#shaco

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but Joel Emery has since deleted his apology about the Israeli shoutout in the latest episode of Sherlock & Co. This is following exchanges from fans who were explaining the issues with the handling of things thus far and what was still needed. While the internet is the internet, and some users were memeing and being aggressive - most I have seen on various platforms were being patient, if not growing frustrated somewhat, in these enhances. Joel also stated claims of harassment towards younger fans regarding this, however I have personally not come across fans doing this or any fans expressing these issues (I am not in the server, so I cannot speak for that). So, the validity of these claims/how much of an active issue this was cannot be stated yet. Lastly, this seemed to be in tandem with Joel's questionable response to another user pointing out other controversial elements that the show has not really addressed. This includes a bit where John is dressed in a Nazi uniform as part of a disguise while infiltrating a museum, as well as the harmful way the series adapted "A Case of Identity" by making the culprit someone with a harmful depiction of D.I.D. with transphobic coding. Although, the only part Joel responded to was a comment on Archie fart jokes. Completely disregarding legitimate conversation points and concerns. These are both subjects fans have discussed prior as questionable in the past, and have circled back into conversation again in light of recent events. While I personally find fart jokes not to be of equal weight to the other issues, the fact Joel picked this specific tweet to reply to and make mockery on feels intentional.