Washington Post columnist wants Bethany Mandel to apologize to North Korea (Not satire)

The Federalist’s Bethany Mandel, who has been spending the weekend raising money to help rescue North Korean refugees, is being asked to apologize for this tweet by Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten because she called North Korea the “most brutal regime in human history”:

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/962814072608690177

It's not the most brutal regime in human history, Bethany. You need to apologize.

— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) February 11, 2018

As you might imagine, “wut”?

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/962815367176474629

Weingarten then called her “clueless”:

Hey, if you're genuinely clueless, fine.

— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) February 11, 2018

Weingarten’s insult then led to a back-and-forth on mansplaining:

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/962816144838135808

There ain't no mansplaining going on here. I would call the Nazis, for example, a more brutal regime. Pol Pot's, too. Mao's wasn't real great, either. Genghis Khan left minarets of human skulls. Stop being an a-hole.

— Gene Weingarten (@geneweingarten) February 11, 2018

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Newsflash — Bethany is correct (or, at the very least, she has a very defensible position based on the length of the North Korean regime):

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/962817346342670336

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/962817532955648001

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/962818132296519681

You can donate to help North Koreans here:

https://twitter.com/bethanyshondark/status/962819003440947200

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