Patton Oswalt Welcomes Trevor Noah to Outrage Twitter in 53-Part Mock-Tweetstorm
Here, at least, is how it ended:
(52/53) Welcome to comedy in 2015, @Trevornoah!
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(53/53) Also, the "come" part of "welcome" shouldn't be construed in a "faggy" way.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
For those of you hiding under the rock called real life, Trevor Noah, a rising South African comedian, was named the surprise host of the Daily Show Monday, and by Tuesday morning was the subject of internet scorn over some tweets about Jews and women that ranged from unfunny to borderline offensive. Mediaite rounded up some comedians who defended Noah, but many were waiting to hear from Patton Oswalt, who has publicly battled publications like Salon over the internet outrage industrial complex.
Oswalt didn’t disappoint, depending on your definition of the word:
(1/53) Q: Why did the man* throw* butter* out of the window*? A: He wanted to see* butter fly*!
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(2/53) "Man" in my previous Tweet should not be construed as privileged, misogynist or anti-trans.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(3/53) Nor should there be ANY assumption of said man's race or religion. It could be an African American man, Asian, or any one
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(4/53) of the vast multi-cultural mosaic which make up the world we live in today. "Man" was simply an archaic placeholder for the
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
et cetera
(12/53) hormones, pesticides or other contaminants. Also, PLEASE accept this pre-emptive apology if the word "butter" was a trigger
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(13/53) for any time in the past the joke recipient may have been called a "butter face" or knows someone who was insulted in such a
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(14/53) fashion. Aesthetic shaming is real and bullying hurts us all.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
et cetera
(27/53) Parts 28 through 36 will simply be the word "problematic" for your use in any other interpretation of the pronoun "he"
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(33/53) Problematic.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
et cetera
(50/53) Jokes should always entertain. EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO HEARS THEM.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
(51/53) A simple series of clarifying post-joke Tweets like the ones I just sent out will insure EVERYONE a gentle, comforting chuckle.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 1, 2015
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