Ayesha Curry, wife of Warriors point guard and basketball god Steph Curry, tweeted something.
Classic mistake.
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Before we go on, let's note three favored pastimes of large segments of the Twitter user base: Twisting words, summoning righteous indignation at the drop of a pin, and belaboring pointless debates.
Ayesha Curry managed to send all three of these unfortunate herd-behavior proclivities into overdrive with one seemingly innocuous tweet on Saturday night. Here it is -- are you ready?
Everyone's into barely wearing clothes these days huh? Not my style. I like to keep the good stuff covered up for the one who matters— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) December 6, 2015
Eighteen hours later: 47,000 retweets, 61,000 likes and one asinine pseudo-debate about female beauty standards that made "Ayesha Curry" Twitter's top trending topic in the United States for a good chunk of Sunday.
Curry's tweet caused a -- shall we say -- wide variety of opinionated reactions. Here's a sampling.
Sounds as if Ayesha Curry thinks her body/other women's bodies are like consumer goods marketed exclusively for use by men, or something.— felicia jean (@felicianista) December 6, 2015
Great good for you. A lot of people matter to me. And I plan on meeting a lot more who matter to me. ;) Don't shame others. @ayeshacurry— Kiran (⌐■_■) (@KiranOpal) December 6, 2015
If Ayesha Curry offended you in any form or fashion you a hoe & if you disagree you probably a hoe too pic.twitter.com/VjtZqJ8DZt— PAPI COREY ON AIR (@Papi_Corey) December 6, 2015
Frightening how @ayeshacurry's comments inspired so many men to resort to being disrespectful + threatening towards women who didn't agree.— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) December 6, 2015
I see nothing wrong with what Ayesha curry said....*stares at the offended tho* pic.twitter.com/EcE3rq6pov— Harry Styles AF (@ImperfectGemini) December 6, 2015
don't be mad at ayesha curry because she got a wedding ring and you can't even get ketchup with your burger.— Sean. (@Seantaneous) December 6, 2015
Ayesha Curry posted that tweet, switched off her phone and slept in her million dollar mansion. You've been online ranting for 5 hours.— JayJChillin (@JayJazzi) December 6, 2015
Curry later added a little more context to her initial tweet -- and plea for peaceful mentions.
Just looking at the latest fashion trends. I'll take classy over trendy any day of the week. #saturdaynightinsight— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) December 6, 2015
and all I'm doing is sitting here reading a style weekly. You guys definitely entertain me that's for sure.— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) December 6, 2015
Regardless of if you like my "style of clothes" or not (which I don't care) please do not tear women down and degrade them... Not cool peeps— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) December 6, 2015
Just another day of elevated discourse on Twitter, the global town square.
Meanwhile, the defending-champion Warriors entered Sunday's road game against the Brooklyn Nets with a record of 21-0, the best start to a season in league history.
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