As Twitchy readers know, Newsweek writer Nina Burleigh wrote an exceptionally stupid tweet about how almost every single person she’s ever heard of with an AR-15 has been a mass murderer.
Considering there are roughly 15 million AR-15s in America alone, that’s a lot of mass murder that doesn’t make the news, doncha think?
Nina was understandably dragged for her silly tweet, so much so that later in the day claimed she wrote it as bait for NRA bots.
I cast some @nra botbait this morning and they’re still coming out of their hidey-holes 14 hours later. https://t.co/9HaAcgj2Bt
— Nina Burleigh (@ninaburleigh) November 18, 2018
She’s so EDGY.
And you know, people who disagree with her have to be bots.
It’s not the “botbait” that gets people, but rather the factually-challenged nature of said bait. This is Jacob Wohl-level lunacy, but you actually get paid to write for @Newsweek? It’s like we’re living in Idiocracy.
— ???Christmas Latte??? (@Seasonal_Latte) November 18, 2018
So is this person a bot?
Bot
— Nina Burleigh (@ninaburleigh) November 18, 2018
See? Guess so.
HA!
Wait, we’re making fun of her again, does that make us a big bot or just a bunch of little bots? We have questions.
Guess we can pretty much confirm that fragile egos aren't a male-dominated trait, huh?
— HO-HO-HO-Ping ⛄️ (@GamingAndPandas) November 18, 2018
Instead of admitting the tweet was dumb she’s trying to pretend she MEANT to be stupid to enrage gun rights advocates.
Right.
Maybe get out of your bubble?
— ? Bryan O'Nolan ? (@BryanONolan) November 18, 2018
Maybe a journalist shouldn't be bragging about being staggeringly ill-informed…
— Charles N. Boot (@ChipBoots) November 18, 2018
Journalist.
Adorbs.
I’m a combat veteran and can tell you that your view of weapons is about the same as a child’s understanding on how to drive a vehicle. You have literally no experience on the matter yet you speak as if you do.
— Thaly989 (@thaly989) November 18, 2018
Man, these ‘bots’ seem to know a lot about guns.
Actually–it was just a really dumb tweet.
— mallen (@mallen2010) November 18, 2018
Truth hurts.
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