What on earth is he thinking?
Gerry Adams caused enormous controversy on Sunday night by tweeting a racial slur while discussing the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained.
The film, which features Jamie Foxx trying to free his wife from slavery, features much racism and many racial slurs – but it is still unclear what prompted Adams to put out this tweet.
Watching Django Unchained- A Ballymurphy Nigger!
— Gerry Adams (@GerryAdamsSF) May 1, 2016
Ballymurphy is a significant location in the history of the Troubles, with 11 civilians having been massacred there in August of 1971.
However, it’s very difficult to see exactly what the Sinn Féin leader and TD is getting at with this tweet.
Adams then followed up the first tweet with this:
Django – an uppity Fenian!
— Gerry Adams (@GerryAdamsSF) May 1, 2016
Unsurprisingly, people are confused and angry:
@GerryAdamsSF Gerry. Cmon
— matthew mulligan (@_mattuna) May 1, 2016
@GerryAdamsSF Cmon Gerry, as a public figure, can't be using that language. Cop on
— Tomas Ó Maonaigh (@tMean) May 1, 2016
@GerryAdamsSF Gerry, I am sorry but you have lost my vote I do not tolerate racism 🙁
— aoibh™ (@BABYCALMD0WN) May 1, 2016
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