This newspaper just won Stupidest Tweet Award with this photo after TIME mag's Trump pick

Well, The Independent should win the Stupidest Tweet Award for its tweet about Donald Trump’s win as TIME’s “Person of the Year.”

Donald Trump was just named Time’s Person of the Year. Hitler once held that title too https://t.co/HZ33yK0lgB

— The Independent (@Independent) December 7, 2016

Oh, FFS. Hint: Hitler comparisons are not only SO played out, they are also really offensive.

I can't stand Trump, but could we maybe save Hitler comparisons for people who genocide other people? https://t.co/VbFXwC5r32

— Liz Finnegan (@TheGingerarchy) December 7, 2016

L I T E R A L L Y H I T L E R https://t.co/x3IRdbYFEs

— Lauren Southern (@Lauren_Southern) December 7, 2016

Donald Trump breathes air
Hitler also breathed air

Coincidence? I think NOT! https://t.co/Rykx4QtY6f

— ObsidianWasp (@ObsidianWasp) December 7, 2016

Oh shit, I guess Obama, Merkel, protestors, Putin, and 'You' are all Hitler now. https://t.co/6jMc6XeTo6

— Chloe Adams (@addamschloe) December 7, 2016

So did Obama (twice), Mao, Zuckerberg, Martin Luther King, and all of us in their "You." cover.

Don't be idiots or fearmongers. https://t.co/9Z9WhIaLKW

— Kung Fu Man (@kungfuman316) December 7, 2016

Too late!

Remember when they did this for Obama? pic.twitter.com/anAUNZOwFK

— NeoN: Automataster (@neontaster) December 7, 2016

Huh. Curious, that.

Time Person of the Year is selected on the basis of power and influence, not likeability https://t.co/GqetADtXtT

— The Independent (@Independent) December 7, 2016

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OH well, then. That’s a reason to totally Godwin’s Law yourselves.

The Independent didn’t end there:

Is that a subtle dig in the design of the Donald Trump TIME cover? https://t.co/fWvhtVqrXk pic.twitter.com/MBMAF6uSOS

— The Independent (@Independent) December 7, 2016

There's something very funny about the placing of Trump's head on the Time magazine cover https://t.co/idRBrKYL0B

— The Independent (@Independent) December 7, 2016

Good grief. THAT also isn’t even new. TIME has done that before. It’s kind of like their jam.

34 TIME Magazine Covers That Appeared to Give People Horns https://t.co/CMCheS5sgI

— Tom Gara (@tomgara) December 7, 2016

Double fail, The Independent. But, hey, FAKE NEWS and stuff.