Stephen King thinks the lessons we learned on the playground as kids can deter Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Greg P. | 8:20 AM on February 24, 2022

Yesterday we told you how author Stephen King tweeted that “Mr. Putin has made a serious miscalculation” and that “he forgot he’s no longer dealing with Trump.”

ICYMI, here’s that tweet again:

Mr. Putin has made a serious miscalculation.
He forgot he's no longer dealing with Trump.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 23, 2022

How’d that work out for the people of Ukraine?

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— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) February 24, 2022

Weird. This never happened under Trump:

Here is a map of all the verified Russian attacks on Ukraine as of 3:30 am last night. Just a reminder that just a day and a half ago, Putin was claiming he was just sending in “peacekeeping” forces to defend the area circled in yellow. pic.twitter.com/f7byy9WARK

— AG🌻 (@AGHamilton29) February 24, 2022

Anyway, King followed up yesterday’s moronic take with one that’s even worse, if you can believe it.

Now he’s arguing that Russia, with its thousands of nuclear warheads, is like the proverbial playground bully and that the little kids might take a few blows while fighting back but it’s the right thing to do:

What most of us learned as kids on the playground: You don't stand by while a big kid beats up a little kid. You might take a punch or two making the big kid stop, but that's the right thing to do.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) February 24, 2022