Another journalist seems upset that 'Twitter troll' Richard Grenell has been made an ambassador

Brett T. | 5:39 PM on April 26, 2018

Remember yesterday when a bunch of journalists like The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin came forward with their support for Joy Reid after further homophobic posts had been unearthed from an archive of her old blog, and she claimed she was hacked?

We were reminded that we had to view the incident “through an intersectional lens,” seeing that Reid is one of the most important black female voices on TV.

Remember today when Richard Grenell, who is openly gay, was confirmed as America’s ambassador to Germany and journalists like HuffPost’s Washington bureau chief tweeted that he was “one of Twitter’s biggest a**holes”?

Now another journalist, David Dale of the Toronto Star, is also upset that a “Twitter troll” like Grenell has been confirmed.

For the first time in American history, a Twitter troll has been made an ambassador. There is hope for all you eggs and bald eagles. https://t.co/tCp7KyYQIs

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 26, 2018

Journalist. https://t.co/LfPl6KEPxo

— Darin Lloyd (@db_lloyd) April 26, 2018

I think journo Twitter is so upset because Grenell was mean *to them* specifically, which is a sin so grievous it is unforgivable. https://t.co/zEa96DXtgq

— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) April 26, 2018

Show us on the doll where the mean man trolled you …. Oh, it looks like Dale blocked Grenell last year:

Yep, that mean girls clique that makes up the mainstream media really doesn’t seem at all excited that an openly gay man has risen to such a lofty position in the administration — ’cause he’s a Twitter troll. Shouldn’t we view this through that intersectional lens and forgive any “mean” tweets?

https://twitter.com/Tommm1954/status/989585739217190912

P.S. He’s done more in his life than tweet, by the way.

https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/989581346640187393

He’s also a Harvard grad who served 8 years as spokesman for the US at the United Nations. But sure ?

— enjoynCHI (@enjoynChi) April 26, 2018

Moron. He’s also a Harvard grad who served 8 years as spokesman for the US At the United Nations.

— Cpag001 (@cpag001) April 26, 2018

What do you have against the first Openly gay man to be ambassador who is also a Harvard grad with tons of experience?

— Todd Donnelly (@FunkyLowNotes) April 26, 2018

https://twitter.com/JJ_Mitch2/status/989584356866953217

That's ok. Pretty much every journalist at a major public outlet is also a twitter troll.

Yourself included.

— CKent (@CKentDP) April 26, 2018

Parting thought:

https://twitter.com/Protokeegz/status/989606400652468225

Hey, he’s not wrong.

Related:

So much OUCH: Richard Grenell gives NBC's Lester Holt a SERIOUS reality-SLAM on North Korea https://t.co/Ce6tHbb9Fp

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 22, 2018