Does Europe have journalists who accuse world leaders of sleeping with their children? If not you have a point. https://t.co/qtUI3sAojA
— BT (@back_ttys) January 12, 2017
Need a hot take on a cold day? This oughtta fit the bill:
The events of the last few months are just reminder that America was always Europe's bizarre, messy, violent, and uncivilized cousin.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) January 12, 2017
Apparently when HuffPo contributor and Foreign Policy columnist Julia Ioffe isn’t suggesting an incestuous relationship between Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka, she’s busy cultivating her complete lack of understanding of world history.
Not a lover of history I see.
— Darren Oestmann (@darrenoestmann) January 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/exsacerdotal/status/819637101918646272
https://twitter.com/dukeblu85/status/819637786844233729
Dis you take any history courses in college?
— Daniel Schwammenthal (@DSchwammenthal) January 12, 2017
Julia. No.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 12, 2017
Fortunately for Julia, there are still plenty of members of the reality-based community, and they’re generously taking some time out of their busy days to set her straight:
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/819636072816803840
That was certainly the case last time we checked …
https://twitter.com/DarrenList/status/819619390165569536
OMG, you are so right! pic.twitter.com/cBkDtDpLEj
— Saving Ferris ⚕️ (@StreetDoc_67) January 12, 2017
If only our last election could have been as civilized as the Germanic Wars and the June Rebellion. https://t.co/9XpDlLaH2P
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) January 12, 2017
have you heard of WW1 & WW2?
— Duff (@globalutionary) January 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/819636009197510656
https://twitter.com/Mattfobrien/status/819637023560650752
I seem to remember two world wars and a genocide in the last 100 years and all started in civil, peaceful Europe.
— Theodore Donald "Donny" Scare-abatsos (@Papakila) January 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/FigDrewton/status/819636442536308736
Here’s a more comprehensive list for Julia if she’s got a few minutes:
https://twitter.com/JayCostTWS/status/819633801605382147
Still not convinced, Julia?
https://twitter.com/RobProvince/status/819632381548183552
What’s the twentieth century? https://t.co/3uE3arIUsk
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) January 12, 2017
…who has saved Europe's ass countless times. https://t.co/0nxU52Ycri
— RBe (@RBPundit) January 12, 2017
That's why they had to rescue us from 2 world wars…oh, wait… https://t.co/N68Z4sK9ox
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) January 12, 2017
Nice try. Europe is America’s dying uncle who wears Tevas in the shower and can’t stop shitting himself https://t.co/3MiLiuTqvF
— Biff Diddle (@BiffDiddle) January 12, 2017
Ha!
OK, hold up: Julia wants to clarify her earlier remarks:
Allow me to clarify: Until WWII, many European travel accounts portrayed the US that way. Many Europeans still often see us that way.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) January 12, 2017
Yeah … no.
.@juliaioffe Except that's not even remotely close to what you said — a "reminder that America was always…"
— Stephen Green (@VodkaPundit) January 12, 2017
Not even remotely.
A word of advice, Julia:
https://twitter.com/MangyLover/status/819636607003348993
If you insist on forgetting history, dear, at least try not to forget that.
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