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A hard article to read, but an important one. https://twitter.com/musicdotjunkee/status/1293348022676385795
I’m gonna be totally honest- this was all I needed to know about Iouis tomIinson. Maybe some of you who follow me have forgiven him for this, and what behavior different people find forgivable or unacceptable will vary from person to person, and I understand that
I don’t hold celebrities accountable for everything their fans do, even tho I do think to some extent the environment celebrities cultivate in their own fandoms has a large influence on the behavior of their fanbase. This is not always the case, but I do think it has an impact
But what Iouis did, explicitly encouraging the harassment of a journalist, is completely different. He decided to take an active role in encouraging this behavior, which has led to Ash feeling what she calls “feral anxiety” and has led to her exiting social media for good
He has never apologized for this, despite the fact that Ash still faces these threats and harassment to this day. Publicly apologizing for encouraging this behavior from his fans might not stop that completely, but it would go a long way towards putting an end to it.
The fact that he has not done this, and the tweet remains up on his account, I find to be unacceptable. And it tells me everything I need to know about him. (End thread)
