) October 19, 2015

#BoycottStarWarsVII If white people aren’t wanted in Star Wars, then our money must not be either. — Critical Spooking (@officialCritDis) October 19, 2015
http://m.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Twitter-Trolls-Start-BoycottStarWarsVII-Over-6578326.php