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Author	travellingcats
Comment	I didn’t “tell” her anything. Like I said, I tweeted something on an account with very few followers. Yes, I mentioned her name, but I didn’t tag her. The tweet got maybe three likes. It wasn’t threatening. It was me, stating my opinion of her. Like I said, I’ve tweeted stuff before about other actors and comedians and I’ve never once had that kind of reaction. Do you get offended whenever people say James Corden isn’t funny? Do you get upset whenever someone says that they don’t personally enjoy Quentin Tarantino films? Do you get angry whenever someone says that they feel disappointed by the latest JK Rowling novel? Do you get irritated whenever someone replies to a Reddit thread about a negative reaction with any other public figure? That’s the kind of thing I’ve tweeted/posted about in the past. I don’t go around firing abuse at celebrities online. Being in the public sphere means opening yourself up to fair criticism of your work. I absolutely disagree with the people who put unnecessary abuse out there, and I think it’s a shame that Godley does seem to attract a certain aggressive crowd who don’t like her politics. My point is that there’s a massive difference between tweeting “I personally don’t find this person funny and I have heard that others have had negative encounters with her” and tweeting “this person isn’t funny and deserves horrible things”. I tweeted the former statement. As for the story at parties thing? Well, lots of people have negative encounters with people in daily life that they look back on as a funny story. I’ve told funny stories about horrible customers at my work, things my parents did to annoy me, nasty lecturers at uni and poor encounters with strangers on the internet. What makes this particular story about a negative celebrity encounter any different? Just to reiterate, I never once tagged her or told her to her face that I didn’t find her funny. I’ve no idea how she found my tweet, considering my account was so small. I wouldn’t have tweeted it if I felt she would’ve seen it and reacted that way. Hope that clears things up.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/pj6cux/has_anyone_seen_anything_worse_than_that_weegies/hbwvgu9/
Created	Tue 7th Sep 2021 10:39am
Status	normal ()

I didn’t “tell” her anything. Like I said, I tweeted something on an account with very few followers. Yes, I mentioned her name, but I didn’t tag her. The tweet got maybe three likes. It wasn’t threatening. It was me, stating my opinion of her. Like I said, I’ve tweeted stuff before about other actors and comedians and I’ve never once had that kind of reaction. Do you get offended whenever people say James Corden isn’t funny? Do you get upset whenever someone says that they don’t personally enjoy Quentin Tarantino films? Do you get angry whenever someone says that they feel disappointed by the latest JK Rowling novel? Do you get irritated whenever someone replies to a Reddit thread about a negative reaction with any other public figure? That’s the kind of thing I’ve tweeted/posted about in the past. I don’t go around firing abuse at celebrities online. Being in the public sphere means opening yourself up to fair criticism of your work. I absolutely disagree with the people who put unnecessary abuse out there, and I think it’s a shame that Godley does seem to attract a certain aggressive crowd who don’t like her politics. My point is that there’s a massive difference between tweeting “I personally don’t find this person funny and I have heard that others have had negative encounters with her” and tweeting “this person isn’t funny and deserves horrible things”. I tweeted the former statement.

As for the story at parties thing? Well, lots of people have negative encounters with people in daily life that they look back on as a funny story. I’ve told funny stories about horrible customers at my work, things my parents did to annoy me, nasty lecturers at uni and poor encounters with strangers on the internet. What makes this particular story about a negative celebrity encounter any different? Just to reiterate, I never once tagged her or told her to her face that I didn’t find her funny. I’ve no idea how she found my tweet, considering my account was so small. I wouldn’t have tweeted it if I felt she would’ve seen it and reacted that way. Hope that clears things up.