That $50 donation to a local artist's Patreon got me dragged into a drama over their old tweets

I thought I was just supporting some cool paintings, but then someone in the comments dug up a joke they made 5 years ago and suddenly my inbox was full of people asking if I was okay with 'platforming a bigot' - has anyone else gotten caught in the crossfire of a smaller creator getting canceled?

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the_anthony1mo ago

Did you actually see the tweet they were mad about, or were you just going off what someone said it was?

king.eric11h agoMost Upvoted

Man I wish I could say I did my due diligence and checked the source, but I was too busy rage-typing in the comments section with a bag of chips in my lap. Caught me dead to rights, I was running purely on vibes and someone else's screenshot that cut out all context. The worst part is I even retweeted the outrage post with some snarky caption about how dumb the original must have been. By the time someone linked me the actual tweet, I looked like a complete clown who showed up to a fight that didn't even exist. These days I force myself to click the source before I even type a single word, mostly because I've embarrassed myself enough times that my phone should be ashamed of me.

blairc901mo ago

Nah I actually went and found the tweet myself before I started getting annoyed. Turns out it wasn't nearly as bad as people were making it out to be, @the_anthony. The original tweet was just some harmless joke that got twisted into something way bigger. People are way too quick to jump on outrage without checking the source first. Makes it hard to have any real conversation when everyone's reacting to a version of something that doesn't even exist.

kim_ramirez31mo ago

And that's exactly what I ran into last week with my neighbor's dog situation, @blairc90. Someone posted a video of a dog barking and everyone was losing it saying it was aggressive. I went and watched it and the dog was literally wagging its tail and just excitedly barking at a squirrel. People see what they WANT to see, not what's actually there. It's exhausting how quickly everyone grabs their pitchforks without even looking at the thing they're mad about.