Racist Trolls Hijack Star Wars Hype With #BoycottStarWarsVII

For some godforsaken reason, people – actual, real people – have decided that in 2015, the the latest installment of the sci-fi behemoth actually entails a battle for ‘white supremacy’. And that these thoughts should spill over onto Twitter.

@chuckman87 Because the progressive lefts open hatred of white men has alienated a lot of people #BoycottStarWarsVII

— Erik Boielle (@Erik_Boielle) October 20, 2015

SJWs complain about White artists “misappropriating” culture created by blacks but then celebrate a non-White Star Wars. #BoycottStarWarsVII

— Captain Confederacy (@2partyhoax) October 19, 2015

#BoycottStarWarsVII because white children deserve wholesome movies, not more PC anti-white diversity crap.

— End Cultural Marxism (@genophilia) October 19, 2015

#BoycottStarWarsVII blacks have taken it all from us: our belongings, our lives &now our films. ban black actors from invading white spaces.

— teen load (@teen_load) October 19, 2015

Not even a fortnight ago, the instantly iconic John Boyega had a spray at these sorts of racist critics, saying “People of colour and women are increasingly being shown on-screen. For things to be whitewashed just doesn’t make sense.”  

“I’m in the movie. What are you going to do about it?”

It’s all nail-meet-head stuff, obviously, and the franchise wouldn’t miss these guys anyway. Still, the fact that the effort was put in to cause such a stir over something so dumb is still pretty terrible.

Fortunately, there is an equal and opposite reaction to every dipstick with a keyboard: