On Sunday, former Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Wil Wheaton issued a highly insensitive tweet regarding the Sutherland Springs, Texas, shooting. He instantly got his clock cleaned by many, including Adam Baldwin, Twitchy said.
“Reports out of Texas are devastating. The people of Sutherland Springs need our prayers right now,” House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., said.
Wheaton responded (Edited for language): “The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they’d still be alive, you worthless sack of s**t.”
The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they'd still be alive, you worthless sack of shit. https://t.co/iGHxPrYrLN
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) November 5, 2017
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
Adam Baldwin responded:
https://twitter.com/AdamBaldwin/status/927338310539689984
Others seemed to agree:
https://twitter.com/TarheelKrystle/status/927291965242163201
Shut up, Wesley. https://t.co/zAwn8xlxiS
— Chad Felix Greene ?? (@chadfelixg) November 5, 2017
https://twitter.com/stevemcgrew/status/927286251899699200
One person correctly noted:
I've never met a person of faith who views prayer as an assurance that terrible things won't happen. I've also never met a Wil Wheaton fan. https://t.co/jTzge6xBhc
— John A. Daly (@JohnDalyBooks) November 5, 2017
Another said Wheaton blocked her on Twitter:
Jesus, Wil Wheaton blocked me but everyone should go to his twitter account & retweet his genius tweet pic.twitter.com/Koat93Zry5
— Snarky Ginger (@snarkyRedhd) November 5, 2017
We tried, but Wheaton blocked us as well. Naturally — liberal hatemongers are great at acting like really brave keyboard warriors, but apparently can’t stand any criticism.
Wounded warrior J.R. Salzman advised:
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/927298197893951488
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/927299540830502912
Indeed.
Fox News reported:
Many fans were immediately upset at Wheaton’s flippant response to the tweet, arguing that he dismissed prayer and those with faith far too easily.
“Seriously? So this sicko kills people in a church and somehow it’s Gods fault? Or prayer? You have an interesting perspective. No hate,” one said.
“One thing to attack a politician, it’s another to attack the innocent dead and all religion. Looks like you’re the worthless sack of sh–,” another wrote.
The backlash caused the actor to produce a series of tweets explaining his comments and apologizing to any people of faith that were offended.
“I’m not talking about religion or faith at all. I am talking about the speaker of the house who does nothing to address gun violence,” he replied. “Hey, real and actual people of faith: I hear you. I apologise for insulting you, in my rage at Paul Ryan’s refusal to address gun violence. Your faith is your business and people like Paul Ryan exploit it while they hide behind words without deeds, and people continue to die.”
It’s not the first time Wheaton angered the entire Internet, however. As we reported here, his take on the shooting of Dallas police officers made quite a few upset.
Fuck the NRA.
— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) June 12, 2016
Yup, that’s what he said.
He wasn’t finished, however, and wrote this a post on Tumblr:
I said F**k the NRA during the Dallas shootings because if the NRA wasn’t holding our nation hostage with its insanity, the person or persons who murdered those police in Dallas last night probably wouldn’t have been able to have such easy access to a weapon of quick, efficient, and easy killing.
A lot of NRA supporters like to go on and on about how everyone should own military-style weapons, so they can rise up against the government. Well, guess what, NRA? That happened last night. The police are part of the government, and someone did exactly what the NRA has been dogwhistling to its supporters for decades.
So f**k the NRA.
Scratch a liberal, find a hatemonger…
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