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Reactions to @hejsonja's week on @sweden
Many people chimed in about the current @sweden curator's comments. Some made legitimate comments, others may have reacted too quickly - and some were just plain extremist. See my blog at http://jennyjenjen.me entry for my analysis of @sweden's tweets.
- First of all, I decided to write about why @hejsonja deserved to be defended for her comments on this week while curating for @sweden. Here are my thoughts.
In defense of @sweden's @hejsonja | jennifer newellCultural Differences Between Swedes and Americans Explain The Gaffes As a non-Swede but a one-time temporary resident of Sweden, I've fol...- Plenty of news organizations and other media jumped on what seemed to be anti-Semitic remarks at first glance, not taking the time to research what was going on and what was actually being said.
Awkward: Swedish citizen makes anti-semitic remarks on the country's Twitter account | ti.me/OAOrZq (via @TIMENewsFeed)
Sweden hands over its Twitter account @Sweden to different citizen weekly. Latest Swede tweets anti-semitic remarks ti.me/OAOrZq- There are also plenty of individuals who didn't stop to consider context:
Nice job @Sweden. Anti-semitic and homophobic in 1 day. Go for the trifecta! #Swedentweets
A/c to Swedish Institute media manager, @sweden has not said anything anti-Semitic - bit.ly/L34jEu Seriously?- And then there are people who themselves live in Sweden (and apparently have extreme views as well, as seen in the following user's other tweets).
- But then there are the supporters, who as far as I can tell are aligned with the Visit Sweden board's perspective that we should allow this freedom of speech to continue (much like Swedish newspaper still published cartoons depicting Mohammed):
