In second-tier celebrity news, this weekend a Playboy model named Tricia Evans drew both criticism and defense with an insensitive tweet regarding last week’s shooting in Aurora, Colorado. There was an accidentally ignorant tweet last week involving the trending topic #Aurora, but in contrast, this was definitely intentional — one might argue heavy-handed.
The quickest and loudest critic? Canadian house-musician Deadmau5, who had some choice words for the model. Click through to see Tricia’s unfunny tweet and its aftermath.
It seems trivial, but we can’t deny Twitter has become admissible these days, since it’s essentially a first-person account. One might argue Tricia was trying to stir up some drama with this tweet just for the “troll factor”, but when she achieved her goal, she dismissed her own tweet as a “different opinion” than Deadmau5′s.
Is insensitivity a matter of opinion? In the most deadly shooting in America since the Fort Hood tragedy in 2009, and with families of the victims definitely still in mourning, it’s hard to see her remarks as anything but inflammatory. Some of Tricia’s followers came to her defense saying she’s being shamed for being a female with an opinion, but as an empowered woman, I’m calling shenanigans on pulling the feminism card on this one [via Buzzfeed].
Lovelies, what do you think? Is Tricia’s grab at attention despicable? Or is this much ado about nothing?
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It’s kind of a twat move.
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That’s incredibly …. disgusting. Imagine if the family of those victims read stupid shit like that. How insensitive. I bet if it was her mother or her child that got shot she’d be saying something different. Ignorance or humor is no excuse for this. Completely disgusting.
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As a rule of thumb, before expressing yourself in some way, I think people should ask themselves “Is what I am about to say hurtful to anyone, triggering or harmful to an individual or group of people?”. If the answer is yes, then ask yourself “Is me being able to tell this joke or say this word more important than the feelings of others?”. If the answer to the second question is also yes, then you are definitely an asshole.
The point is, it’s very easy to just not say something. It’s easy not to joke about terrorism, rape or violence. It’s easy not to use derogatory slurs. So just don’t. No matter if you think you have the right to, just remember that sometimes your “right” to do something that is ultimately trivial, is less important than the feelings of others.
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It’s getting her what she wants.
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go deadmau5!
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I’m on Deadmau5 with this one. That was really insensitive.
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@Erika_Steele@xanga - Yeah, now she’s not just a run-of-the-mill, ugly ass Playboy model. People will know her name for fifteen minutes or so.
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Note to feminists: “Opinion” =/= “Being an asshole”
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…she made that comment on the day of the shooting…WOW.
daisy / 658 posts
too soon is right.
dahlia / 2382 posts
This woman is a bitch, plain & simple!! The other tweet was a legit accident & they apologized profusely for it. This douche did it for attention. Fuck her
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Verdict: she’s a dumb bitch & YES it IS too soon.
daisy / 603 posts
This is def too soon. I’ve seen a lot of tweets that say Free James Holmes and it scares me that some people actually praise him and think what he did was a good thing.
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When you’re not affected by something, you don’t care that much about it. She can make jokes now because she’s not crying for her dead friend/child/lover. But if it was someone she knew, she’d have a different song and dance. Same for me. I’m sick of hearing about the shooting now, because I was not affected by it at all. If it was in my hometown… I’d be a mess.
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This has absolutely nothing to do with being a female with an opinion. I am born and raised in Aurora, CO. I still live here and I actually don’t live too far away from the theatre. I also used to frequent the theatre quite often, but that’s besides the fact. It could’ve happened anywhere and to anyone. It just happened to happen here. It shouldn’t matter where or who it happened to. It’s not a laughing matter and definitely not something you should make jokes about no matter how much time has passed. Thank you Deadmau5! She’s a fucking moron and so is every other flaming fucking asshole who thinks it’s something to laugh about. Just had to give my two cents.
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Who the hell is Tricia Evans anyway? *rolls eyes*
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only a trashy “model” can describe a crass insensitive “joke” as an “opinion”, what exactly is her “opinion” there? that she thinks mass murder is hilarious?
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I don’t know much about twitter, but I feel it depends on where she said it (if there are “sections” or something like that) and how likely it is that someone directly related to the people that were killed might read it.
There’s no question what she said is insensitive, but if you’re not directly related to the people who were killed, it’s important to realize that her real crime here is making a terribly corny joke. Those who truly feel for the victims and their families and friends would be better off pointing this out instead of criticizing the fact that she stands up for her opinions (which is a respectable quality).
In the wise words of Kanye, “Screams from the haters, got a nice ring to it.”.
On a personal note, I feel for the victims’ families and friends, but I can’t help find it funny that she probably thinks what she said is clever.
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@JanEdichotoMY@xanga - Her opinion is that she is hilarious.
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Honestly,it’s far too early for ridiculous “jokes” such as that. I feel like this is one of those situations were opinions,if you can call it that,should have been kept to themselves. If she wanted negative publicity,she definitely got it.
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Can’t expect a spoiled Playboy model to have any sort of tact or class. She gets plenty of attention and clearly still wanted more.
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We live in America, right? As unclassy and tacky as her tweet was… she is right. It is her opinion. Her tweet angers me, and I think she is a piece of shit. My ‘semi-copied’ opinion.
daisy / 597 posts
And this is why I love Deadmau5 / Joel
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wow. extremely insensitive.
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I’m trying to think of some possible scenario where this could otherwise be a harmless joke…and I can’t think of a single thing. People DIED…for NOTHING. Because someone was – for whatever reason – off his rocker so much that it would make the Joker, himself, blush through his white facepaint. There are children without their father (two of whom, based on the pictures I saw) are little more than four years old. All they’ll be able to understand for years is that daddy is GONE. Because someone decided to play make-believe a little too realistically. There were near-tragedies, too…people who almost lost their lives! How is this “opinion”? This actually HAPPENED! There is no debate: it was real!
(Yet another reason – as if I needed another – of why Playboy is full of crap. Beautiful bodies…no souls.)
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Hang on, that’s right…how is this even an opinion? Saying something stupid and then trying to defend it by calling it an “opinion” just makes her sound more asinine. This is not an opinion, this is a silly girl trying to draw attention to herself. She shouldn’t have defended her comment. If she wasn’t going to apologize, it would have been wiser just to shut up. She just needs to stop talking now.
Sometimes I really hate the internet. I learn so much about human nature that I wish I never knew.
sunflower / 413 posts
That’s not an opinon. That’s he being an insensitive whore. No one will know who the hell she is in 2 years anyway.
rose / 960 posts
Honestly, I’ve heard worse about 9/11 from people who don’t live in the Tri-State area.
I don’t really think she’s being attacked because she’s a “female with an opinion.” It was just a joke that she didn’t play right simply because it WAS too soon. If you’re referring to the ad hominem in the comment section, I’m fairly certain a guy would have just been called as asshole, while there’s a fairly wide arrange of insults for her.
Also, DeadMau5′s use of “convoluted” makes me cringe.
orchid / 160 posts
I have a problem with people trolling or making insensitive comments then defending it as an opinion.
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Just another terribly stupid person who thinks anything she says is an “opinion” that “deserves respect”. A disrespectful joke is not an opinion by any means. She has no idea what she’s talking about…just rattling off standard defense banter.
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Wow. No. This is wrong on so many levels. Was she trying to be funny? Was she trying to have a different opinion just to get attention? If she wants to say those things, fine, but not like that. I’m not even sure how someone could even think that would be okay to say that. And for people to agree with her, for people to defend her?! That is insane and shows how heartless those people are too. There’s a difference between using humor to cope with awful situations and using humor to purely poke fun at the situation. An innocent child died, a
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it just doesn’t make any sense that someone would make fun of that. I feel so sorry for any of the victim’s parent’s as well as those who survived that end up reading that. People were brutally murdered and those who survived are going to be changed forever and that’s a joke to her. Man, this world could be such a nice place without people like her or like the man who murdered all those innocent people. I suppose she supports that man’s actions then since she thinks it’s so hilarious. Disgusting.
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It’s not funny, but people need to realize that there’s always that ONE person who makes jokes about situations like this. She just put hers on a social network. I don’t know why people are surprised or shocked, it happens all the time.
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Of course it was too soon! What a cunt!
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ew . what a piece of shit ! she’s obviously a very ugly person , inside & out .
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@MiSs_KuDdLeZ@xanga - I live in Aurora as well.
As someone who is headed to a funeral for one of the victims tomorrow, it was (and still is) way too soon. Knowing people who haven’t left their homes since that day because they are scared, suffering the effects of PTSD, I would like to punch this girl in the face. I don’t even know her name, don’t care who she is, and will not be looking at her twitter feed. She is undeserving of my attention.
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she should just stick to laying on her back and opening her legs. if she was trying to be funny, shes failed HORRIBLY!
way to go hugh hefner for the idiot your team chooses to represent you!
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Not that I agree with her in any way, but what ever happened to freedom of speech?? I’m so sick of people having to apologize for every little thing they say. Guess what folks, people are going to say things that offend you! Get over it.