HBO responded to #NoConfederate, providing a statement to Variety: “We have great respect for the dialogue and concern being expressed around ‘Confederate.’
Activists used Sunday night’s Game of Thrones airing to attack the show’s executive producers’ next project on Twitter, prompting a response from HBO, home of Game of Thrones and David Benioff and D.B. Weiss’ controversial upcoming alternate timeline series Confederate.
The hashtag trended on Twitter while Game of Thrones aired Sunday night, with participants sharing thoughts such as “#NoConfederate b/c racists, already emboldened by Trump, don’t deserve to have their views seen & legitimized anymore.”
The project is currently in its infancy so we hope that people will reserve judgment until there is something to see.”