Hey everyone, it’s Julia Ioffe, whom we last covered writing about the late Madeline Albright, who in 2017 had used the word “fascism” to describe the Trump administration — “when no one in the D.C. establishment was using that word.” Of course, a 10-second Google search was all it took to prove her wrong. As we reported in February, Ioffe was invited by Stephen Colbert, MSNBC, and CNN to talk about the situation in Ukraine, despite the fact that she’d just tweeted that she had no idea why Vladimir Putin was invading.
What I still can't understand is why? Why is Putin doing this? Why?
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) February 24, 2022
She also spread some misinformation about paratroopers over Kyiv, but she’s the expert and that’s another post.
Now Ioffe is back on Donald Trump (and Tucker Carlson). As Twitchy reported earlier Friday, Putin tried to make himself out as a victim of “cancel culture.” If you believe cancel culture has gone too far — and that trans people are “made up” — then you agree with Putin and are his ideological ally.
To the people who think Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump are crazy but that trans people are made up, that “cancel culture” has gone too far, that “men should be men and women should women” — congratulations, you agree with Putin. You are his ideological ally.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 25, 2022
You're being manipulated into domestic quibbling by the worst manipulator on the planet. Not sure how you can make fun of QAnoners when you just take Putin at his word because it's politically opportune.
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 25, 2022
When did Putin tell you these are the things he believes in? Weird how 70% of Americans believe cancel culture is getting out of control, without Putin telling us that. 🤔
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) March 25, 2022
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You understand who’s on your side as well as you do biology.
— Anthony Bialy (@AnthonyBialy) March 25, 2022
Bite me Julia. Idgaf
— 🔥 Bean 🔥 (@BeanFromPA) March 25, 2022
This is just embarrassing. For you.
— NewsieOne (@TeeWeeTweets) March 25, 2022
Fallacy. Ad hominem by proxy.
— AngusNotTheBot (@angusoup) March 25, 2022
If you think meat is bad and should not be consumed, congratulations, you agree with Hitler. You are his ideological ally.
— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) March 25, 2022
Putin was already rebuked by J. K. Rowling, who is raising 2 million pounds to support Ukrainian orphans. https://t.co/jWnZIdBOhV @lumos
— 🛦Flying Tigers! 🇺🇦 Equip NATO volunteer squads! (@UbuntuRoi) March 25, 2022
But J.K. Rowling is a trans-exclusionary radical feminist, or a TERF. Surely she’s ideologically aligned with Putin.
Keep doing this, corporate press. It's working out great.
— Stephen Spurling Is… @Drangula (@Drangula) March 25, 2022
Could someone explain this tweet to me? I have a Venn diagram in my head with serval completely non overlapping circles.
— nobody said this would be fun (@roottothejesse) March 25, 2022
That's a huge stretch.
— Indiana Jay 🇺🇦⚔️ (@JJD_Aqua) March 25, 2022
Damn, that has to be the biggest straw man ever made!#Kudos
— Michael McCroskey (@MikeMcCroskey) March 25, 2022
This is such a bad take, it’s hard to process.
— Dark Knight (@weirdscience00) March 25, 2022
Jesus social media was a mistake
— Ethan (@DopedupDoomer) March 25, 2022
Good job on having exactly the reaction he was hoping for when he said that. But you absolutely know that already, you just care more about "owning the cons" than about opposing Putin
— Robin Picard (@robin_pic) March 25, 2022
No, she’s a respected journalist!
Related:
Journo Julia Ioffe should’ve done a ‘ten-second Google search’ before deciding to drag Trump into her Madeleine Albright tribute https://t.co/1vAWzE8OhO
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 25, 2022
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