Best Twitter Reactions to BuzzFeed Employee Tweeting Gay Group, “Suck My D*ck”
It was the tweet heard ’round the world. BuzzFeed Senior Copywriter, Josh Fjelstad, vulgarly tweeted for a gay conservative Republican group to “suck his dick.” Fjelstad dug his heels in then later deleting the tweet. BuzzFeed employees should know that scrubbing the internet and not apologizing only makes it worse.
We decided to round up some of the reactions:
Chris Barron is a Co-Founder and the Board Chairman Emeritus of GOProud.
cc @buzzfeedben RT @joshfjelstad: WOW GOPROUD FINALLY CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE. SO PROGRESSIVE. SO PROUD OF YOU. SUCK MY DICK
— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 18, 2013
If a senior copywriter at FOX News had told a pro-gay group to "suck his dick" the left would demand he was fired twitter.com/joshfjelstad/s…
— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) January 18, 2013
@buzzfeedben Doesn't @joshfjelstad work for you, so by extension that disgusting tweet is your product? Why are you remaining quiet on this?
— #IAmAndrewBreitbart(@RichardRSmithJr) January 19, 2013
Bruce Carroll, aka GayPatriot, sits on the Board of GOProud.
#ThingsIWouldRatherDoThanGoToObamasInauguration Suck @joshfjelstad's dick.
— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) January 19, 2013
@ali I was under the impression that @joshfjelstad has a condition known as "micro penis". So this is probably a call for help.
— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) January 18, 2013
Did @joshfjelstad want @barackobama to suck his dick last year after he "evolved"?@buzzfeed @maryclimer @chrisrbarron
— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) January 18, 2013
@joshfjelstad's a pretty classy guy (to his mom, maybe) @vodkapundit reports: pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/01…
— John Gordon (@PomeroyPalouse) January 19, 2013
@joshfjelstad Saw your GOProud outburst. Classy.
— BVKCitizen (@bvkcitizen) January 18, 2013
@joshfjelstad Why can't you be a man and apologize for your foul language?
— Kyle Raccio (@kyleraccio) January 18, 2013
Well @joshfjelstad your tweet definitely reaffirmed my stance-the thought of sucking anything of yours gags me. How tolerant of you.
— Cuz Grandma Says (@CoFemale) January 18, 2013
Not sure why @joshfjelstad deleted his angry tweet to GoProud. He looks like such a beefcake he should have no problem backing up his anger.
— EEÉ (D) (@EEElverhoy) January 18, 2013
.@buzzfeed staffer @joshfjelstad to @goproud: “SUCK MY D***” dailycaller.com/2013/01/18/buz…
— Jim Treacher (@jtLOL) January 18, 2013
@chrisrbarron It's like @joshfjelstad didn't read the article. It states WHY you guys never took an official position. @buzzfeed
— Redness (@maryclimer) January 18, 2013
@buzzfeedben Still no comment on @joshfjelstad telling gay conservatives and libertarians to "suck my dick"? Is one forthcoming?
— Sunny (@sunnyright) January 18, 2013
.@joshfjelstad should probably apologize for that.
— Umar.(@umarjones) January 18, 2013
BuzzFeed reacts:
@sunnyright Check out my twitter feed. He's a staffer on the ad side. I believe the tweet is gone, but he's not part of the edit team.
— Ben Smith (@BuzzFeedBen) January 18, 2013
Andrew Kaczynski, otherwise known as “BuzzFeedAndrew,” didn’t let the tweet last even 60 seconds.
Liberal Tweeters chimed in some as well.
@joshfjelstad Why did you delete that tweet about GP? Lameee
— Vote Equality (@VoteEquality) January 19, 2013
@joshfjelstad when GOPROUD and Malkin angrily denounce your tweets it means you're doing the right thing. Please repost them
— Amanda Hugankiss (@a_girl_irl) January 19, 2013
The real question is, why hasn’t there been an apology? After all, Fjelstad works with the advertisers who pay to sponsor viral content on BuzzFeed.
.@joshfjelstad should probably apologize for that.
— Umar.(@umarjones) January 18, 2013
It strikes me as odd that @buzzfeed hasn't apologized to @goproud for one of their employees tweeting to "suck his d*," in all caps no less.
— Ali A. Akbar (@ali) January 21, 2013
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