Thread by @McAdooGordon

Jesus, these people are narcissist a-holes. The smug assholery just drips off the page.

https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1388215453579976708

“we as former contestants feel th need to speak out against the messaging that these choices communicated — either intentionally or unintentionally — by the contestant Kelly Donohue and, implicitly by association, the producers of “Jeopardy!””

Could you be any more obnoxious?

“Kelly responded to a clue with a term for the Roma that is considered a slur. The use of this term doesn’t necessarily indicate malice . . . . Current diversity style guides, however, suggest that it not be used.”

Well good for the style guides! Fucking word police. 🙄

“Kelly made a gesture with his hand that he has since claimed was an indication that he had won three games. He had, on previous episodes, indicated with one finger and two fingers that he had won one and two games,” . . .

“and no reasonable person would have interpreted those gestures differently. However, this gesture was not a clear-cut symbol for the number three.”

Yes, it fucking was. He tapped his chest with three fingers, you fucking pompous, disingenuous morons.

“Regardless of his stated intent, the gesture is a racist dog whistle. Some of the first people to notice this . . . were viewers who couldn’t believe what they’d seen, captured it on video, and shared it to Twitter.”

No it isn’t, & half-wits thinking so doesn’t change that.

“Most problematic . . . is the fact that Kelly has not publicly apologized for the ramifications of the gesture he made. If something has been misconstrued, an apology and a total disavowal of any connection to white supremacist doctrines is called for.” NO IT ISN’T.

“We cannot stand up for hate. We cannot stand next to hate. We cannot stand onstage with something that looks like hate.”

This is off the charts performative narcissism; it’s giving Meghan a run for her money.

“Is the production team of “Jeopardy!” prepared for more of this? Prepared for more attempts to disguise contempt as innocent gesturing? Prepared for the backlash and ramifications should one of those moments ever become tied to real-world violence?”

This is straight up insane.

The folks writing & signing this piece of garbage need to seriously re-evaluate their life choices & seek mental health services immediately. The entitled, ignorant, condescending presentation reeks of flaming personality disorder.