“Memorial Day is about getting shit faced,” according to Pittsburgh rhymer Wiz Khalifa.
The tweet from Wiz, which was made Sunday (May 28), was unsurprisingly met with a great deal of slander on Twitter.
“When you get my age Memorial Day is about getting shit faced by the pool, eatin Bbq and not rememberin shit so…Yea,” Wiz Khalifa wrote.
When you get my age Memorial Day is about getting shit faced by the pool, eatin Bbq and not rememberin shit so…Yea.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) May 28, 2017
In response to his tweet, a number of users attempted to school the rapper on the true meaning of Memorial Day.
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“You are a real dumbass. If it wasn’t for our soldiers you wouldn’t have the freedom to do any of those things. They protect us from this,” responded MMA fighter/standup comedian Gerald Harris.
@wizkhalifa You are a real dumbass. If it wasn't for our soldiers you wouldn't have the freedom to do any of those things. They protect us from this pic.twitter.com/Yhbwvlo4vJ
— Gerald Harris (@GHurricane) May 28, 2017
@wizkhalifa Are you REALLY sure about that????? pic.twitter.com/wH6E8emN8a
— ALPHA Male (@Toa_Salanoa16) May 28, 2017
@wizkhalifa Oh.. that's weird I thought it was about the soldiers who died fighting for our country
— Tristan Pursell (@TristanPursell) May 28, 2017
Wiz did go on to clarify his Memorial Day comment, explaining that he never meant to be “rude” with his words.
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“Didn’t mean anything rude, that was just my way of saying sometime people rather focus on the good times than the bad,” he wrote.
Didn't mean anything rude, that was just my way of saying sometime people rather focus on the good times than the bad.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) May 28, 2017