"Now I'm Not Saying Hitler Was Right, Mind You, Just That That Commie Lenin Was Much, Much Worse"

Some people just can't help themselves.

Ryan Phillips / The Big Lead:

The Seattle Times fires newly hired editorial writer David Volodzko after he claimed on Twitter that Hitler was a lesser evil than Lenin  —  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 …

Dan Nguyen / @dancow:   “why do you bring up genocide when I am simply trying to defend Hitler???” [image]

Dan Nguyen / @dancow:   What's funny is that the column itself is banal; it's basically: “a statue of Lenin just doesn't feel right” — which you could say about a lot of historical figures. That Volodzko feels compelled to tweet himself into a “Hitler >>> Lenin” debate is a major red flag [image]

Joe Veyera / @joeveyera:   After one column, David Volodzko is out at the Seattle Times.

Dan Nguyen / @dancow:   Update: looks like a new record has been set in Fastest Firing for Tweeting About Hitler (metro newspaper division)

@seattletimesco:   [image]

Brandon Hardin / @hardin:   found this thread in the wild and the below barely scratches the surface of his “Actually Hitler wasn't so bad” tweets. This is peak editorial board posting.

Eli Walsh / @walsh_eli:   Every week there's a half dozen posts about back-breaking layoffs of actual reporters while people like this are being hired to editorial boards

@_macamps:   the Seattle Times does some very good work on the journalism side but their editorial board is so comically bad that I just could not morally justify giving them money anymore, a rotating cast of the absolute nastiest freaks the eastside has to offer

Dan Nguyen / @dancow:   Record-setting fastest “you gotta hand it to Hitler” tweet from a newly hired member of a metro newspaper's editorial board [image]