Terry Rossio, the screenwriter of "Shrek" and the five "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies, apologized for the controversial tweets he sent to his supporters Friday comparing anti-vax "etiquette" "at the word" N ".

In a series of Twitter messages shared on Saturday, Rossio offered his mea culpa.

"In a recent post on Twitter, arguing against stereotypes and hate speech, I cited the" n-word "(the real word) as an example of what not to do," he wrote. "It was a mistake, I'm sorry, I understand now that the word has no place in any conversation.

"You can not oppose hate speech and refer to real hate speech, it's insensitive and ignorant," He continued, adding that he had deleted the message "delete this toxic word from the Internet, where it should never appear".

"I continue to stand against hate speech and dehuhmanizing (labels) in any form," He concluded.

Rossio's original tweet answered a Screenshot shared by TV writer Julie Benson about UNICEF allowing donations for vaccines.

"On the UNICEF website, providing 100 polio vaccines to children in need costs 19 USD. And I'm not telling you to buy it, and then send a card to a close anti- vax to tell him that you have provided life-saving vaccines, on their behalf, in fact it's exactly what I say, "screen capture read.

Rossio responded, writes: "My parents are deeply moved by all the parents of children with the disease who have to suffer not only the sadness of their loss, but also the vitriol of uninformed and insensitive people (like those here). Anti-Vax is equivalent to calling someone a (swear word) and has only a little sense. "

Twitter users quickly criticized the screenwriter for using this racial insult, including Dictionary.com, which had rejected Rossio's idea that the two words were equivalent.

"The n-word is so deeply offensive that a euphemism has developed for occasions when the word itself has to be discussed," said the president. read tweet. "The same can not be said of the term" anti-vax "."

"The Shrek writer used the key word n ​​in a tweet comparing the being called anti-vax to a racist outrage, so that we live absolutely in the darkest and darkest scenario ever," he said. wrote a user.

"We are angry at Terry Rossio, screenwriter of Shrek, because he tweeted that using the term" Anti-Vax "is tantamount to calling someone the word N. He also used the N word in said tweet, "another tweet.

"The shrek writer goes absolutely crazy and comparing" anti-vax "to n-word is exactly what this website was designed for, and even in your wildest dreams, you could not concoct such nonsense, such wonder, "wrote another user.

This is not the first time that a Hollywood personality is blamed for using the N-word. Earlier this month, actor Viggo Mortensen apologized for using this racial insult at a round table on his new movie "Green Book."

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