Bill Cosby asks Twitter to “meme” him and Twitter shames him over rape allegations

Last night Bill Cosby made the huge mistake of unveiling a #CosbyMeme Generator on his website and inviting Twitter to “meme me!” As one Tweeter notes, here’s apparently what he had in mind:

If you’re wondering how @BillCosby‘s team *thought* #CosbyMeme would go, these are the examples from his website. pic.twitter.com/skq3WC7sBM

— dan barker (@danbarker) November 10, 2014

But what Twitter delivered was something quite different. There were some reminders about the many, many rape allegations against Cosby:

How’s this, did I do this right? RT @BillCosby: Go ahead. Meme me! #CosbyMeme pic.twitter.com/ZS6bvTZCsa

— Jason Steele (@FilmCow) November 10, 2014

And some commentary about the rape apologism that keeps us looking the other way:

.@russbengtson @BillCosby Top of the mornin to ya. pic.twitter.com/O09sZYbUQJ

— Pete Forester (@pete_forester) November 10, 2014

And even some definitions — a tad lengthy for a meme, IMO — of “rape culture”:

.@BillCosby This is fun! #CosbyMeme pic.twitter.com/O1ScpMBzqA — Matthew Bramlett (@matthewbramlett) November 10, 2014

Given how a culture of victim-blaming underpins that rape culture, it gives me a sort of perverse pleasure to say: Cosby really was asking for it. Though let’s not forget — if public opinion (on Twitter at least) really has turned against Cosby, it is, per usual, pretty damn long overdue.