Nineteen-year-old Ginny Thrasher won the first gold medal of the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women’s 10-meter air rifle event on Saturday. But that apparently didn’t sit too well with actor Wil Wheaton, who had some choice words to say on the subject.
America's first gold medal in the 2016 Olympics was won by a teenager for shooting. Because we now live inside @TheOnion.
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) August 6, 2016
Naturally, it didn’t sit too well with a whole lot of folks:
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Wow, way to minimize her achievement. Also: the US didn't make the schedule.
— Princess Lessa (@rukbat3pern) August 6, 2016
That doesn’t matter to liberals like Wheaton. In their view, guns suck and so does the U.S.
it was an air rifle. Don't try and make a political statement with it
— mads89? (@MadK089) August 6, 2016
I usually agree w/ you, but, as many other have said, not cool to stomp on her accomplishments like that for political points.
— Mike Wood (@mike_wood) August 6, 2016
Wheaton actually got around to congratulating Thrasher for her gold medal win:
And, of course, sincere congratulations to Virginia Thrasher, for winning her medal.
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) August 6, 2016
And he took a stab at those who criticized him by calling them stupid, while admitting his alleged “joke” wasn’t very good:
Dear stupid people: this was a (not very good) joke. I'm not minimizing anyone's accomplishments. Now go back to banging the rocks together.
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) August 6, 2016
And he wasn’t finished bashing the “stupid people” who took him to task for his tasteless tweet:
Oh and when it hurts while you're banging the rocks together, that's hitting your thumb. You'll eventually figure out how to use it.
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) August 6, 2016
It’s not the first time Wheaton stepped in it on Twitter, as we noted here.
Chances are, it won’t be the last.
Twitchy summed it up this way: “Shut up, Wesley.”
We agree.
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