That’s the message Joyce Carol Oates sent to veterans on Thursday when she suggested a repugnant moral equivalence between Islamic terrorists and those who serve in the U.S. military. “We are so very superior to the “suicide-bomber” cult–are we?” she asked. “US does not transform young vulnerable hopeless into human weapons of war?”
Many Twitter users weren’t buying the slimy attempt to inoculate herself against criticism with a couple of question marks.
Say something completely asinine, then put a question mark at the end as an escape clause: http://t.co/3HurpGe769
— CLA (@ConservativeLA) May 15, 2014
How about these questions, Joyce?
@JoyceCarolOates The answer to your question is "Yes, vastly". My question: Do you really believe what you wrote, or are you just trolling?
— Jeffrey Robertson (@JeffreyRobertsn) May 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/clarkr3000/status/466993664409882624
@JoyceCarolOates Who runs this parody account?
— RufusKings1776 (@RufusKings1776) May 15, 2014
https://twitter.com/Bilford_Wrimley/status/466993957092999168
Whatever’s wrong with her, it’s time for Oates to seek help.
@JoyceCarolOates Not sure you know of whom you speak. I’m sickened by your analogy,I think Veterans are among the best & brightest Americans
— Chris Gomez (@FrogSupply) May 15, 2014
So do we.
These Twitter users say they served the country and were far from “vulnerable” and “hopeless.”
https://twitter.com/BrandonStahl1/status/466984570001588224
https://twitter.com/BrandonStahl1/status/466984901108326400
https://twitter.com/BrandonStahl1/status/466985875663228928
@JoyceCarolOates I'm a mil vet, far from hopeless, and filled w/ gratitude for the freedoms inherited from others who served. Are you?
— Lisl ??????? (@LislAK) May 16, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates Answer: Superior? Yes. My mil training did not include fitting young & impressionable with means to slaughter innocents
— Lisl ??????? (@LislAK) May 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/FredKiesche/status/466988772379590656
https://twitter.com/AmericanVet3/status/467003903629074433
https://twitter.com/jon_jononymous/status/467032790253322241
@JoyceCarolOates as a veteran and a fellow American who served this country for nine years….how dare you?
— Derek Ciapala (@dciapala) May 15, 2014
.@JoyceCarolOates, that you presume to pass moral judgment on American warriors would be funny if you weren't so pathetic. Buzz off. #caring
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) May 16, 2014
Pathetic, indeed.
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