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Watch This Legendary Actor Destroy Racists for Hating on Leslie Jones

A Hollywood icon jumps to her defense.

#LoveForLeslieJ is going strong. The hashtag went viral earlier this week after a racist troll and his bigoted buddies launched vicious attacks against Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones.
Now, though, she not only has the whole internet standing up for her, but a legendary actor as well.

Original Ghostbusters co-writer and star Dan Akroyd is the latest person to lend his support to Leslie. During an interview with ET Canada on Tuesday, Aykroyd praised Jones as “a great writer, a great comedian” who has overcome “a lot of hardship” on her way to show business success.

“First of all, they’re insignificant gnats,” he said. “They’re losers. They have no lives of their own. They can probably barely pay for the Wi-Fi they’re using, probably [have] no jobs. I would say you’re looking at obese white men between 50 and 60 who are active [Ku Klux] Klan members or members of the Aryan Nation[s], and there are millions of them.”
Burn! Watch his full remarks below:

It's great that so many people are standing up in support of Ms. Jones, and that fact alone sends a strong message to all the haters out there — you're significantly outnumbered. 
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