James Gunn's past tweets (from 7+ years ago) include rape and paedophilic jokes [Image heavy]

[tazmin]

This isn't the first Gunn has made bigoted and disgusting comments however these really take the cake

He made an apology thread on Twitter in regards to the old tweets:

However, you should note he was in 40s when he made these tweets and there's more being uncovered which continue to reveal how disturbing Gunn is especially this one -

 

[Cap G]

Wow, I can't believe that the guy who made a fake porn video where Nathan Fillion murders a woman with a nail gun would stoop to humor like this.

 

[Deleted member 20603]

Gah WTF, those were gross to read.

 

[Beer Monkey]

What the fuck.

I will compose a more lucid response at such a point in time where I'm not seeing red. Jesus.

 

[Funky Papa]

He's witty, but also incredibly crass and has a filthy sense of humour that can clash at times with social mores. That doesn't mean he enjoys diddling little boys or raping.

Sometimes I feel as if people are looking out for something to be offended. This is the man who made PG Porn and Super. It's not like he's been hiding or something. And his views regarding actual abuse are extremely clear.

 

[LewieP]

By "Exposed" it kinda looks like you mean "publicly posted on social media".

Now those are some off colour jokes, but I don't think in themselves it's worth getting furious about.

Very last one looks like a hack more than anything.

Edit: deliberately misleading thread title too? Why not say "tweets about rape" rather than "exposed for rape"

 

[game-biz]

Jesus Christ at those tweets. I hope this man doesn't have any children.

 

[Shauni]

Wow, I can't believe that the guy who made a fake porn video where Nathan Fillion murders a woman with a nail gun would stoop to humor like this.

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I...

Just nevermind, I honestly don't even want to know.

 

[BuryAllen]

how is it exposed when it's shit that was available on his public twitter?

 

[PRrambo_]

Uhh

UHHHHHHHH

Yea cancel him Disney

 

[YoungFa]

How can one be exposed for making public statements?

 

[Sliver]

These tweets are pedophilic and murderous? Lol ok

 

[Kirblar]

The final one is pretty clearly a spam/adbot post and lumping it in is disingenous.

Not that the rest are great anything, though theyre super juvenile for a guy im his 40s.

 

[FSLink]

By "Exposed" it kinda looks like you mean "publicly posted on social media".

Now those are some off colour jokes, but I don't think in themselves it's worth getting furious about.

Very last one looks like a hack more than anything.

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The final one is pretty clearly a spam/adbot post and lumping it in is disingenous.

Not that the rest are great anything, though theyre super juvenile for a guy im his 40s.

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Apparently the last one according to the replies is a music video of the song I Touch Myself, so seems to be an off color joke as well.

 

[Alwayscrazybacon]

Well he's apologized and explained this already. If the tweets with that content are that old and there's nothing since I'd take him at his word.

 

[Deleted member 36578]

Pretty gross. Plus it's not like he's a teenager making crude remarks online. These sick jokes are in his head as an adult, even if they were from years ago.

 

[Dook's Revenge]

Misleading thread title.

 

[Nesotenso]

like what is exposed here?

 

[Soj]

"Exposed"

 

[Shoe]

I mean, look at Super. That's who James Gunn is.

 

[asmith906]

What the actual fuck.

 

[Goron2000]

Shitty edgelord humour from 8+ years ago. He stopped doing it and I don't see any actual intent from the tweets. If he continued this behaviour I would be concerned but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to get from this.

 

[BuryAllen]

*jokes were more extreme 7-10 years ago*

YOU DON'T SAY?!? Were many of you not on the internet back then? Are current resetera members going to be exposed for "TRANNY SURPRISE" meme from gaf?

 

[ED_209]

He just deleted his whole blog

 

[ZeroX]

Uh exposed?

This was well known to be his sense of humor by anyone who knew of his career prior to Guardians. This is a nothing story and Disney would've been well aware.

 

[PaulloDEC]

Aside from the last one (I can't hit the link obviously so I'm not sure what it's actually about) it just seems like a bunch of tasteless joking around?

 

[thefit]

Is this guy 14?

 

[IchigoSharingan]

No medicine for what this guy has

 

[munchie64]

I think that title needs fixing.

 

[Dook's Revenge]

The man wrote Tromeo and Juliet.

 

[Bor Gullet]

What the hell.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

Is this what the kids call clickbait

 

[Togruta]

Yeah these were already public so it's not really exposing him just making more people aware of his teenage sense of humor

 

[Sargerus]

"Exposed"

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

 

[PRrambo_]

Maybe im just lame as fuck, but how is any of the shit he tweeted funny? People think they're good jokes?

I'm out

 

[ZeroX]

He just deleted his whole blog

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Awww man, I was reading some entries from there a few days ago.

 

[Deleted member 4034]

Oh please rephrase that title.

 

[nomis]

JAMES GUNN EXPOSED (GONE PEDO?)

 

[woman]

hul

 

[BlueTsunami]

Lumping in a spambot tweet lmao. Grab y'alls pitchforks, we got a social media deep dive going *rubs baby smooth hands*

 

[modoversus]

So the guy that got his start with Troma tweeted awful jokes before working for Disney? The guy that did "Humanzee"? Thread title needs to be better written.

 

[Funky Papa]

Uh exposed?

This was well known to be his sense of humor by anyone who knew of his career prior to Guardians. This is a nothing story and Disney would've been well aware.

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The man wrote Tromeo and Juliet.

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I mean, some of us were initially excited about GotG being given to Gunn because we knew he'd be the kind of irreverent director to make something different from the industrially produced, cookie cutter MCU films, even if we knew he'd never go off the rails like in his indie flicks.

 

[TheGummyBear]

You mean the guy behind Tromeo + Juliet, Slither and Super is fucked up?

 

[burgervan]

Meh, a bunch of lame "edgy" jokes. I'm not going to feign shock or get upset about it.

 

[Cap G]

He just deleted his whole blog

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That's a shame. That's a pretty funny story and his fans should be able to read it, though I understand if people wouldn't find primates ejaculating on child actors humorous in any context. There's always wayback machine, I guess.

 

[Riversands]

I wanna ask something. But this is purely a question and not a way to downplay a thing. Do not take the question out of context especially a strawman fallacy

So, is there any possibility that his tweets didnt intend to be that way at that time? If i remember correctly it was still at the early phase of social media, people tended to post dumb things at that time?

 

[Platy]

I don't know .... it is just really bad jokes and being an asshole. And the newest one seems to be like 7 years ago ... people change

Now if you find another more recent one that proves he keep being an asshole....

 

[BurntFoot]

"It was just a joke!!!"

 

[Dullahan]

Alt-right Reddit got triggered by him criticizing Trump and dug some shit up.

Are those tweets in poor taste? Oh yeah. But let's not forget why this is happening.

 

[cyba89]

Holy crap, what a misleading title!