Earlier today, the New York Times’ Archives Twitter account commemorated the anniversary of Mao Zedong’s death with a touching little tweet:
Now Deleted#NYTeulogies pic.twitter.com/0EtIn2qxLz
— Carpe Donktum? (@CarpeDonktum) September 9, 2019
Wait, they deleted the tweet? Was there something wrong with it?
We’ve deleted a previous tweet about Mao Zedong that lacked critical historical context.
— NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) September 9, 2019
Critical context? Like what?
Here’s the graf with the quote pic.twitter.com/SDQGwsnEqF
— Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) September 9, 2019
Is there more to Mao than that? It’s not like he’s known for other stuff or anything.
Oh, wait:
You mean like that part about the 45+ million murdered people https://t.co/oqJkV5guQh
— Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) September 9, 2019
NYT: LOL sorry we forgot Mao killed tens of millions in the name of "revolution." Our bad! https://t.co/ONY7xVBRri
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 9, 2019
Mao: *kills 45 million people*
NYT: His rule was "sometimes convulsive" https://t.co/bf0jhOaNQD
— Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) September 9, 2019
50 million murdered = "critical historic context" ?
Who could have guessed? ??
— Sean K. Davis (@Sean_K_Davis) September 9, 2019
Like the killing of 10’s of millions?
— Demi ????????? (@tri_demi) September 9, 2019
No big deal. Shit like that is hard to research
— Tony Bruno (@TonyBrunoShow) September 9, 2019
Yeah, it’s not like they were around when Mao was killing all those people or like that have access to historical archives or anything.
a beautiful story, told in three acts pic.twitter.com/0ABzHNglAE
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) September 9, 2019
What utter clowns you all are.
— JenniferW (@JenWoodruff79) September 9, 2019
Today is indeed an important day in history:
On this day in 2019, the @NYTArchives was ratioed to death in broad daylight, their tireless work and attempts to spin mass murders as revolutionaries and folk heroes will not be forgotten.#NYTeulogies
*Now Deleted* pic.twitter.com/N832qLonCk
— Carpe Donktum? (@CarpeDonktum) September 9, 2019
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