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In the pink corner, we have commenter 'Sophie Danze,' proud Directioner.
In the... also pink corner, we have commenter 'Jilianlovesthebeibs.' Proud Directioner and Belieber.
Dead Parrot took their Youtube comment slapfight in the comments section One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" and turned it into the dark, gritty mafioso drama script it was always meant to be.
Via STEWART
The clip above aired Thursday night on The Daily Show, a relatively innocuous joke about the fanaticism of a vocal group of fans of the boy band. Fans, however, took it as an insult against One Direction member Zayn Malik - who is of Pakistani descent. By Friday, angry fans had hashtags globally trending on Twitter:
Not seen here? #ZaynDefenseSquad, #ZayneSavesNotKills, and other smaller hashtags throughout the day - which our friends at Know Your Meme have kindly gathered up! Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports that over 114,000 tweets have been tallied under the popular hashtags.
The moral of the story, as always, is to never underestimate the power of teenage girls on social media.
Over the weekend, Liam Payne tweeted at Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson thanking him for upholding "family values." However, for the Robertson family, "family values" include having a tragically bigoted attitude toward homosexuality. That didn't seem to bother Payne much, although he'd be wise to remember that One Direction has a substantial gay fanbase.
