Twitter Blasts Salon, HuffPost For Prior Mockery of Otto Warmbier: ‘Disgusting’
In the wake of Otto Warmbier‘s death earlier today, a lot people on Twitter are raging against liberal news sites and media figures who once blamed the American student for his own predicament.
Warmbier was arrested by the North Koreans almost 18 months ago, and accused of stealing a propaganda poster from the hotel where he was staying. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor and was comatose for about a year before he was returned to his family last week.
As people take in the tragic news, there are several articles and news pieces from 2016, shortly after Warmbier was arrested, now coming back to haunt media entities. Here are a few:
Huffington Post: North Korea Proves Your White Male Privilege Is Not Universal
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore: Straight Outta Pyongyang – Frat Boy Arrested in North Korea
Needless to say, there are many livid at those casually stating that Warmbier was somehow responsible for the suffering he would eventually experience at the hands of Kim Jong-un‘s despotic regime.
FLASHBACK: Leftist 'News' Sites Mocked Otto Warmbier After North Korea Sentenced Him CC: @benshapiro @realDailyWire https://t.co/AdAEXU2m5S
— Elliott Hamilton (@ElliottRHams) June 19, 2017
Had no idea that Otto Warmbier became a liberal villain last year while he was serving in labor camps. Disgusting. h/t @HashtagGriswold pic.twitter.com/rO7nyRLD2a
— Elliott Schwartz (@elliosch) June 19, 2017
"He was only missing the nazi haircut" https://t.co/9DAsSAi3aY
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 19, 2017
I should say, I'm not even sharing all the random Blue Checkmarks who were pushing this line, because there were a depressing amount of them
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) June 19, 2017
Otto Warmbier plead for his freedom & life@larrywilmore: "it's just tough for me to have much sympathy for this guy & his crocodile tears" pic.twitter.com/Wgk6vCxspt
— Chet Cannon (@Chet_Cannon) June 19, 2017
Best thing about this 2016 #hottake from Wilmore and Salon is they both completely buy the Norks’ version of events. Truth to power, fellas. https://t.co/IsGe4PjW4c
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) June 19, 2017
Yes, let's believe the totalitarian regime so we can get a good laugh. https://t.co/RKcorJ84Ae
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) June 19, 2017
The hottest of hot takes on Otto Warmbier from @Salon. pic.twitter.com/DLVqGG2zb2
— (((StephenDaisley))) (@JournoStephen) June 19, 2017
"It's just tough for me to have much sympathy for this guy" – Larry Wilmore on Otto Warmbier https://t.co/alhfZGdOeA
— Kyle Smith (@rkylesmith) June 19, 2017
Hey, @HuffPost, this take on Otto Warmbier feels kind of inappropriate now, doesn't it? pic.twitter.com/khdBUuG0r3
— Brooke Rogers (@bkerogers) June 19, 2017
NICE. https://t.co/ngzyLX5FMd
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) June 19, 2017
[Image via Twitter]
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