Saw someone get canceled for a 6 year old tweet and I finally got why it bugged me

I was scrolling through the drama around this small YouTuber who got called out for a tweet from 2018 last week. Everyone was piling on saying she was trash and should lose her sponsors. But I actually dug into the tweet myself because it felt weird. It was a joke about pineapple on pizza that some people twisted into being about cultural appropriation. I spent like 20 minutes reading the whole thread and realized nobody even clicked the link to see the original context. The tweet was clearly from a silly debate with her friends not some big statement. I know people mess up sometimes but when did we stop checking the actual source before yelling? Has anyone else noticed this trend where a quote gets shared without the full story and then everyone just runs with it?

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morgan.logan3d ago

Must be nice to have tweets from 2018 that you'd be brave enough to let people read.