When someone dies, every emotion is heightened. A tribute you choose to make to that person is usually personal to you, how you remember them. Your relationship. Unfortunately not everyone bore that in mind when reading Emma Watson's tribute to Alan Rickman yesterday. It was a feminist quote he once used: "There is nothing wrong with a man being a feminist, I think it is to our mutual advantage."
#alanrickman pic.twitter.com/4WXwnoUtM7
— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) January 14, 2016
It wasn't long before responses including the below started rolling in...
.@EmWatson oh wow, you're using someone's death to push a completely unrelated agenda. this is so, so gross.
— Chloë Price (@Dekashoko) January 14, 2016
@EmWatson Funny how u used this mans death to further ur political agenda but u never call for women to be held #EqualB4Law @TheMercedesXXX
— Winston Smith (@1984WS1) January 14, 2016
@EmWatson You knew him...i'm guessing he was your friend. You're using his memory for propaganda, please, think about it again...
— Tomás Allende Conte (@TomsAllende) January 14, 2016
@EmWatson @NateRockQuarry this one is more accurate of the reality of being a feminist. pic.twitter.com/EmqPJf6W0m
— Alexander Bauer (@BreakOnThrough_) January 14, 2016
Using someone's death to advance your own agenda... why? https://t.co/7Dpvk76s1j
— Iñaqui (@inaquii) January 14, 2016
I love you Emma Watson but don't use his death to push your feminist agenda. No better than democratic politicians https://t.co/mqSQgkDDCx
— Taylor Sanders (@tayman47) January 14, 2016
These were some of the more muted responses to Emma's post. There were more expletive riddled tweets, which were collated by Mic.com
There were those who also defended Watson's post...
@tayman47 Note it was a quote by the man himself. She was promoting HIS feminist agenda. Please learn to read with context.
— Matt Wiseman (@trollboy) January 15, 2016
@EmWatson Brilliant man. Unfortunately the comments under this on my FB feed show just why we still need feminism... pic.twitter.com/l3Prk1gMaL
— BlackfishGirl (@BlackfishGirl) January 14, 2016
@phatb0y Yes how dare she post something he said. #MoronsEverywhere
— Joe's World (@joesw0rld) January 14, 2016
.@Dekashoko @EmWatson @nascar_jesus or.. she's simply posting a meme of her good friend on something she really respects about his character
— Kevin (@KevinWalsh222) January 14, 2016
@Dekashoko when people die you remember great things about them. that may have been the greatest thing @EmWatson remembered @nascar_jesus
— Kevin (@KevinWalsh222) January 14, 2016
@EmWatson"Nothing Wrong w/ being a Feminist,I think it is to our mutual advantage."Insightful words, brilliant man, worth repeating.Always.
— Patti Vasquez (@PattiVasquezCHI) January 15, 2016
