CW Network cast Ruby Rose for the role of Kate Kan in the upcoming CW series Batwoman because they wanted an openly gay actress for the role of a lesbian-focused Batwoman. Social Justice Warriors on Twitter attempted to launch a campaign to shame Rose for the casting because Batwoman is both a lesbian and Jewish, and Rose is only a lesbian and not Jewish. After trending on social media for a couple of days and receiving a lot of backlash from the Social Justice crowd, Rose decided to delete her Twitter account after August 11th, 2018.
According to The Daily Mail, Rose attempted to defend her casting as people began to pelt her with digital criticisms for not being Jewish enough (while others claimed she wasn’t a good enough actress). However, eventually she decided to delete her Twitter account.
It’s not stated explicitly why she deleted the account, but it did come after she was heavily criticized by SJWs for nabbing the role as a lesbian Batwoman.
Shortly before deleting the account she did make a post on Instagram on August 8th, 2018 writing…
“The Bat is out of the bag and I am beyond thrilled and honored. I’m also an emotional wreck.. because this is a childhood dream. This is something I would have died to have seen on TV when I was a young member of the LGBT community who never felt represented on tv and felt alone and different.
Thank you everyone. Thank you god.”
Some news sites are already attempting to paint it as “cruel trolls” forcing her off the social media site. Interestingly enough, they fail to mention that these were members of the Rainbow Reich criticizing Rose for being cast as Batwoman.
I’m so disappointed. I was hoping for a fresh face to give life to this iconic character #Batwoman
— bianca🌈 (@thusspokebianca) August 7, 2018
Not only does ruby rose not identify as a lesbian but she’s not Jewish either. So…they basically lied about it wanting an actor that represented the diversity to stay true to who batwoman is and instead just picked a “hot” white person that isn’t too gay to offend the straights
— Kristin | 🌈🦄™️ (@negative_purple) August 7, 2018
okay but casting ruby rose as batwoman truly is a big fuck you to all the lesbian fans like they don't care about the rep they just wanted to cast a lesbian to have good press so they just gave it to her cause she's well known and liked by straight girls
— justine (@MVGGIESDANVERS) August 7, 2018
I have Jewish friends who disagree and whom it does matter to
— Kristin | 🌈🦄™️ (@negative_purple) August 7, 2018
Sites like Digital Spy attempted to downplay the criticisms, only stating that there were trolls involved with criticizing Rose, despite the fact that even some media outlets such as The Mary Sue had joined in on the Ruby ribbing that took place during the initial casting announcement.
Ruby Rose has been cast as Batwoman and while it’s awesome representation, we of course, have opinionshttps://t.co/Vl6UZ94ANr pic.twitter.com/aBLgGhbrqH
— The Mary Sue (@TheMarySue) August 7, 2018
This is all part and parcel for the media to downplay the monster they created in the form of Social Justice Warrior activism; where online mobs screech and howl into the digital void at every little offense, at every little pop-cultural minutiae, and at every single thing that disrupts their perpetually anguished worldview.
It’s interesting to see how the SJW menace has become uncontrollable at this point, and even those who are being buffered as a icon for the SJW movement are being pilloried by the same people they’re supposed to represent.
(Thanks for the news tip The Positivist)