Actress Marlee Matlin Writes Tweet, Gets Unfollowed By All Trump Family Members
By Sebastian FortinoAcademy-award winner Marlee Matlin was recently unfollowed by the whole Trump clan family.
The actor and advocate for the deaf community was unfollowed because of this tweet she posted earlier this week:
America fought seccesionists in Civil War, Nazis & anti-semites in WWII. Do we blame "both sides?" The answer is "no" then, and "no" NOW. 😠
— Marlee Matlin (@MarleeMatlin) August 15, 2017
How do we know they all unfollowed her? Well, there is a Twitter bot that actually tracks the follows and unfollows of the Trump accounts. Because, of course there is.
Yeah about Ivanka pushing for her dad to denounce Nazis more forcefully pic.twitter.com/SiHk4MLPqX
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) August 15, 2017
Needless to say, supporters had Matlin's back.
I see @EricTrump & @DonaldJTrumpJr both unfollowed you because of this tweet. So...I am following you because of this tweet. 😘
— Colleen (@905Foodie) August 15, 2017
Way to go!
Hey y'all... can I tag along?
— Denton Melvin (@dmelvin3737) August 15, 2017
They all followed her BECAUSE the Trumps unfollowed her.*
We stand United to fight Hate, Racism, Sexism, Inequality, etc #TeamPatriot #TheResistance
— Marshall 📎🇬🇧🇺🇸 (@MarshallSbar) August 15, 2017
I think that's beautiful!
(*Also, as someone born with only 50% of their hearing, I admit this got me a little teary-eyed.)
But, this message will really make you smile!
Me three! We just replaced her three Lost with three better 😂
— Catie (@catie4real) August 15, 2017
Here is a bit more detail about the unfollowing heard 'round the world:
1/ A note on this bot’s reporting that the Trump siblings all unfollowed @MarleeMatlin at the same time.
— Trump Alert (@TrumpsAlert) August 16, 2017
(Sorry, I’ve only just woken up.)
2/ The way unfollow detection works is by downloading the current following list, and comparing it to the previously downloaded list.
— Trump Alert (@TrumpsAlert) August 16, 2017
3/ This means that if a followed account is suddenly missing from the new list, it is labelled as unfollowed.
— Trump Alert (@TrumpsAlert) August 16, 2017
4/ However, in some cases (as we’ve seen before) it happens because the account has been suspended - so disappears for all people following.
— Trump Alert (@TrumpsAlert) August 16, 2017
5/ e.g., longer term followers will remember The Trump Hotel Toronto accounts appearing to have been unfollowed after a suspension.
— Trump Alert (@TrumpsAlert) August 16, 2017
6/ In the case of @MarleeMatlin, it appears that she wasn’t suspended. So it could have been the three Trump siblings all unfollowing. BUT…
— Trump Alert (@TrumpsAlert) August 16, 2017
7/ Please bear in mind it could also have been @MarleeMatlin choosing to block all three siblings at the same time.
— Trump Alert (@TrumpsAlert) August 16, 2017
Since Ms. Matlin dealt with worse on "The Apprentice," and still followed them on Twitter, hard to believe she's that petty.
My response to recent media reports - Marlee. pic.twitter.com/Mkrbh47dUO
— Marlee Matlin (@MarleeMatlin) October 14, 2016
Do I think the Trump offspring are that petty?
I mean, consider the source!
Thank you, Marlee for your courage in the face of ignorance!
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