John Rich Calls Clay Aiken Remarks Racist - Twitter War!

John Rich triggered a Twitter War when he called Clay Aiken's tweet about the presence, or lack thereof, of African Americans at the Republican National Convention "racist".

The Next: Fame is at your Doorstep judge, Rich squared off against former American Idol runner up Clay Aiken after Rich took offense to Clay's drinking game tweet about the Republican National convention.

Clay initially tweeted:

Playing drinking game with my brother now. We drink every time we see a black person on screen at the RNC convention. #soberasamormon — Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) August 29, 2012

Rich fired back with:

"@clayaiken:@cowboytroy We drink every time we see a black person at the RNC//CLAY! You should be ashamed for racist comments like THAT!WOW. — John Rich (@johnrich) August 29, 2012

I wonder how long it will be till @clayaiken takes that idiotic post down. Clay, you're better than that...I hope. Sincerely, JR. — John Rich (@johnrich) August 29, 2012

And to finish it off, @clayaiken hashtags soberasamormon? I thought your charity was for inclusion, not EXCLUSION. What happened? — John Rich (@johnrich) August 29, 2012

To which Clay responded:

My charity is. Why isn't your party? ;-) @johnrich: @clayaikenI thought your charity was for inclusion, not EXCLUSION. What happened?

— Clay Aiken (@clayaiken) August 29, 2012

In the grandest tradition of the Internet, fans of both singers chimed in and took what could possibly be offensive to some and ramped it up to blatant and deliberate levels of offensiveness, prompting Rich to call for a cease fire after one tweeter accused    "racist southern Aiken" of "negrospotting," touching off a whole new Twitter feud over the hashtag.

Between the hashtag "negrospotting" and what I've read ever since, I've just had enough of this racist nonsense. It's sick. PLS STOP.

— John Rich (@johnrich) August 29, 2012

Ah Internet, never change.