Irish politician apologizes for ‘Django Unchained’ N-word tweet
On Sunday night, Gerry Adams, president of Irish republican political party Sinn Fein, was watching Django Unchained when he decided to tweet out, “Watching Django Unchained — A Ballymurphy N—-r!”
The tweet sparked immediate outrage, and on Tuesday, Adams tried to justify himself.
–Quentin Tarantino sued for allegedly stealing plot of ‘Django Unchained’
“I was comparing the African Americans to people in Ballymurphy. So if anybody should be offended it’s the people from Ballymurphy. Because if you read the tweet, I was describing Django, who was the main character as a ‘Ballymurphy n-word and an uppity fenian. It was inappropriate, I’m sorry that I used it.”
Any1 who saw Django would know my tweets&N-word were ironic.Nationalists in Nth were treated like African Americans.
— Gerry Adams (@GerryAdamsSF) May 2, 2016
He then added, “I saw a parallel as I have for a long time between the plight and the struggle for African Americans and people back here at home. I tweeted about that.”
–Samuel L. Jackson defends Quentin Tarantino’s use of the N-word in films
“People of my own home district, Ballymurphy, have stood up for themselves. And people in Louth whether it’s water protesters – not trying to compare like with like – or demanding health services, or fighting for the hospital to be returned to Dundalk or better services in Drogheda, people standing up for themselves or their neighbours.
“And while they may not be like with like because obviously if you’re being horsewhipped or hanged that’s a different matter. But in terms of the dignity of human beings.
“I’ve never seen myself as white. That’s only skin deep. I’m a human being, We’re all human beings, whatever our skin colour, whatever our gender, whatever our ability or disability.”
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