Gold’s Gym Being Harassed On Twitter Over Photos Of The Charleston Shooting Suspect

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  • Gingersnap
    Resident stylistic consultant
    • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
    • 24058
    #1

    Gold’s Gym Being Harassed On Twitter Over Photos Of The Charleston Shooting Suspect

    Gold’s Gym Is Being Harassed On Twitter Over Photos Of The Charleston Shooting Suspect
    And wants you to please stop tweeting them.

    posted on Jun. 21, 2015, at 2:07 p.m.

    Stephanie McNeal
    BuzzFeed News Reporter

    On Saturday, a racist online manifesto that appears to belong to the suspect in the Charleston church massacre was uncovered.

    The website, called The Last Rhodesian, purports to detail the racist thoughts of 21-year-old Dylann Roof.

    The website promotes the hatred of Latinos, blacks, and Jews, with the writer saying he has “no choice” but to react with violence. The FBI is investigating the website’s authenticity. The website also features several photos of Roof doing things such as burning the American flag. In some of the photos, he is wearing a tank top from Gold’s Gym,

    Since the pictures have been released, people have been directing anger or sarcasm at Gold’s Gym online.

    One of the first people to notice the Twitter backlash was writer Joe Veix.

    Some people are saying/joking the gym has performed a marketing stunt…

    While others are saying the gym is receiving “free advertising.”

    Others say they will cancel their Gold’s Gym membership in protest.

    Some users even believed Roof was a “spokesman” for the gym.
    Tweets and pix at the link.

    This crap has to stop. The collective IQ of the keyboard warrior class has never been high but it's dropped about 50 points over the past few months. This 'guilt by association' stuff is a cancer.

    Buzzfeed
    "Alexa, slaughter the fatted calf."
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    • Frostbit
      But only once
      • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
      • 22330
      #2
      Originally posted by Gingersnap View Post
      Tweets and pix at the link.

      This crap has to stop. The collective IQ of the keyboard warrior class has never been high but it's dropped about 50 points over the past few months. This 'guilt by association' stuff is a cancer.

      Buzzfeed

      One look at the pictures and it's obvious he spent a lot of time at a Gold's Gym.
      If it pays, it stays

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        • Michele
          Senior Member
          • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
          • 13964
          #3
          Originally posted by Gingersnap View Post
          Tweets and pix at the link.

          This crap has to stop. The collective IQ of the keyboard warrior class has never been high but it's dropped about 50 points over the past few months. This 'guilt by association' stuff is a cancer.

          Buzzfeed
          May we raise children who love the unloved things - the dandelion, the worm, the spiderlings.
          Children who sense the rose needs the thorn and run into rainswept days the same way they turn towards the sun...
          And when they're grown and someone has to speak for those who have no voice,
          may they draw upon that wilder bond, those days of tending tender things and be the one.

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            • Celeste Chalfonte
              apostate
              • Saturday, October 5, 2013
              • 27897
              #4
              Originally posted by Michele View Post
              Since Dericka puts her photo out there for the world to see, maybe someone should show her how difficult it is to control your "brand." Maybe photoshop a picture of her face onto the t-shirt Roof is wearing in the media photo....
              "Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)

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                • Adam
                  The way to a woman's heart is through her taste buds.
                  • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                  • 16885
                  #5
                  Stupid on parade.
                  It's been ten years since that lonely day I left you
                  In the morning rain, smoking gun in hand
                  Ten lonely years but how my heart, it still remembers
                  Pray for me, momma, I'm a gypsy now

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                    • Norm dePlume
                      Err foil
                      • Tuesday, October 22, 2013
                      • 14904
                      #6
                      Twitter is where the skinny nerds kick sand in the bodybuilders' faces.
                      Enjoy.

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                        • Celeste Chalfonte
                          apostate
                          • Saturday, October 5, 2013
                          • 27897
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Norm dePlume View Post
                          Twitter is where the skinny nerds kick sand in the bodybuilders' faces.
                          "Since the historic ruling, the Lovings have become icons for equality. Mildred released a statement on the 40th anniversary of the ruling in 2007: 'I am proud that Richard’s and my name is on a court case that can help reinforce the love, the commitment, the fairness, and the family that so many people, Black or white, young or old, gay or straight, seek in life. I support the freedom to marry for all. That’s what Loving, and loving, are all about.'." - Mildred Loving (Loving v. Virginia)

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                            • Gingersnap
                              Resident stylistic consultant
                              • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                              • 24058
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Norm dePlume View Post
                              Twitter is where the skinny nerds kick sand in the bodybuilders' faces.
                              I wish. Actually it's where the taste-makers bully the normal people. Sadly.
                              "Alexa, slaughter the fatted calf."

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                                • Lanie
                                  Finally have my self respect.
                                  • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
                                  • 4829
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Gingersnap View Post
                                  Tweets and pix at the link.

                                  This crap has to stop. The collective IQ of the keyboard warrior class has never been high but it's dropped about 50 points over the past few months. This 'guilt by association' stuff is a cancer.

                                  Buzzfeed
                                  People are ignorant.

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