Def Jam Records founder Russell Simmons ran into some trouble today on Twitter when he shared his condolences on the passing of Ariel Sharon:
After receiving several outraged responses he quickly figured out the mistake:
on stair master…a little light headed. confused ariel sharon with longtime friend, shimon peres. sadly sharon promoted war, not peace.
— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) January 11, 2014
And then sent out a number of explanations to his confused Twitter followers:
@propagandhi confused Ariel Sharon with my longtime friend, Shimon Peres. Certainly was no fan of Sharon. Sorry for mistake. I deleted tweet
— Russell Simmons (@UncleRUSH) January 11, 2014
He still might have some answering to do:
@UncleRUSH @Mondoweiss I'd love to know what work to promote tolerance Peres has done.
— Sana Saeed (@SanaSaeed) January 11, 2014
rotflmao!
(Seriously cannot see thru my tears of laughter and chagrin)
Russel Simmons, king of bling and things. Scamming his fans with the Rush card so they buy more stuff and pay Rush fees, many hidden and with most card holders loosing a good portion of pre-paid funds.
Tried to be a spokesman for PETA to Polish his image. Publishes drippy editorials on Arianna’s web site to pretend he is a sweet a caring guy.
And now shilling for Sharon and Peres. This guy is a real piece of work.
Somewhere Chuck D. is shaking his head (I hope).
I would give him a break.
Sharon/Peres/Barak/Livni/Olmert/Yalon et al
Easy to get confused unless you are aware they are all “Zionist Criminals”.
…, but does Yair Lapid see the writing on the wall[sic]?