Opinion: Slandering Celebrities on Social Media

If you're a Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook user, chances are you've seen it. What I'm referring to is people consistently slandering celebrities on social networks as if it's okay or "normal". Pretty much every big name in the entertainment industry is subjected to hate from random people on social networks.

One celeb who gets a crap-load of hate, that in my opinion isn't deserved, is Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi. Snooki rose to fame after appearing on MTV's hit show Jersey Shore, which has led to her getting a spinoff, creating her own line of brand, releasing top selling books, snagging various endorsements, and more.

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When Snooki appeared on Jersey Shore, people viciously attacked her for everything from her weight at the time, to her antics while drinking. Let's be honest though, not many people are in perfect shape and even fewer have remained fully composed after a night full of drinking and partying. Even after Snooki lost weight and slowed down on drinking, people would find something else "wrong" with her and send rude tweets her way, solidifying my opinion that people just want to take out their insecurities and anger on others.

Jimmy Kimmel took a great approach to Twitter slander by introducing a segment called "Celebrities Read Mean Tweets" where, as the title suggests, celebs read mean tweets that people write about them and respond on camera. The segment is meant to show that words can hurt people, but it's also extremely entertaining to see some of the celebrities react to the tweets.


I've personally never understood why people constantly verbal attack celebs on social networks. If they dislike them as much as they claim, you'd think they'd completely ignore their existence. All of the time that people spend slandering celebs on social media could be used to do something productive for themselves, but of course, not everyone is a logical thinker.

I see celeb slander on Twitter pretty much everyday whether it be something that's retweeted onto my timeline, or something that someone I follow tweets. At the end of the day, it's annoying and no one should be in their 20's (and older) thinking that slandering celebs is an "fun" thing to do. I'm pretty sure that people wouldn't like it if the shoe was on the other foot.

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