Last year, a disturbing Internet meme known as “Trayvoning” began to crop on on social media sites, as users posted pictures of themselves “playing dead” by posing lying on the ground with a bag of Skittles iand a can of Arizona iced tea nearby.
After MSNBC accidentally showed a graphic image of Trayvon Martin’s lifeless body lying in the grass after he had been shot and killed by George Zimmerman on live television, the hateful trend has reappeared on Twitter. How progressive!
Trayvoning pic.twitter.com/yJKDsGOw9l
— Creepy Ass Cracker (@evil_laurel) July 2, 2013
As The Inquisitr put it, “Trayvoning Is Like Tebowing, But Horrible.”
Take a look at some of the disturbing images here:
While some people idiots think “Travoning” is funny and/or cool, most do NOT find it neither funny nor cool. Here’s what people with some good damn sense in their heads wrote on Twitter:
So people are “Trayvoning”??? Not even funny. Very disturbing and disrespectful.
— Tamera Hughes (@_TameraHughes) July 16, 2013
Things stupid white people do: Trayvoning.
— Kels (@19thJester) July 16, 2013
I can’t even fathom what I would do if I saw some “trayvoning” on the street.
— …… (@OneBlackMan_) July 16, 2013
Seriously? #Trayvoning? You’ve gotta be freaking kidding me.
— CoreyRadio (@CoreyRadio) July 16, 2013
Trayvoning: playing dead holding a bag of skittles & an Arizona ice tea. people honestly disgust me ????????
— Rachyyy (@Rachelynn_44) July 16, 2013
you think you're having a good morning but then the internet is all "lol nope trayvoning is a thing"
— Ashley Dean (@AshleyDean) July 16, 2013
I’m seriously disturbed and disgusted by this “Trayvoning” trend.
— Delesia Watson (@Deleesh) July 16, 2013