"I Don’t Really Think I Need To Visit 'You Suck' Land Anymore”: Joss Whedon Explains Why He Left Twitter

Almost as big as the box office for "Avengers: Age Of Ultron" this weekend was the vitriolic backlash from a certain segment of fans, followed by Joss Whedon's abrupt departure from Twitter. Many made the assumption that he fled the social media outlet due to attacks by feminists over aspects of his blockbuster sequel. But speaking with Buzzfeed, the director shares that it was creative space he needed, and it wasn't the comments that forced him out.

“That is horseshit,” he stated. “Believe me, I have been attacked by militant feminists since I got on Twitter. That’s something I’m used to. Every breed of feminism is attacking every other breed, and every subsection of liberalism is always busy attacking another subsection of liberalism, because god forbid they should all band together and actually fight for the cause....I saw someone tweet it’s because Feminist Frequency pissed on 'Avengers 2,' which for all I know they may have. But literally the second person to...