Dave Chappelle said it well about his cancellation on Twitter when the trans community came for him after his special “Sticks and Stones.”
“I don’t give a f**k because Twitter is not a real place,” said the comedian.
He’s right. We do consider Twitter to be the new public square to a dangerous degree, but as we mature in our relationship with the internet we should probably learn the valuable lesson that conversations that are had through anonymity and distance aren’t going to ever be truly honest ones.
Many people online try to be more dramatic in their views in an attempt to increase attention and retweets. Are people really that mad at Chappelle? Or are they simply jumping on to a bandwagon in an attempt to get retweets and recognition.
What does it all mean in the end?
Twitter is filled with people who don’t know you making surface-level assumptions about your entire character and hating or loving you based on a handful of characters you posted alongside an avatar that may or may not be you. It’s very silly when you really think about it.
You can even make it more ridiculous when you look at who runs Twitter. It’s dominated and infested with hard-leftists who actively censor speech through bans, suspensions, and shadowbans. It is now less likely to be right-leaning on this platform than it was years ago. This could be due to fewer legitimate users being booted because of unfair reasons. This includes people like meme-maker Carpe Donktum, Project Veritas and James O’Keefe, and of course, President Donald Trump.
These suspensions and shadow bans here and there over the course of years has made Twitter tip to one side in terms of majority opinion and then we make the mistake of believing that Twitter is where we as a society come together to discuss things and decide what is and isn’t popular in our society.
Consider, for example, how hateful Chris Pratt is.
Pratt went from the most beloved actor in Hollywood to one of the most hated so fast it’d make your head spin.
He did he ever kick a puppy. He spoke fondly about Hitler. Did he have photos of him in a hot tub with both Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein (who didn’t kill himself) get released by a girl who was an eye witness to Pratt doing some of the worst things our society has ever seen?
It’s not true.
Pratt is an honest and open Christian, an American patriot with respect for our military, and a man who doesn’t take the outrage of the mob seriously.
That’s enough to send Twitter into coniption fits about him and make outrageous claims about his stances and views. Any time news breaks that he landed a new part, Twitter seems to react with no shortage of hatred and bile is spewed at him in torrents, all of whom claim they hate him because he’s a bad guy.
It’s not a sentiment his co-stars or directors he’s worked with share.
Media outlets then pick up the story and create the myth that America loves to hate Chris Pratt. If that narrative becomes mainstream then perhaps Hollywood won’t touch him anymore and that’ll be one less white Christian male who likes America on the world’s largest platform.
But Twitter isn’t a real place. It’s a biased mess of anonymous attention seekers trying to make the opinion they got from everyone else be the one that’s heard above all. Bad information is being spread by the media based upon bad intentions.
Let’s look at the facts.
With the majority of Chris Pratt films being box office successes, people flock to his movies. With almost $4Billion in domestic box office earnings, Pratt ranks eleventh. He also ranks eighth internationally with more than $6Billion.
Let’s compare him to someone Twitter absolutely adores, fellow Marvel actress Brie Larson. She’s everything Twitter needs her to be. She’s a feminist, social justice advocate, and leftist drone.
But if she does appear in a movie people are likely to ignore her. She ranks 111th nationally at $1.5 billion for a leading part.
Simple. Larson is toxic for everyone except the Twitter-trained seals. Pratt is still a magnet for people. He’s loved both on and off screen. He’s talented and personable, and it’s why studios continue to seek him out for important roles, including Nintendo’s frontman Mario and Sunday funny favorite Garfield, which have sent many a Twitter user into a tantrum.
Who cares? Let them scream and flail in a digital space where you may find yourself censored for uttering phrases such as “men aren’t women.” Chappelle is right. Twitter isn’t a real place.
Can’t wait to see Pratt as Mario.
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