Piers Morgan is an unbearable troll but he's not wrong about our Olympics failure

On Wednesday, Piers Morgan clashed with Chetan Bhagat, Suhel Seth, Virender Sehwag, Bret Lee and a host of other Indians on Twitter. 

 It all started when Piers Morgan, a journalist by day and a 24/7 bellend (closest Hindi translation would be g***du) mocked Indians for celebrating PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik’s silver and bronze medals. While this didn’t go down well, with Indian Twitter taking special pleasure to attack Morgan, For the uninitiated he is like Shobhaa De on steroids, and exists to take mickey out of people, acting like a pompous prick taking special pleasure in correcting people’s grammar.

There’s no way to beat him in an argument as many people have seen, including Jeremy Clarkson (who once punched him) and Lord Sugar.  Oh and just to throw it in there, he supports Donald Trump for POTUS but Morgan is  man who is not easily trolled or beaten down. It started when Morgan said on Twitter: “Country with 1.2 billion people wildly celebrates 2 losing medals. How embarrassing is that’”

And later added: “Indian Twitter definitely wins Gold at trolling. If only their athletes were as skilled.”

Now Chetan Bhagat decided to troll back, but in his own intimate style which demands a grammar mistake. He wrote a stinging reply but managed to misspell Piers Morgan’s name: “We honor achievers Peirs. Top 3 in the world, despite 3rd world sports facilities isn't loser. It is freaking amazing!”

To which Piers Morgan replied: “Noted, Chatan.”   This led Chetan Bhagat to reply to point out Piersy’s mistake without realising he’d made one on his own.: “It's Chetan. And sorry about the trolling. I get my fair share. Celebration or outrage, we tend to overdo. Clearly.” 

To which Piers replied: “I know how to spell your name. It was a little joke because you didn't know how to spell mine....”

This led to some rather bizarre tweets as the internet lost its shit over Chatan v/s Peirs.

 

.@piersmorgan vs @chetan_bhagat would be called a Dickathlon event in Olympics lingo.

— Rofl Gandhi Novelist (@RoflGandhi_) August 24, 2016

.@piersmorgan and @suhelseth have earned equal points by trolling each other, in Tennis lingo, it would be called Douche.

— Rofl Gandhi Novelist (@RoflGandhi_) August 24, 2016

Chatan is the new dank meme to be. Peirs is forever.

—  ||Sujoy|| (@9e3k) August 24, 2016

Peir Chatan Dhan Paayo.

— Naomi Datta (@nowme_datta) August 24, 2016

A tale of two fraands pic.twitter.com/slv9bv1Gd4

— Bratticus (@bharatunnithan) August 24, 2016

Piers Morgan v/s Suhel Seth v/s Chetan Bhagat. We need an event where they fight to the death.

And then we shoot the survivor.

— Madhu Menon (@madmanweb) August 24, 2016

One Bollywood song with Peirs and Chatan together is all I ask the universe for.

— Sonia Thomas (@SoKneeOh) August 24, 2016

But Morgan wasn’t done and kept on trolling all comers and the truth is no matter what we say we know Piers isn't wrong. Winning just two medals is a truly terrible count. There are no two ways about it. While there's the tale of lack of facilities and government apathy, none off that excuses our nation's sporting failure. While we may take pleasure in trolling Morgan, an honest introspection is the need of the hour so that come Tokyo 2020, we don't have to encounter a similar fiasco. A country of more than billion people getting just two medals shows skewed priorities of our policy makers and inability of our athletes to truly rise to the occasion. India continues to be hopelessly a cricketing nation in crowd support and sponsorship (or is it the other way round) and until it changes our athletes will continue to languish far behind. 

1,200,000,000 people and not a single Gold medal at the Olympics?
Come on India, this is shameful.
Put the bunting away & get training.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

India's the fastest growing economy on the planet. Stop whining & get training. https://t.co/AZDcb0XOWD

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

Dear Indian Twitter, @sachin_rt only follows 77 people & I am one of them. Do the maths. #Winners

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

If India can produce a batsman as brilliant as @sachin_rt then it can produce Gold medal winning Olympians. Needs investment & focus.

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

Nobody in this photo ever celebrated losing. Fact. @sachin_rt @KP24 @BrianLara #murali pic.twitter.com/REPyQhLpFS

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

To all those asking where are my Gold medals, here's the answer: pic.twitter.com/cz4Jw9Bp6A

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

Dear India,
I love you but in your hearts you know I'm right.
Read this, get angry & START TRAINING FOR JAPAN 2020.https://t.co/0PizjeaxNO

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 24, 2016

Here's how Twitter tried to troll him back:

Not as embarrassing as your National Anthem asking Sachin to save the Queen. https://t.co/RZuuCfzJcd

— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar) August 24, 2016

Why are you having a go at my Indian friends buddy ? I think enough talk about the Olympics & medal tallies ! Haha https://t.co/fnaVzYv8vM

— Shane Warne (@ShaneWarne) August 24, 2016

England playing cricket from last 140yrs, forget world cup, you lost even Lagaan match, how embarrassing is that? https://t.co/8mdL3G2G8k

— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) August 24, 2016

Must be nice when you think population size should get you medals, and not privileged atmosphere for athletes. https://t.co/V8UyjBDsv9

— Simon! Williamson (@simonwillo) August 24, 2016

Not more than your racist,demeaning tweet,sir.It's about an ineffective sporting culture,not the#.Stop being a Trump https://t.co/fT20CTJV5G

— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) August 24, 2016

Why are people trolling? This statement is entirely correct! https://t.co/p2k0cuH3oi

— Rohit Pradhan (@Retributions) August 24, 2016

.@piersmorgan; takes time to become world class when u have been humped by a colonial power for 200yrs#GettingThere https://t.co/3naGUqDx2s

— Akash Banerjee (@akashbanerjee) August 24, 2016

Not more embarrassing than what a country with 65 million people must be feeling because of you. https://t.co/Nb92YDjPCt

— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) August 24, 2016

Hi Shobhaa De please stop hacking accounts bye. https://t.co/oCWb3yxmx6

— Sapan Verma (@sapanv) August 24, 2016

WHERE ARE BHAKTS WHEN YOU NEED THEM THE MOST FFS https://t.co/s5nL5lWrYj

— Machitaryan (@FloptimusCrime) August 24, 2016

Guys guys guys guys. Bhakt type people. Focus your energies on this and leave the rest of you alone https://t.co/OTvWLnP76k

— Aditi Mallya (@Bacardidevi) August 24, 2016

Hmm. Not as embarrassing as a hack who supports a white supremacist because he rides his gravy train https://t.co/aZvC6yb0Sh

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 24, 2016

Almost as embarrassing as losing to Iceland in a sport you invented. https://t.co/n0OdfzETdP

— Ted Lasso (@theodorelasso) August 24, 2016