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What Annoyed the Internet This Week?

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18 December 2017

By Bronwen

The story of schoolboy Keaton Jones was probably the wildest of 2017. In the matter of hours, he went from a bullied little boy who had been invited to movie premiers and sports events out of sympathy to a racist conman from a white supremacist family. Anyone that watched the original video couldn’t help but feel sorry for Jones.

After dozens of celebrities including Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Katy Perry showed their support and a Gofundme raised $58,000, images of his family with the Confederate flag emerged and it was revealed that Jones’ father, currently in prison, is a member of a gang called Aryan Circle.

Very quickly, celebrities began to delete their posts and the Internet began to absolutely rip the family to shreds. Here’s just how annoyed the Internet was about the whole situation:

https://twitter.com/KhadiDon/status/941477561917325312

It’s not entirely a laughing matter though. Some Twitter users highlighted some of the hypocrisy that this whole situation brought out.

While I don’t agree with labelling Keaton Jones a ‘white supremacist’ (although I don’t dispute his parents are), it’s clear that the media and the public decided that one life mattered more than others.

 

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