function onPlayerReadyVidible(e){'undefined'!=typeof HPTrack&&HPTrack.Vid.Vidible_track(e)}!function(e,i){if(e.vdb_Player){if('object'==typeof commercial_video){var a='',o='m.fwsitesection='+commercial_video.site_and_category;if(a+=o,commercial_video['package']){var c='&m.fwkeyvalues=sponsorship%3D'+commercial_video['package'];a+=c}e.setAttribute('vdb_params',a)}i(e.vdb_Player)}else{var t=arguments.callee;setTimeout(function(){t(e,i)},0)}}(document.getElementById('vidible_1'),onPlayerReadyVidible); The issue with the internet is that theres just too much of it.For instance,look at the #FireColbert movement that got started on Twitter recently.This all happened afterDonald Trump insulted Stephen Colberts fellow CBS host John Dickerson of Face the Nation. During the Late Show on Monday, Colbert let loose.When you insult one member of the CBS family, you insult us all. BAZINGA! said Colbert, before firing off a barrage of insults at the president, one of those being, The only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putins cock holster.Insulting Trump is nothing new for Colbert. He does it nightly, and his ratings have improved bigly because of it. The problem is he insulted the queer community with that particular comment.This is 2017. You dont need to watchHilary Duffs old dont call stuff gay PSA to know how wrong and hurtful that is. (Solid PSA though.)The joke is seen by many as an offensive misstep by Colbert, and it reportedly inspired the#FireColbert hashtag to start trending on Tuesday.We say reportedly because now the conversation has become so muddled that even #FireColbert tweeters dont seem to know what theyre tweeting about. The sad thing is this couldve been a learning moment for The Late Show, but its hard to learn anything when people arent sure why theyre enraged.Yes, there are tweets that mention the homophobic connotations of Colberts joke:On one hand, @JimmyKimmelLive tugging at the heartstrings with genuine feels. On the other, homophobic @colbertlateshow. #FireColbert REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (@muhfeefees) May 2, 2017 So trumpers want to #Firecolbert for a supposedly "homophobic" comment but never speak out against pence who's actually homophobic hmmmLuna (@lunaaa_0) May 3, 2017 I love it when bonafide liberals are accused of homophobia! #FireColbert Dr. Steve Turley (@DrTurleyTalks) May 3, 2017 But many more dont seem to be aware of that argument. In fact, scrolling through a search for the hashtag reveals that much of the debate has turned into liberals who are Colbert fans vs. conservatives who arent.Some are tweeting #FireColbert simply for his attack on the president:#FireColbert Vulgar, disrespectful swine should have his show yanked immediately. Boycotting his show and his network. Ed Spring (@pctechneer) May 3, 2017 Stand up to liberal fascism. #firecolbert #WednesdayWisdom #maga pic.twitter.com/Qv3iuh27uB Deplorable Leonard (@LeonardOfArabia) May 3, 2017 The media acted offended by Trump's comments but applauds and encourages Colbert's disgusting comments. Let that sink in#FireColbert TruthMatters (@JeffMontes5) May 3, 2017 Others are tweeting out #FireColbert in support of the host:Anyone who voted for this perverted ignorant pig of a man has no right to criticize Colbert. #FireColbert pic.twitter.com/X7mTHd32Fa Sue (@Sue4allofus) May 3, 2017 You could #FireColbert today and he'd still get more accomplished at work than @realDonaldTrump has in his first 100 days King of Sorrow (@kingofsorrow954) May 3, 2017 I feel bad for the people who are trending #FireColbert. They seem to have amnesia & forgotten who they voted for in the election. #AHTape '' Dr. A '' (@AAPsyc) May 3, 2017 Even George Takei, a former Star Trek star and a prominent figure in the LGBTQ community, tweeted out #FireColbert, thinking it was from right wing mushrooms who want Colbert gone because he made fun of the president, aka theTroll King.Now the little right wing mushrooms want to #FireColbert because he made fun of the Troll King. Waaaa! It'll go as well as #BoycottHamilton. George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) May 3, 2017 He doesnt mention the homophobic joke at all.Like Takeis ship in many Star Trek episodes, it seems the hashtag has lost its way.Even if the movement was more on topic, as HuffPost Queer Voices Deputy EditorJames Michael Nichols points out, Colbert wasnt the first to make a tasteless joke about Trump and Vladimir Putin having a romantic relationship. This has been going on for a while now.Tweeting #FireColbert isnt going to change anything. If you do want to make a difference, take to heart Nichols words when he writes, Our lives are not a punchline. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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