"How could ppl possibly support Trump? THIS. IS. NOT. NORMAL."— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) May 6, 2018
"I don't know. Hey let's go harass a six year old and film it."
Our understanding of "normal" is, perhaps, lacking.
Disappointing on so many levels:— (((Howard Forman))) (@thehowie) May 6, 2018
1. The threat to a small child by an adult
2. The insensitivity, if not frank anti-semiticism, of the tweet’s author.
3. The fact that so many comments demonstrate apathy and ignorance for anyone else’s life, culture, religion.
You have to be kidding me! This is horrendous! How can a grown adult without hesitation, speak to a child like this?! Disgusting!— Orpha Berry (@4berrys4me) May 6, 2018
Even if they don’t care about the disgusting anti-Semitism, the fact that people think it’s funny for a grown person (he’s not a real man), to tower over some 3-4 year old kid and make fun of him for any reason speaks volumes about how f’d up society is now.— Sean (@angry_blue_dot) May 6, 2018
1. This is anti Semitic— Elisha (@ElishaKrauss) May 8, 2018
2. This is harassment of a minor
3. This is just a really shitty thing to do
4. If someone talked to my kid like that I'd LOSE it. https://t.co/tBdXLjWWLy
The Daily Wire
written by Emily Zannoti
Tuesday March 8, 2018
"I’m truly sorry for my actions."
A man who filmed himself harassing and belittling a small Hasidic Jewish child over his traditional haircut has posted a second video — this time apologizing profusely for his first brush with viral fame.
The man, known on Twitter as "Quai James," says in the video that he is "truly sorry" for his actions and that he would like to "sincerely apologize to that young boy and his family." He calls the incident "just a joke," but admits that he was being "truly immature" and that the video was "one of the most immature videos [he'd] ever recorded.
WATCH:
— Quai James (@quaijames) May 8, 2018Good afternoon to everyone watching .. I’m truly sorry for my actions .. @FonrougeGab pic.twitter.com/HaO4cwGaWN
This is the second apology James has made. The first came on Twitter after the video was pulled down by moderators, who said they received thousands of complaints.
@FonrougeGab good afternoon . First I’d like to start by saying i truly apologize for posting that video of the young man, i never meant to come off as a racist. I have nothing against any race or religion. I posted the video just for a few laughs i didn’t think of how sensitive— Quai James (@quaijames) May 7, 2018
Twitter and Snapchat users were horrified by the video, which shows James confronting the boy, who is maybe only four or five years old, about his traditional Hasidic sidelocks.
“I’d be crying if I looked like that, too, bro,” James is heard telling the boy, who starts to cry. “That’s f–ked up what they be doing to you.”
The child, apparently too scared to move, stands in front of James while James continues to make fun of his hair. “You probably had the full wash and set — they should be fired if they ain’t cut your sh-t. F–k it, though, bro, it’s your life.”
The video garnered more than a million views across social media — and more than 100,000 likes — before Twitter, Facebook, and Snapchat finally obeyed users and removed it. The first reactions to the video were actually positive, with some Twitter users laughing at the poor child as he endured a torrent of verbal abuse. Other users quickly pointed out that not only was the video disturbing, but it was virulently anti-Semitic and even dangerous in light of other recent attacks on young Jewish men in NYC neighborhoods.
Snapchat removed the video within 24 hours. It took hundreds of complaints to get Twitter and Facebook to do the same. Facebook did not remove the video until Monday morning, insisting over the weekend that the video did not run afoul of their "community standards."
— Lahav Harkov (@LahavHarkov) May 8, 2018The man who made that video mocking a little Hassidic boy apologizes. He seems to understand what was wrong with what he did and sounds really contrite. https://t.co/2HFvtFFfvp
Thank you. While I appreciate your apology, what I would really like to see is the same people that posted your video to retweet this so that people who laughed and thought the bullying of that little boy was okay, to understand that its not okay to do to anyone.— shmeze in T.O. (@shmeze) May 8, 2018
Bullies never admit their fault. You did & that takes a lot. You’re not a bully...you made a bad judgement call...but no bully. I truly hope they forgive you.๐ We’ve all done jacked up things.— The Black Politico (@TheBlkPolitico) May 8, 2018
100% agree. Definately not a bully and he is a real man. Because when push came to shove he manned up rather than double down.— ๐Son of Atom๐ (@VictimOfJack) May 8, 2018
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