Wil Wheaton’s Reaction To The Texas Church Shooting Makes Me Sick

Paul Ryan tweeted the following about the horrific events at a Sutherland Springs, Texas church.

Reports out of Texas are devastating. The people of Sutherland Springs need our prayers right now.

— Paul Ryan (@SpeakerRyan) November 5, 2017

They DO need our prayers right now.

Surely we can all come together on THAT, right?

Wrong…. so very wrong…

The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they’d still be alive, you worthless sack of shit. https://t.co/iGHxPrYrLN

— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) November 5, 2017

It takes a special kind of a-hole to say something this hateful…

According to this:

A former child star found himself under attack on Sunday after he managed to impugn the religious beliefs held by millions of Americans in a tweet slamming Speaker of the House Paul Ryan.

Wil Wheaton responded to the deadly shooting at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on Sunday by tweeting: ‘The murdered victims were in a church. If prayers did anything, they’d still be alive, you worthless sack of s***.’

He fired off that tweet in response to Speaker Ryan’s boilerplate response to the attack which left 26 dead, in which he stated: ‘Reports out of Texas are devastating. The people of Sutherland Springs need our prayers right now.’

The 45-year-old star of such films as ‘Stand by Me’ and ‘Flubber’ who more recently has appeared on the television series such as ‘Eureka’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ immediately found himself being criticized by a number of people on social media.

Many on both sides understood why this was wrong:

That’s not how prayers work @wilw. I suggest you check that attitude. We’re all frustrated. Religious intolerance won’t solve this.

— Joshua (@Bluewitness) November 5, 2017

you’re right but is it really necessary to say? people were killed and you just want to piss off religious people for the sake of it dude…

— billy codeine (@zafcrackjaw) November 5, 2017

Did it occur to you to attack the real culprit? You know, the murderer? And HIS ideologies and politics?Or would that hit too close to home?

— Anne LaValle (@MarriageIsHoly) November 6, 2017

.@wilw Do U realize U have just spat on the belief of every single person who lost their life in The Baptist Church of #SutherlandSprings?

— (((Haya Eytan))) (@TeachESL) November 6, 2017

I’m sure you get it by now, but it was very wrong of you to denigrate the survivors faith. I’m atheist, but this really was disgraceful

— You Know Who (@mental_nigella_) November 6, 2017

But sadly, many totally agreed with him… .and were complete a-holes about it…

But maybe…just maybe if they prayed much much harder…

— Andrew James (@AndrooJ82) November 5, 2017

Like this? pic.twitter.com/Z1svpFSYlV

— Renée Rienne (@reneerienne) November 5, 2017

#prayers = I want every1 to see how I’m up-to-date on current events & now I’m going back to my regular Sunday afternoon #SutherlandSprings

— Swan and Raven (@solo_tour) November 5, 2017

God isn’t any thing.

— mikos zavros (@mzavros) November 6, 2017

America: pic.twitter.com/4B3FTuzd69

— Don Holley (@donholley0) November 6, 2017

Any other country there would be outrage but Americans think people massacred are a price worth paying to own an assault weapon

— frank crisp 🇪🇺 (@frankiecrisp1) November 6, 2017

pic.twitter.com/gbYMChzqJF

— Ed Powers (@efpowers) November 6, 2017

YES Wil Wheaton! 🙌 Stop praying. START doing your JOB! And Wil didn’t have to apologize, but he DID because he’s an awesome human being. pic.twitter.com/VCP0O93aHq

— Mikey Russo (@MikeyPanik) November 6, 2017

Pathetic.

There’s something really twisted going on in American society….

He did end up apologizing…

Because I want to be sure sincere people of Faith see this: I spoke in anger, and I apologize to you.
https://t.co/O4JW2yA531

— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) November 5, 2017

But… so what?

We already know how he really feels…. so does his apology even matter?