THREAD:
1) As many of you know, I love the show Supernatural. I particularly like Jensen Ackles & Misha Collins from that show. So when someone claimed that those 2 men were racists, I was confounded, & wanted to know on what that claim was based. Turns out, it was this tweet:
1) As many of you know, I love the show Supernatural. I particularly like Jensen Ackles & Misha Collins from that show. So when someone claimed that those 2 men were racists, I was confounded, & wanted to know on what that claim was based. Turns out, it was this tweet:
2) As anyone w/a basic knowledge of history can tell, that& #39;s a picture of the Roman Coliseum, built w/40,000 Roman slaves. Roman slaves w/n slaves based on race. They were conquests taken from Roman enemies all over Europe; most were white. Plus, they could earn their freedom.
3) Misha even posted the comment *from Rome*. He has since taken the tweet down, & apologized for it, apparently, but it wasn& #39;t racist in the first place, as anyone with a history background could tell you. It says nothing about Jensen& #39;s supposed racism - he w/n even tagged!
4) I pointed out these basic facts, and was called a "cracker" by more than one person who came to the original poster& #39;s defense. I was told that I was defending racism, & that by calling Misha& #39;s tweet a joke (which it obviously was), I was being racially insensitive. Pfft. No.