Haroon Shahid’s Twitter misstep!
Apologies are a difficult thing for people in the public eye. To what extent do you go? Do you ‘upset’ your fans with an outright, no ifs and buts apology or you use apology to deflect the real issue at hand and say ‘pehlay usne bola tha’. Haroon Shahid seemingly has taken the 2nd option and asked us to ‘stop fighting’.
I cracked a bad joke yesterday for which I got bashed and rightly so. Apparently, for a few I've become a hate monger, a rapist and a person who supports abusing women with that one tweet. Your hate and article on Dawn don't make me one. I apologise for the joke. Stop fighting!!
— Haroon Shahid (@Haroon_5hahid) August 4, 2018
I am not so sure what he means by that. It’s as a bizarre an apology as the initial tweet. If you haven’t read that one yet, here.
A couple from my side as well please. Mein maroon ga to #MeToo hojai ga! https://t.co/CvUKa7rkpG
— Haroon Shahid (@Haroon_5hahid) August 3, 2018
Gul Bhukari is a vocal critic of PM to be Imran Khan and the role of establishment in politics. A follower of Imran Khan, Haroon Shahid couldn’t let go let go of their opportunity and tweeted this. The tweet got severe backlash.
https://twitter.com/HassaanAshraf/status/1025493679371370496
What on earth are you talking about? How is making a joking reference to hitting a woman about the ‘misuse’ of #MeToo? Really disappointed.
— Saadia Toor (@pagalpanchi) August 3, 2018
Violent response to take out your frustration against those who annoy you, is in no way an acceptable behavior to coexist. Yes she is annoying and often disgusting, but giving her two from your side is worse than that.
— Raees Chamcha (@RstyClinomaniac) August 4, 2018
Not funny, not cool, not funny, not cool, NOT funny, NOT cool https://t.co/kqpJAxRvEW
— Mira Sethi (@sethimirajee) August 3, 2018
Pretty strange comment from you, Haroon. Considering you starred in a film that literally speaks about women standing up against abuse. https://t.co/6zDmFfG5Jq
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) August 3, 2018
While some PTI supporters had backed him too.
https://twitter.com/shehzarali25/status/1025666649490448384
https://twitter.com/_adambezaar/status/1025361320768622593
How come I get a pass for this absurd tweet but @HaroonsMusic doesn't? Cut him some slack. It was a benign tweet. No one is physically harming anyone. Fake feminists can go back home along with excruciatingly annoying drama. https://t.co/PwO7btMq4y
— Baji Please (@BajiPlease) August 3, 2018
https://twitter.com/aimanaimanhaa/status/1025462087353593857
You should not have apologized for this. The clarification would have done it for you and would also have exposed their hypocrisy. Their version of feminism is man-hating.
— Ismail (@ismailkhan__) August 4, 2018
However he has since apologized for the tweet.
I apologize for my bad joke. Hope you guys garner an apology from her for this. Oh wait…. was this even a joke??? 🤔 https://t.co/RUSsS1rl0t
— Haroon Shahid (@Haroon_5hahid) August 3, 2018
But the apology came with certain demands and people aren’t too pleased.
https://twitter.com/PakiPhupo/status/1025425527652458497
cute how you think joking about domestic abuse and making fun of a politician allegedly getting botox are the same thing.
— juwayriyya (@sulkmonstre) August 3, 2018
What’s now scarier than Haroon Shahid’s tweet and subsequent half-apology are the hordes of people flushing in to defend it by hating on feminism.
Natural that Khan Sab himself has denounced feminism & now so will his followers. pic.twitter.com/2HuiRfLTQD
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) August 4, 2018
Have you failed to see what was even wrong in it? You do not justify beating up women. You do not do it if you disagree with a woman politically. You do not use #MeToo for a joke abt ‘hitting women with chappals’. And you definitely don’t come at those who point it out to you. https://t.co/QLrulL598z
— Mahwash Ajaz 🇵🇰 (@mahwashajaz_) August 4, 2018
An apology minus the whining would be nice. You say something godawful, inappropriate and stupid and then complain that people gave you shit about it?? https://t.co/qpzJISqDHo
— Gule (@gulmeenay) August 4, 2018
Haroon Shahid, played a lead role in Verna, Shoiab Mansoor’s last film, which talked about sexual assault on females, which makes this whole incident all the more bizarre.
This tweet comes out at a time where emotions are running high, especially amongst supporters of Imran Khan. This may explain the man’s words. Its perhaps time to take a step back.
