If there wasn't a new controversy about some decade-old tweets, it wouldn't be a thing.
Just hours after Jack Dorsey resigned as CEO of the company, there's already new drama surrounding its new CEO, Parag Agrawal, and an old post he made on the platform.
"If they are not going to make a distinction between muslims and extremists, then why should I distinguish between white people and racists?" said Agrawal in a quote.
It's possible that Tweet has been deleted.
That's correct. October 2010. The 11-year-old is currently in the right-wing circles. Conservative users on the platform are angry.
It's possible that Tweet has been deleted.
It's possible that Tweet has been deleted.
Those who are against the new CEO of the company don't seem to know that he is quoting an episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Comedy Central's website still has a segment on NPR's firing of Juan Williams.
At the end of the panel with Jon Stewart, Larry Whilmore, and Aasif Mandvi, the quote was posted on the social media site.
"If they're not going to distinguish between Muslims and extremists then why should I take the time to distinguish between decent, fearful white people and racists?" Mandvi asked the audience.
In a follow-up message, he explained that The Daily Show is exactly what he was quoting.
In 2010 Parag was able to explain where his quote was from. The Mashable Screenshot is credit.
Less than 20 minutes after he sent the now-controversial message, he said he was quoting Asif Mandvi from The Daily Show.
There is no context to the tweet. A version of the tweet that was taken on Monday shows that it had 3 likes, 9 quotes, and 3 retweets.
As of the publishing of this post, Agrawal's post has 2,432 likes, 5,453 quotes, and 5,453 retweets.
It's possible that Tweet has been deleted.
"This is Parag Agrawal, the new CEO and the person who is going to be deciding what kind of speech is allowed on the site," Senator Marasha Blackburn said.
The right-wing media outlets picked up on the fact that he was quoting someone else, but at the same time admitted that it was unclear who he was quoting.
The message of Mandvi's joke and the message of Agrawal's is that Muslims should not be stereotyped as terrorists because they are not racist.
Parag, welcome to your first day as CEO of the company!
