I've deleted my Twitter account and I blame John Boyega.

I think that the trouble is that when we can surround ourselves with like minded people we tend to get more extreme. There have been studies on this, and they are pretty fascinating from a study perspective, but in the real world not so much.

When we can ignore those who disagree with us, get our news from obviously biased companies, surround ourselves with those who feel the same we do, we tend to feel safe in the mob voicing those opinions that might have been a little too much previously.

I honestly do think that most of the world is somewhere in the middle. We don't see things as just black and white, right and left, up and down....you get the point. There are just fewer on the sidelines who yell the loudest to be heard over everyone else. I also think that those who have been a victim do feel more empowered to speak, which is great in my opinion, but there many cases of these fringe groups co opting these stories for their own narratives. And yes, this applies to both ends of the spectrum.

I don't know John Boyega other than a few of his roles. I don't know what has happened to him that has hurt him so, but I do know to stay away from Twitter.

I don't know man, but I get the feeling Boyega might have been at the receiving end of racist attitudes more often than you and I

"I don't know man, but I get the feeling Boyega might have been at the receiving end of racist attitudes more often than you and I."



My first thought was "I bet that guy has never experienced real racism in his life, and where does a rich bastard get off complaining anyway", but then I remembered he'd been dealing with the psycho Star Wars fanboys for the last five years.

Some of them are truly vile. And I bet he's been contractually obligated to keep his mouth shut about them, until the DVD of the last film had hit the discount stands.

A lot of people are idiots. It's not homophobic at all, the last time I checked straight women can be partial to the pastime themselves. I think you'll find that generally only the most militant will take exception to a statement like that. The perpetually offended. Most gay people will laugh at that sort of comment so don't take the word of internet nutjobs, they don't speak for the majority, whatever their political persuasion is.