Some Twitter users defend The Onion’s misogynistic ‘c**t’ joke

April 9, 2015

http://twitter.com/#!/andyorin/status/305917426032316416

Most Twitter users were outraged by The Onion’s tweet calling Quvenzhané Wallis the C-word. But a small number of tweeters defended and/or rationalized The Onion’s tasteless joke:

But the joke is that she’s innocent. That’s the joke. RT @adamserwer: Far and away the biggest fail of the night: twitpic.com/c6ngeh

— Josh Greenman (@joshgreenman) February 25, 2013

@catswithbats I saw and it was tasteless – but that’s the Onion’s thing. Satire and sometimes tasteless is their thing. #shrug

— Cath (@Baroque97) February 25, 2013

The Onion is not “the media”, it’s a parody/satire site which contains no real factual news, just interpretations of it.

— Brian LaBelle (@brianlabelle) February 25, 2013

The Onion joke is a joke ABOUT Oscar bitchiness, not about Quvenzhané Wallis. Nobody actually thinks a 9 year old is a cunt. That’s the joke

— Matt Marks (@mattmarks) February 25, 2013

Yall do realize The Onion isn’t real, right? Its satire. Keep calm and take a joke.

— Just Juh-KNEE-uh(@MilftasticJJC) February 25, 2013

@embeedub @theonion Ummmm, I think that’s the joke.

— Zak Chesson (@raszak76) February 25, 2013

@lennysyankees You don’t understand the satire. A 9 year-old can’t be a c**t. That’s the joke. They didn’t say it to her face.

— Alex Yudelson (@AlexYudelson) February 25, 2013

@rachmoonnn Well I disagree. That’s the joke, it being ridiculous to refer to a child as that.

— GULLY (@PaulNeeb88) February 25, 2013

@kellyanncosgrov Fair enough. Don’t agree (I also thought Deveney’s Bindi comments were fine, FWIW) but understand your position.

— John B (@johnb78) February 25, 2013

Man, everyone upset is going to feel really dumb when they find out the Onion is satire.

— Sponsoredbyv8 (@Sponsoredbyv8) February 25, 2013

Talk about missing the point.

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