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belvadeer





PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2018 4:15 pm Reply with quote
Someone went a little perv-crazy on Twitter. Yikes.

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sailorsweeper



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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2018 4:23 pm Reply with quote
I am guessing something involving fans negatively like insulting them
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DirtyCircle



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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2018 4:49 pm Reply with quote
"According to online reports, Natsume tweeted misogynist and discriminatory remarks in "extreme tweets" in the past."
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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2018 5:27 pm Reply with quote
If these tweet translations are accurate, it seems this guy was quite the horny teenager - & didn't think tweeting every depraved thought a horny teenager might have would be a bad thing.
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musouka



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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2018 5:50 pm Reply with quote
Lemonchest wrote:
If these tweet translations are accurate, it seems this guy was quite the horny teenager - & didn't think tweeting every depraved thought a horny teenager might have would be a bad thing.


Uh, yeah, if those are the tweets, then honestly I think the backlash is warranted. Yes, they’re five years old and he would have been approximately seventeen years old at the time, but those grossed me out so much I had to stop reading about halfway through.
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Afezeria



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PostPosted: Fri May 18, 2018 11:53 pm Reply with quote
Can't blame the backlash, those tweets are ridiculously disgusting, and mind numblingly shitty I don't even want to read them all. This dude is gonna have a hard time finding work in the future, all just because he couldn't control himself from posting crap online that will surely tarnished his name, and didn't bother deleting them afterward. At least cover up your tracks a little.
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 1:27 am Reply with quote
musouka wrote:


How is that good? Those tweets are 5 years old.
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RitsuLaw



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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 3:07 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
musouka wrote:


How is that good? Those tweets are 5 years old.

Time doens't erase bad behavior lol, also he was pretty grown up already at the time.
Glad he got fired, and I hope his career is over too. Those tweets were so disgusting, I really feel for those girls that had to put up with his sh*t.
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PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2018 6:44 am Reply with quote
v1cious wrote:
musouka wrote:


How is that good? Those tweets are 5 years old.


According to reports from his (ex?) fans, this behavior has continued into present day—comments about his fans’ breasts at handshake events among the examples I saw listed. Plus, I would imagine anyone who felt bad about tweets as vile as that and had a modicum of common sense would have tried to scrub them from the web long ago.
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Puniyo



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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2018 11:06 am Reply with quote
musouka wrote:
v1cious wrote:
musouka wrote:


How is that good? Those tweets are 5 years old.


According to reports from his (ex?) fans, this behavior has continued into present day—comments about his fans’ breasts at handshake events among the examples I saw listed. Plus, I would imagine anyone who felt bad about tweets as vile as that and had a modicum of common sense would have tried to scrub them from the web long ago.


You don't remember every stupid thing you post as a stupid kid. The tweets are gross, but they're from a very long time ago and I hope that this alleged current behaviour is the actual reason he was fired, rather than some tweets from five years ago.

That said, it looks like the fame got to his head. And a sincere person would probably just make a "I'm sorry for all the stupid things I said as a kid, it doesn't reflect me today" tweet or something.
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SHD



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PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2018 3:44 am Reply with quote
Puniyo wrote:
musouka wrote:
v1cious wrote:
musouka wrote:


How is that good? Those tweets are 5 years old.


According to reports from his (ex?) fans, this behavior has continued into present day—comments about his fans’ breasts at handshake events among the examples I saw listed. Plus, I would imagine anyone who felt bad about tweets as vile as that and had a modicum of common sense would have tried to scrub them from the web long ago.


You don't remember every stupid thing you post as a stupid kid. The tweets are gross, but they're from a very long time ago and I hope that this alleged current behaviour is the actual reason he was fired, rather than some tweets from five years ago.

That said, it looks like the fame got to his head. And a sincere person would probably just make a "I'm sorry for all the stupid things I said as a kid, it doesn't reflect me today" tweet or something.

He was what, 17? 17 is not so young, and five years was not so long ago, that he cannot take responsibility for what he said. Maybe he was a "stupid kid" but that doesn't excuse anything. Frankly, if you're making these sort of xenophobic, racist and misogynist crap (not to mention all that pornographic content involving very young girls) and not only not apologize or show any remorse, but own up to them by not deleting/locking them, and by all accounts continue being a disgusting pig years later... then you very much deserve to get knocked down a peg or two. Or three.
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