Friday, 26 June 2015

Rian Johnson uses the power of Darth Vader and Freddie Mercury to shut down a Twitter troll

Post from http://www.danieluk.net

Today was a big day. The US Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal nationwide, and most people were very happy about it. But whenever something groundbreaking happens, there will inevitably be a few loud-mouthed dissenters, and they often congregate in one place: Twitter. Today, director Rian Johnson had to deal with one of those trolls, and his response was as close to perfect as a wordless reaction can be.


First, Johnson, who’s slated to write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII, reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision by tweeting an image of Darth Vader waving a rainbow pride flag. Then, Charley Davis, a man who describes himself in his Twitter bio as “The Fightin’est Illini, an Architect, a puppy wrangler, a walking paradoxical…


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