Sunday, July 24, 2011
#blamethemuslims – definition of a trend
#blamethemuslims – definition of a trend: "#blamethemuslims is trending hard on twitter right now, but the majority of people who are using the hashtag don’t know why it started. Strange_Sanum was the first one to use the tag in a series of satirical, lighthearted tweets, which included the following: ‘Spilled beer down your shirt? Blame the Muslims. England losing the World Cup? Blame the Muslims. Your wife left you? Blame the Muslims.‘ ‘My internet is slow #blamethemuslims‘ and (my favourite) – ‘ ‘Wheres your homework?’ ‘I made it into a paper aeroplane and it got hijacked.’ #blamethemuslims’..."
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For once there is #blamethemuslims and it isn't something nutty. I saw that trending, and I thought it was hate speech, so I avoided it. Boy, was I wrong.
I was curious because it was trending all day. I'm glad it wasn't hate speech and that she was just trying to make a point. She did get a lot of hate tweets over it though :/
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