Any day a heinous mass murderer leaves planet Earth is a good day, but the death of Charles Manson late Sunday elicited a curious reaction on social media.
In response to the news that the wild-eyed leader of the so-called “Manson Family,” a murderous cult that killed actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969, passed away at the age of 83, some social media users began tweeting “RIP Charles Manson” to pay their respects to the charismatic lunatic.
And while there’s going to be that fringe element that gains great satisfaction from a macabre tribute to the convicted murderer, it became clear that folks were mistaking Charles Manson for the singer Marilyn Manson.
…proving that being able to use a smart phone doesn’t necessarily ensure intelligence.
It’s hard to fathom that people are serious, that their tweets are not attempts at satire, but they appear to be genuine:
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Rip charles manson😫😓😞😤🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/YTD7fVw4St
— J (@jadeyoung31) November 20, 2017
wow rip charles manson 💔😭 taken too soon 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/Y4R04dovPt
— lalo 🦇 (@negativecreeppp) November 20, 2017
RIP Charles Manson 😩😩😩 pic.twitter.com/cEtBqzUXFL
— birbie (@beratliff) November 20, 2017
Charles #Manson est mort, c'est un grand artiste que nous perdons aujourd'hui … #rip pic.twitter.com/ggRRTJjyMs
— O'tizum 🌯 (@otizum) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/WashingMachineO/status/932484615532630016
https://twitter.com/sachumoYT/status/932492365490565121
Rip Charles Manson, he taught me it was ok to be weird…
— christian (@nopoweradeinusa) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/msDaynaLamont/status/932502559255773189
For what it’s worth, Marilyn Manson, whose real name is Brian Warner, explained in his autobiography, “The Long Hard Road Out of Hell,” that his stage name is a play on Charles Manson.
Referring to a “balance between good and evil,” he said: “Marilyn Monroe had a dark side just as Charles Manson has a good, intelligent side,” he wrote.
Marilyn Manson did a cover of a song written by Charlie, “Sick City.”
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Marilyn Manson – Sick City https://t.co/qyybUftAHu via @YouTube pic.twitter.com/qsFdUnLcX3
— Marilyn Manson (@marilynmanson) November 20, 2017
Of course, it you’re overcome with a desire to fall in line and tweet your condolences, one tweet alone summed up the appropriate advice:
https://twitter.com/Calista13x/status/932492055422496768
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