Robert J. O'Neill "Concubines" Twitter Post

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About

The Robert J. O'Neill "Concubines" Twitter Post refers to a viral X / Twitter post by Robert J. O'Neill, a former Navy SEAL who purportedly shot Osama Bin Laden, in which he writes that a group of Gen Z boys who voted for Kamala Harris in the 2024 U.S. Presidential election, including Harry Sisson and Dean Withers, would be his concubines if there were no social media. The post was made on November 3rd, 2024, and garnered viral spread online, inspiring backlash, memes and criticism towards O'Neill. O'Neill responded to the backlash on November 5th, doubling down on the claim and defining concubine simply as "slave," despite its usual sexual implications.

Background

On November 2nd, 2024, X^[1] user @harryjsisson posted a selfie of him with several other men in a car, writing, "We’re Gen Z voters and we all PROUDLY voted for Kamala Harris! Real men support Harris!" garnering over 219,000 likes and 20,000 reposts in two days.

On November 3rd, X^[2] user @mchooyah, Robert J. O'Neill (an ex-Navy SEAL who claims to have been the one to shoot and kill Osama Bin Laden), quote-reposted @harryjsisson, writing, "You’re not men. You’re boys. If there was no social media, you would be my concubines," garnering over 16,000 likes and 7,000 reposts in a day.

Developments

Dean Withers' Response

On November 4th, 2024, X^[3] user @itsdeaann, one of the men who appear in the original post, posted, "The guy that shot Osama Bin Laden wants me to be his sex slave," garnering over 100,000 likes in under a day.

Robert J. O'Neill's Second Post

On November 4th, 2024, O'Neill posted another quote-repost of the same post by @harryjsissoon to X,^[4] this time writing, "Oh, Puddin!! You’re so sweet…," garnering around 930 likes in two hours.

Robert J. O'Neill's Response

On November 5th, 2024, O'Neill posted a video responding to the backlash on X.^[8] In the video, he calls Sisson "the most beta male" person on the planet. He says he "noticed their ages" and repeats the text of the post. He then says, "What I mean by that is, yeah, you would be." He claims that he would do "whatever" he wants with them. He then explains, "Saying concubine means a slave."

Online Reactions

The post garnered numerous reactions online, with many criticizing O'Neill for the post. On November 4th, 2024, X^[5] user @mannyfidel posted, "this is going down in posting history. the guy who killed bin laden tried to dunk on zoomer dems by saying he would own them as sex slaves. no attempt to clarify what social media has to do with it. no follow-ups, post is still up a day later. completely baffling and beautiful," garnering over 6,000 likes in under a day.

Later that day, X^[6] user @PhonyHorse posted a Domino Effect meme about the post, garnering over 2,600 likes in under a day.

Also on November 4th, X^[7] user @SonnyBunch posted a speech bubbling meme attributing a frame of Baron Harkonnen from Dune to the post text, garnering over 15,000 likes in under a day.