By Dustin Rowles | Social Media | July 27, 2015 |
By Dustin Rowles | Social Media | July 27, 2015 |
We haven’t been following the story that much because, uh, wrestling, but as most of you are no doubt aware, Hulk Hogan was fired by the WWE last week after a racist rant in which he railed against ‘fucking n*****s’ surfaced. Apparently, Hogan didn’t want his daughter, Brooke, to get involved with black men, or at least, the wrong black men.
I was going to blockquote the rant here, but I can’t. It’s just … too awful. And too inexcusable. And too goddamn racist.
Anyway, after his contract with the WWE was terminated, he took to Twitter to defend himself.
This is how I feel today,with friends ,family,and the greatest fans in the world"MANIACS"that never left meOnlyLoveHH pic.twitter.com/9BpJbi5LDq
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) July 27, 2015
Unless u went through this,true loyality and love has a different meaning,it makes u want to live and not die,4those that never left me I am
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) July 27, 2015
For those that left me and didn't stand by my side,u will see and I will prove,who i really am and u will also understand my love for u 0LHH
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) July 27, 2015
But here’s where the story gets amusing. In order to show that he has black supporters, he began retweeting the following:
@HulkHogan Everybody says stuff from time to time, don't forget, me and my dad will always have your back brother pic.twitter.com/rtogY2EbOI
— Monkey D. Jiggy (@Jackel_Ramzilla) July 27, 2015
@HulkHogan Hey brother, me and my mate know you're not racist. Ur a legend. Ignore the press! Hulkamania, brother pic.twitter.com/OGguVbIWAe
— Joe (@Joe_Parker_99) July 27, 2015
This a picture of me and my mates, we know your not rascist, ignore the press and the haters brother @HulkHogan pic.twitter.com/jfTyyyiUgS
— Sam (@whu_sam) July 27, 2015
@HulkHogan hey Hulk, me & my friends are big fans. Deep down we all know you're not racist. Keep it up brother! pic.twitter.com/1wSKIXL9qW
— Jordan (@Jorzle) July 27, 2015
@HulkHogan this is me and my mate, we know you're not racist and support you Hulk! pic.twitter.com/cZAtc8Moq5
— Joe (@WHU_Boulcott) July 27, 2015
@AndyMcGregor95 yo 67 thank u my brother HH
— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) July 27, 2015
What Hogan didn’t realize is that those tweets were not sincere. They were a joke. Many of those “supporters” were professional soccer players. Also, Drake.
They were having a laugh at the expense of a racist.
And that, folks, is why Twitter is as amazing as it is terrible.