“Over the past few days I have come to better understand the pain caused by the book I endorsed,” Marshall said. His mea culpa came after bandmates Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Ted Dwane kicked him out of the band following a crisis meeting about the barrage of outrage online, the Sun said. You’re a brave man,” Marshall wrote - a tweet that has since been deleted along with the rest of his Twitter messages, save Monday night’s apology statement. “Finally had the time to read your important book. The 33-year-old Londoner on Sunday tweeted Ngo about his book, “ Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.” Marshall, who also played lead guitar, confirmed that he is “taking time away from the band to examine my blindspots” after expressing his support of the book by Portland, Oregon-based journalist Andy Ngo. Travis Kelce reacts to ‘nonsense’ old tweets going viral: That was my ‘diary’Ĭaitlyn Jenner’s ‘repeated use’ of R-word condemned by Special Olympics: ‘Do better’Įnglish folk-pop band Mumford & Sons have reportedly booted banjoist Winston Marshall - for praising a book that condemns the destructive rise of Antifa. Travis Kelce unfollows ex Kayla Nicole after she thirsts over Eagles QB Jalen Hurts Mentions of prominent LGBTQ accounts in tweets with the “groomer” slur also increased during the time frame, with one account seeing an increase of over 225,000% after Musk officially acquired the platform.Meghan McCain slams Susan Sarandon’s apology: ‘Exposing themselves to be racist bigots’ Anti-LGBTQ figure James Lindsay and right-wing satire site Babylon Bee have earned thousands of retweets on posts perpetuating the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur and have been mentioned in thousands of tweets referencing the slur since their accounts were reinstated by Musk. Mayra Flores (R-TX) saw a nearly 6,000% increase, going from nearly 70 mentions to over 4,000. Other right-wing accounts also saw substantial increases of mentions in tweets containing the slur. For instance, Libs of TikTok saw more than a 600% increase in its mentions, going from nearly 2,000 to nearly 14,000, while Rep. Collectively, these 9 accounts saw an over 1,200% increase in retweets of tweets with the slur, going from nearly 3,600 to over 48,000, and they saw an over 1,100% increase in mentions in tweets with the slur, going from over 5,300 to more than 65,000. Key findings include: Anti-LGBTQ accounts that saw substantial increases in both retweets of and mentions in tweets with the slur included Tim Pool, Jack Posobiec, Jake Shield, Gays Against Groomers, Blaire White, Allie Beth Stuckey, Andy Ngo, Seth Dillon, and Mike Cernovich. Media Matters has found that retweets of right-wing figures’ tweets that included the anti-LGBTQ “groomer” slur increased substantially, as did mentions of right-wing figures in tweets containing the slur. Anti-LGBTQ hate has increased on Twitter since Elon Musk officially acquired the companyĪ new report from Media Matters and GLAAD shows that since Elon Musk took over as Twitter CEO and plunged the company into chaos with erratic decisions, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has increased on the platform, despite his claims and actions to the contrary, including disbanding Twitter's Trust and Safety Council.
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