Jurgens Apologizes For "Suck It Up" Tweet Bashing "Safe Spaces," "Counseling"

Published Thu, 10 Nov 2016 11:15:08 -0600

Legendary comic book writer Dan Jurgens found himself in hot water today after making a tweet in support of veterans, which for reasons known only to Jurgens also included an attack on millennials upset by the results of this week's election. Jurgens quickly deleted the tweet after it sparked a negative reaction, but one Twitter user (kept anonymous here) did manage to screencap it:

Jurgens is entitled to his opinion, of course, but it does seem to be an unnecessarily hostile way of celebrating Veteran's Day. We'd hate to see what he tweets for other holidays, is all we're saying. "Merry Christmas to all, unless you put rum in your eggnog instead of brandy, go fuck yourself!" A look at some of Jurgens' recent tweets may shed some light on what inspired him to lash out…

I think we've gotten to the point where the MSNBC election studio has more diapers that need changing than a maternity ward.

— Dan Jurgens (@thedanjurgens) November 9, 2016

Ah. The election. Of course. We should have known that. In any case, Jurgens deleted the offending tweet and quickly apologized:

Okay. Poorly worded tweet that has nothing to do with PTSD, plight of vets or anything else along those lines.

— Dan Jurgens (@thedanjurgens) November 10, 2016

Point I was trying to make is that if you don't like the results of something, like an election, roll up your sleeves and effect change.

— Dan Jurgens (@thedanjurgens) November 10, 2016

Wait, what does that have to do with safe spaces? What does it have to do with Veteran's Day even? How did that tweet try to make that point at all?

Find a positive way to do it. That's how the system works.

— Dan Jurgens (@thedanjurgens) November 10, 2016

No insult meant in any way whatsoever. I certainly apologize for my errant methodology at making a point and anyone offended.

— Dan Jurgens (@thedanjurgens) November 10, 2016

Clearly just an innocent tweet that was taken the wrong way. It's like that time I sent my Grandma a birthday card that read, "Happy Birthday Mom-Mom, hope you're having a great day, and if not, well then suck it up old lady!" I still don't understand why she got so mad. She's very sensitive, I guess.

Every now and then we are given opportunities to learn. Today was such a day. Your voices have been heard and taken to heed. Thank you.

— Dan Jurgens (@thedanjurgens) November 10, 2016

Was it? Has he? Guess we'll find out in a future Bleeding Cool article. Thanksgiving is coming up soon, after all.

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