Of course, as it was a day ending in “y.” But what sparked that tweet about her latest idiocy? Well, as Twitchy reported, a healthy young giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo was shot to death. Officials said it was to prevent inbreeding and the news sparked a bizarre comedy routine from Axl Rose.
And then this happened:
@JoyceCarolOates compares death of giraffe to Nazi doctors https://t.co/wYjIudRD9b
— Gabe (@BmoreGabe) February 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/jackstarr1999/status/433302834671386624
American author Joyce Carol Oates compares killing of giraffe to Holocaust http://t.co/Et3tbUnMoW
— Quad Finn (@Quad_Finn) February 11, 2014
No, seriously. She actually did that:
Still can't comprehend why the Danish zoo killed the beautiful young healthy giraffe. Yes, they had "reasons"–so did Nazi doctors.
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) February 11, 2014
What in the actual hell? Is she truly that depraved? Dead giraffe and The Holocaust … same diff!
Twitter users swiftly and rightly gave her the business
When they came for Godwin, I said nothing MT @haaretzcom: Joyce Carol Oates compares killing of giraffe to Holocaust. http://t.co/FghLYB0XCb
— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) February 11, 2014
https://twitter.com/AprilMunroe/status/433342831134916610
@JoyceCarolOates *Face palm* this is some of the stupidest shit I heard all day, congrats .
— Major Phillip Asshole (@Hebrew_Mafia) February 12, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates @javier_raya Well, fucking fight the entire zoo establishment if you think its equivalent to concentration camps.
— 猫 (@mzedp) February 11, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates "Reasons" aside, do you feel are results equivalent–the death of an innocent giraffe & the deaths of innocent people?
— Murray Suid (@MurraySuid) February 11, 2014
Joyce Carol Oates sees no difference between a freaking giraffe and Jewish prisoners during the holocaust. Outstanding level of idiocy.
— Good Tweetman (@Goodtweet_man) February 11, 2014
Joyce Carol Oates – not the sharpest tool in the shed. A dead giraffe and the hoocaust. http://t.co/WGiMW89zww via @haaretzcom @renemartens
— Alexander Kasbohm (@akasbohm) February 11, 2014
@JoyceCarolOates thx for comparing my murdered relatives to a giraffe
— frank_sobotka69 (@brkfstsanwich) February 11, 2014
In a nutshell (with emphasis on “nut”):
OH MY GOD JOYCE CAROL OATES. A zoo killing a giraffe isn't good but it's not like the Holocaust. For fuck's sake.
— Joshua Yu Burnett (@joshuayuburnett) February 11, 2014
Seriously.
Ms. Oates, please seek help. And put down the Twitter.
Is there no one in Joyce Carol Oates' life who can disable her Twitter account & internet access? IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYONE.
— Yeti Disinfecti (@libraryyeti) February 11, 2014
@libraryyeti PUT THE NSA TO USE. DISABLE JOYCE CAROL OATES.
— Quarantine Annie (@grimalkinrn) February 11, 2014
Heh.
An exit question for the lunatic, Woody Allen-defending Oates:
If Woody Allen had sexually molested the giraffe, would Joyce Carol Oates still like his work?
— London Writers CA (@LondonWritersCA) February 11, 2014
Boom.
Related:
This Axl Rose comedy routine brought to you by a dead giraffe
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