Writer Who Defended Hitler on Twitter Fired By Seattle Times After One Column
Above is the famous Lenin statue in Fremont (Seattle). Mr. Volodzko wanted it destroyed. Linda
The Seattle Times has fired recently-hired columnist David Volodzko after he wrote one piece for the paper. Volodzko was a member of the Times' editorial board -- briefly -- and was let go on Thursday, a day after he tried to "well, actually" Adolf Hitler's track record of evil.
Here's the statement issued by the paper:
— Seattle Times Co. (@SeattleTimesCo) July 13, 2023
The paper's newest scribe wrote a column about the famous statue of Vladimir Lenin in Seattle and why it should be removed (it's on private property, FYI). After the column was published, he took to Twitter and claimed Hitler was less-evil than Lenin because, according to Volodzko, Hitler only targeted people he believed were harmful to society, while Lenin even targeted people he believed were not. Which -- you know what, let's not even get into a debate over that.
Here are two of his now-deleted tweets:
Record-setting fastest “you gotta hand it to Hitler” tweet from a newly hired member of a metro newspaper’s editorial board pic.twitter.com/3oizeueo4r
— Dan Nguyen (@dancow) July 12, 2023
When someone pointed out how stupid that belief was, Volodzko attempted to further defend himself and things got worse:
"why do you bring up genocide when I am simply trying to defend Hitler???" pic.twitter.com/cIHiiMepDm
— Dan Nguyen (@dancow) July 12, 2023
The man wrote one column for the paper after being hired, then in record time defended Hitler's track record on Twitter. The speed at which it happened is simply incredible.
Some advice for all of our readers who plan to engage polite society, Rule No. 1: Never defend Hitler or attempt to minimize his level of evil.
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