New York Times finds something else to love about Vladimir Lenin: He enjoyed camping

Brett T. | 9:40 PM on August 07, 2017

After the New York Times blindsided subscribers by hiring a hardcore conservative who suggested there was room to question some climate change studies, the paper naturally owed it to readers to right the ship and get it back on course.

Those readers found some comfort food in the paper in the form of an opinion piece suggesting there was more to love about Vladimir Lenin than simply his achievements as a communist revolutionary; it turns out he was an avid hiker and camper, and that legacy has inspired generations of eco-warriors intent on preserving Russia’s nature reserves.

What Lenin's love of camping and hiking did for nature conservation in Russia https://t.co/MVT4YM5KIx

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) August 7, 2017

https://twitter.com/EF517_V2/status/894712167487991808

What a super guy.

https://twitter.com/josh_hammer/status/894714616059527168

This is a real article. https://t.co/72dTelPc7e

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) August 8, 2017

https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/894709528218001408

https://twitter.com/AlexisinNH/status/894729458883493888

Well to be fair a lot of people were thrown into mass graves in nature https://t.co/5IQMvCgwl2

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 8, 2017

And, of course, staggering genocide makes it easier to see all that empty land. Only the @nytimes would see that as a win/win. #Numbskulls https://t.co/Jj4K6bKkPd

— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) August 8, 2017

Hey, if Gloria Steinem can cite a lack of abortions as the fundamental cause of climate change and still be cheered at the Women’s March in D.C., the Times isn’t going to lose any readers over this.