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CBS Reports: [soylentnews.org]

Comedian Leslie Jones, one of the four all-female starts of the new Ghostbusters remake, should have been celebrating the opening weekend of the new movie but instead contended with a whole different kind of specter.

On Monday, Jones decided she was tired of simply blocking the constant flood of racist and hateful messages she received on Twitter and shared some of them with her followers, asking quite pointedly why the social media app wasn't doing more to stop them:

" I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart.All this cause I did a movie.You can hate the movie but the sh*t I got today...wrong

— Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016 "

Twitter has struggled to gain control over racist users in the past, previously admitting to having "a lot of work" to do to improve how it handles the problem. You can see more of the tweets involved in this [warning: offensive] [rt.com] RT article.

As the submitter I have not seen, and have no plans to see Ghostbusters or any recent Hollywood offering, but a major theme of debate surrounding the movie is whether or not the movie is actually good or is getting a perceptual ratings boost on the basis of having a diverse all-female cast alone. This is where those of you who've actually seen the movie and can provide an unbiased opinion would come in handy - so what say you all?

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