As Twitchy told you, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens has quit Twitter … but not before trying to get a George Washington University professor fired for comparing him to a bedbug.
This afternoon, I tweeted a brief joke about a well-known NYT op-Ed columnist.
It got 9 likes and 0 retweets. I did not @ him. He does not follow me.
He just emailed me, cc’ing my university provost. He is deeply offended that I called him a metaphorical bedbug.
— davekarpf (@davekarpf) August 27, 2019
Alright fine… here is the email: pic.twitter.com/A4E5I6CoB6
— davekarpf (@davekarpf) August 27, 2019
Stephens later claimed that he wasn’t ackshually trying to get the professor into any trouble. Which was a load of you-know-what, of course. For what it’s worth, GWU provost Forrest Maltzman appears willing to play ball with Stephens … sort of:
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) August 27, 2019
Wow.
Is this the academic equivalent of, "Sir, this is a Wendy's"?
— Yvonne Dutchover (@ydutchover) August 27, 2019
Boom ?
— Tracie Davis (@TracieLDavis1) August 27, 2019
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Just. Keeps. Getting. Better! pic.twitter.com/y5liBDNw0J
— Shopgirl ???☮️ (@idnac4u) August 27, 2019
GW ~ perfect response. pic.twitter.com/Xgbjp2fsjF
— margaritateresa ????? (@margaritateresa) August 27, 2019
This is better than Bret deserves.
— Jon Wallace (@snego) August 27, 2019
It really is. What Bret deserves is a photo of Maltzman giving him the middle finger. But this will do for now.
This is a really bold move for a university. They tend not to court this sort of controversy. https://t.co/vW4VUpVDEP
— Chris Quintana (@CQuintanaDC) August 27, 2019
If it's bold for a university to reaffirm its commitment to academic freedom, we are messed up. https://t.co/Wv3bB2GwhS
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) August 27, 2019