Say Her Name Used to Memorialize Ashli Babbitt Draws Backlash Online Over Phrase s Origin
On 1/7/21 at 6:57 PM EST
Social media users who deployed the say her name hashtag on Thursday while memorializing Ashli Babbitt, the woman who was fatally shot during the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol Building on Wednesday, are facing backlash.
The hashtag s application in reference to Babbitt drew swift criticism from others online who argued the phrase was being misused.
Posts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the conservative social networking site Parler showed the hashtag in use on Thursday. Some users posted photos of Babbitt, a former member of the U.S. Air Force, with the hashtag included in their captions; others simply typed out her name before employing the phrase.