And... Emma Watson is getting death threats for quoting her mentor, Alan Rickman

[Recursion]

There are moments I think the Internet was a mistake, and this is one of them.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. I Missed This

What did she quote, Recursion?

[marble falls]

3. Emma Watson gets reamed over Alan Rickman tribute for a ridiculous reason

http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1109207/sexist-trolls-trash-emma-watson-for-her-alan-rickman-memorial-tweet

Emma Watson posted a series of tribute tweets as a memorial to her late Harry Potter co-star Alan Rickman, but one in particular caused a rash of sexist criticism.

Watson, who played Hermione in the famous films and also happens to be a UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and spokesperson for the HeForShe campaign, tweeted a heartfelt statement about Rickman's death and followed it with graphics of some of her favorite quotes of his.

One of those, about feminism, really seemed to tick off some Twitter users, and we can probably all guess why, since she didn't get that kind of negative response from any of her other dedications.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. Thanks

Why did i already know that the reason would be something stupid? Geez, now she can't miss someone without some idiot making it a controversy?

[treestar]

8. geez she is quoting Rickman himself

and they blame her for what he said and that she is using it to politicize. They are the ones doing that since they can't stand hearing about what he said that they don't agree with.

[Recursion]

19. Right?

I just can't

[handmade34]

2. yes

so sad

[bullwinkle428]

4. I fucking hate people sometimes.

[Recursion]

5. Yeah.

[mikeysnot]

13. Sometimes?

For me it is pretty much all the time.

[callous taoboy]

21. If it weren't for most posters on DU, close personal friends, and some

family, I would feel completely isolated from humanity most of the time. Sometimes I feel like I've woken up in a world I don't recognize anymore.

[DetlefK]

7. WTF? Those were his words, not her's! It's just a quote!

[Recursion]

9. Yep.

They would never attack him for saying it. But have a woman quote it...

[Kelvin Mace]

10. Sad little men, living their sad little lives

of anger and fear.

[Odin2005]

11. The "GamerGate" morons.

They've been after her ever since she came out publicly as a Feminist.

[Recursion]

14. Yep

That's exactly who this is

[Iggo]

16. The He-Man Woman-Haters Club strikes again.

"...not gay, because that would be too scary for them. Nor are they truly heterosexual in any mature sense. Mostly they are whimpering little boys who can't deal with adult life, and project all their fear and hostility onto women, rather than having the spine to handle their own shit."

Sometimes the Urban Dictionary nails it...lol.

[Rex]

17. They are the most immature men I've ever encountered.

Kinda wrong calling them men, more like man-children.

[FSogol]

22. Kidults n/t

[Rex]

23. Perfect

they have a long way to go to being adults. Kidults sounds right on the money.

[Baitball Blogger]

12. This is very peculiar given that Emma Watson had a much closer relationship to Alan Rickman

than any of his fans. She would know that this is a quote that he would have approved of.

[Recursion]

15. Right?

I'm like; she wasn't required to share that with us; that was an act of kindness to us Rickman fans to learn more about him.

[smirkymonkey]

18. These pathetic little trolls need to get a life.

It's obvious that they really have nothing going for them.

[Binkie The Clown]

20. The human race, in spite of its few high spots, is a failed experiment.

The good news is that the species is already on the road to extinction.

[dembotoz]

24. of all the hp charactors i thinks she is the most interesting as a person

her and maggie smith.....

would love to have coffee or tea.....with either of them
and of course would love to meet jk rowling