KUALA LUMPUR: Netflix star Noah Schnapp faced significant social media scrutiny and backlash following the viral spread of a video where he distributed stickers with controversial messages, including 'Hamas is Isis' and 'Zionism is sexy', on various social media platforms.
A 16-second video, initially posted by @mayybyers and later shared by @gomezquality, capturing Noah and his associates distributing the controversial stickers, has swiftly amassed 32 million views since its upload yesterday on X (formerly Twitter).
Noah Schnapp handing out "Hamas is Isis" and "Zionism is sexy" stickers pic.twitter.com/PXVHC80Jmt
— lexie (@gomezquality) November 13, 2023
The 19-year-old American actor, renowned for his role as Will Byers in Netflix's Stranger Things, has sparked public outrage due to a deeply disturbing and sadistic act captured in a video, leaving a considerable number of social media users appalled and disgusted by the content.
User @pinkkyeom voiced her frustration with the world's double standards, highlighting the disparate treatment between individuals expressing pro-Palestinian sentiments and those who identify as Zionist.
In her words, "So Bella Hadid loses out on modelling jobs and faces social alienation when she speaks on Palestine as a Palestinian, while Noah Schnapp can be Islamophobic and staunchly Zionist without facing any repercussions."
Meanwhile, user @kirkxxs condemns Noah's sadistic act saying "I think Noah Schnapp is soulless.
"A man, with a large platform of susceptible children, responsible for a slogan that helped justify a genocide, *which has currently left only a handful of children, is gleefully treating said genocide like a sporting event."
Another user, @saintdoII who also stressed the double standards said "It fills me with so much rage how palestinian public figures have to be so careful with their words in support of their own people…
"But noah schnapp continuously spreads misinformation, propaganda and disrespects people who are suffering a literal genocide without any consequences."
@shutupnoor_ fervently urged individuals to refrain from endorsing the forthcoming fifth season of Stranger Things, where Noah is expected to be the main character, declaring, "Everyone should boycott Stranger Things 5. That's the least one can do to show their solidarity with Palestine."
