Patton Oswalt on Twitter

Last night I came across an odd Twitter post by Patton Oswalt. It was the one below.

My grandchildren had better be WHITE. And I mean PURE WHITE, or we're not going to have a country anymore. #tolerance

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 17, 2013

I read this post and I thought, "What the fuck is that about? That doesn't sound like Patton Oswalt." I looked further down the line and saw he was sending out two tweets at a time where the second one, if taken out of context, was offensive. Here is how the tweet I read works when read together with its partner:

For you simpletons who see everything in "black" and "white": if racism, misogyny, hatred and fear are BLACK, then

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 17, 2013

My grandchildren had better be WHITE. And I mean PURE WHITE, or we're not going to have a country anymore. #tolerance

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 17, 2013

Here's another one.

Oh, you think repealing voting laws in the south is justified, you racist asshole? I suppose you ALSO believe that

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 17, 2013

Hitler was absolutely right about the Jews. And I don't care how many "white power" redneck followers I lose by Tweeting that.

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) August 17, 2013

Twitter has become on of my favorite things about the Internet.