Earlier this week, author Joyce Carol Oates tweeted about a photo she’d seen that was “so barbaric” it made her wonder if there were no conservation laws in the place the picture was taken.
So barbaric that this should still be allowed… No conservation laws in effect wherever this is? https://t.co/hgavm9IBaM
— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) June 9, 2015
The place the photo was taken was of course … Jurassic Park:
This guy thinks it's cool to kill defenceless animals then take a selfie. Jerk. pic.twitter.com/WbgMklrd9u
— Chris Tilly (@TillyTweets) June 9, 2015
After a dino-stampede of mockery for Oates’ bemoaning the senseless slaughter of triceratops, she claimed to have been just kidding:
FYI: @JoyceCarolOates was just kidding about that tweet on protecting dinosaurs http://t.co/JGaig8u07X
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) June 10, 2015
That, however, is proving to be a tough sell:
Oh it was not. Give me a break. http://t.co/iAvNj41M47
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 11, 2015
Don't you know she's a notorious wit? https://t.co/jzssGpI1CN
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) June 11, 2015
@DLoesch a lib with a sense of humor?
— Steven (@MaVASteve) June 11, 2015
https://twitter.com/Mattfobrien/status/609026851932114945
https://twitter.com/MarkMMcClain/status/609027518801285122
"J/k" is the fall-back position of the intellectually lazy @DLoesch
— Deborah (@DeborahPeasley) June 11, 2015
We look forward to more hilarious tweets from Oates in the future.