Quotes tagged ‘Ken Bone’

(5 total)

“Yet, it turns out that his opinion about the Trayvon Martin shooting is the exact same one the U.S. Department of Justice came to, that the shooting was justified under Florida law; he even said, when someone decided to actually ask him about it, ‘Just because it was justified doesn’t make it right.…”

— Amanda Kerri, advocate.com

“Ken Bone committed the unforgivable sin of being a person who was complex in public.”

— Amanda Kerri, advocate.com

“By my count, there is still only one overnight celebrity who has managed to maintain a universal post-fame approval rating in the Internet age. That would be Harambe, who both 1) was a gorilla and therefore did not use Snapchat, and 2) is dead, so can’t spoil his web-free legacy by throwing feces or…”

— Jay Willis, gq.com

“The Bone Saga is a gentle-if-depressing reminder that everyone on the planet would be instantly betrayed by their browser history if they were to become suddenly, wildly famous. Bone is not much different than any Reddit commenter, DM slider, or Tinder swiper who has said something stupid and forget…”

— Jay Willis, gq.com

“Bone’s apologies seemed appropriately remorseful, but I feel for him, too. The Internet made him famous, but it acted as though he had invited that scrutiny, and it refused to rest until it fulfilled its solemn duty to destroy him.”

— Jay Willis, gq.com