Wrestler Dustin Rhodes Did Something We All Worry We'd Do, He Liked a Post Without Realizing It's Whole Context

Have you ever seen a post online that made you laugh, caught your eye for some reason, or seemed interesting? Did you click that you, "Liked," it or shared it with followers? We all have often done that, but sometimes a post that looks harmless at first glance has other content we missed, and our liking or sharing of it looks bad. I often worry I won't read a whole post/examine a picture and caption closely enough, and I'll indicate my enjoyment of something I totally missed some context of. Well, Dustin Rhodes had that happen to him and I 100% believe his apology that it was an accident because it sounds like something we'd all do with anything that interested us.

Dustin Rhodes was on Twitter/X and is known for liking firearms and women, but not for being transphobic or Islamophobic. He saw a picture that featured a woman with a large bust and a gun he thought was cool, so he clicked, "Like," and went about his day. However, what Rhodes missed with his selective reading was a caption saying, "Hey ISLAM, come at [sic] take it. I dare ya," and he failed to notice the text on the woman's shirt, which featured a women's restroom sign and more, "Come and take it," text. Rhodes saw a pretty lady with a gun when he was skimming the internet but failed to notice how much hateful context was packed into the image and caption. Uh oh. Observe the tweet:

"The controversy quickly drew a response from TNA star Mustafa Ali, prompting Rhodes to publicly explain his actions and issue an apology." Ali is Muslim and was confused seeing a fellow wrestler who has only ever shown him respect, "Liking," a tweet packed with so much hate. Rhodes clarified he had selectively read the tweet, liked the firearm, and paid little attention to the rest of the post. He's a 57-year-old dude who likes women and guns; I can buy that his primal brain overrode any logic or taking the time to read the tweet. Ali accepted Rhodes' apology, and Rhodes said he was, "100% against," the messages in the post. The response from wrestling fans on assorted sites has varied from, "Glad they worked it out civilly," to, "I totally missed the text as well in that tweet," to, some whining that Rhodes didn't have to apologize for a simple misunderstanding. At the end of the day, it goes to show that taking an extra second to make sure you really read a tweet/post/whatever is smart, lest you end up appearing to agree with something far and away from your actual views.