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Star Wars Twitter Account Deletes ‘Triggered’ Joke After It Triggers Users
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The official “Star Wars” Twitter account deleted a joke Monday featuring the word “triggered” after Twitter users denounced it as insensitive.
“Triggered,” tweeted the Star Wars account, along with a graphic describing an exchange between Anakin Skywalker and a droid, according to a screen shot of the tweet and its criticism. The official “Star Wars account” subsequently deleted the tweet.
The Star Wars Twitter account made a "triggered" joke, and many people were, well, triggered. pic.twitter.com/DxB0WLohju
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) May 22, 2017
“I’m not personally bothered and you may have been unaware, but the term ‘triggered’ is a pretty loaded one so this might be unwise,” said Ryan Brown, who covers video games for Daily Mirror.
“Wow, a joke mocking people with PTSD, used by the same kind of people who have Pepe icons and are ‘ironic’ Nazis,” remarked another user. “How hilarious.”
“Did the @starwars Twitter actually make a ‘triggered’ joke,” asked an anonymous, reportedly gay, and self-described “Star Wars” fan. “Like for real that’s so stupid…it’s 2017 learn actual jokes.
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