Censorship is never a good idea, Apatow wrote on Twitter of the forthcoming drama fromGame of Thronescreators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.

They havent even written a word, he added. Seems a tad early to judge their work and intentions.

Despite the prospect of a diverse cast, including, presumably, several characters of color, social media users filled the Internet with outrage in protest of the premise of the show.

Some of the criticism on social media revolved around claims that Benioff and Weiss already under fire from social justice advocates for a lack of minority representation on Game of Thrones are white, and therefore are not qualified to make a television series about modern slavery.

Others wrote that the series was ill-timed for todays contentious political climate.

The outrage over Confederate hit its peak during the premiere of the third episode of Game of Thrones seventh season this month, with fans taking to Twitter to share the hashtag #NoConfederate. The hashtag campaign led in part by #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign briefly became one of the top trends on Twitter that night.

Benioff and Weiss responded to the PR nightmare around Confederate, explaining thatthe plot for the showis one they had been thinking about for a long time.

We have discussedConfederatefor years, originally as a concept for a feature film, Benioff and Weiss said in a statement. But our experience onThroneshas convinced us that no one provides a bigger, better storytelling canvas than HBO. There wont be dragons or White Walkers in this series, but we are creating a world, and we couldnt imagine better partners in world-building than [executive producers] Nichelle [Tramble Spellman] and Malcolm [Spellman], who have impressed us for a long time with their wit, their imagination and their Scrabble-playing skills.

Apatow, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, had previously spoken out to apparently defend far-left protesters who were demonstrating against free speech in February.TheTrainwreckdirectorwarnedin a since-deleted tweet that it was just the beginningafter so-called anti-fascist riotersassaultednumerousattendees,started fires,smashed up shops and ATMs, and attacked peoples carsat Milo Yiannopouloss UC Berkeley speaking engagement in February.

The director later said he deleted the tweet because it was vague.

I never support violence, he said. I do support peaceful protest against hateful people and awful ideas.

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