#SrgayIsWorstActor: Shah Rukh Khan's critics hit a new low on Twitter

Since discretion, intelligence or sensitivity are not the forte of several thousands of Twitter users, the virtual world got yet another glimpse of its distasteful side, thanks to a hashtag trending on Twitter in India. The tag  #SrgayIsWorstActor  is being used by many users to take potshots at the actor and his acting career, which just goes to show that the national obsession with Bollywood and its PR machine doesn’t protect stars from trolls. [caption id=“attachment_1079073” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] A screengrab of Twitter trending tags.[/caption] Twitter is not new to name calling and slander - remember Feku, Pappu and PMChorHai ? However, insinuating someone is gay and making homosexuality sound like a crime is a new low in the world of Twitter hashtags, reflecting Indian Twitter users’ narrow-mindedness and ugliness, not to mention homophobia. Following are some tweets from users regaling in the apparent ‘humour’ in the tag: https://twitter.com/vikki_nnd/status/374471564592287744 https://twitter.com/chupbesaale/status/374470817926504448 https://twitter.com/LoveSharayu/status/374470488434561024 https://twitter.com/Ahilarious/status/374470079125016576 However, this isn’t the only tag that is trending. The actor’s fans have already started using #SRKBestActorEver as damage control. https://twitter.com/Ashishdayalmeen/status/374470872255307776 https://twitter.com/jaiitheprince/status/374470590440030208 https://twitter.com/SRKsMexicanWife/status/374463588770918400 https://twitter.com/younisluvSRK/status/374463520567730176