As you may have heard, Anderson Cooper is in Gaza reporting on the latest Israeli/Palestinian conflict for CNN and doing his best not to get exploded in the process. This would probably be too much of a task for a normal human being for them to have the time or inclination to flame wingnut Twitter trolls on the side — but Anderson Cooper is no normal human being.
Why would anyone take issue with the Silver Fox risking his life to report from a war zone in the first place? Well, there’s a certain strain of wingnut that believes that, because Jesus was born there or something, Israel is infallible and can do whatever the hell it wants, while also believing that, because of 9/11, all Muslims are evil and should probably be killed. So the fact that Cooper is actually in Gaza reporting on both sides of the conflict is akin to treason to them or something. DANG LIBRUL MEDIA!
Enter Saucy Anderson Cooper…
I’m of the opinion that if you’re going to burn someone for being a lazy, stay-on-the-couch chip eater, Fritos is the chip of choice for inflicting maximum burn, because Fritos are just terrible.
With that said, this here is some next level troll flaming…
You see what Anderson did there? He actually dug into her Twitter history for material and dropped a “coconut flan” bomb on this idiot. Well done, AC. Very well done. These Laker fan bros are certainly impressed…
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The Coconut Flan assault definitely caused more damage than the missiles in question.
Pick your face up off the floor, @Pamela_Weiss!
That is a whole new level of idiot who cannot be bothered to read a twitter report fully before responding. Either that or she gets her prepositions confused. To – From what’s the difference.
It really is like a new strain of moron or something that has the ability to completely ignore anything that runs contrary to their worldview. Like, it’s RIGHT THERE IN THE TWEET SHE RESPONDED TO.
Yea I had to read this a few times to make sure that I wasn’t missing something. Anderson’s burn could’ve been a much simpler “read the fucking tweet again, dickface.”
I blame Obama.
I enjoy the Coconut Flan comment, but oh how I wish there’d been something more damning, like “@Pamela_Weiss spend less time being triple-teamed in the Stuckys bathroom and more time looking up facts #Airtight”
Every Twitter burn should be hashtagged Airtight. FACT.
If we could just show both sides that gif, I feel like we’d all be united in happiness.
Like I said before, I would pay big money to sit and watch Andy Coo sit and read bitches all day.
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The real hotness would have been if AC used this GIF in his tweet, popped his collar and did a mic drop.
I want this GIF inside me
*deals with everything forever*
My new favorite GIF that doesn’t involve Alison Brie, Community, boobs, or puppies. Good on ya sir.
@Cooter….That’s fucking hilarious!!
wow AC a cyber bully. I wonder whats up his ass….? oh, wait….
Oh that’s really fucking bright. Thanks for that contribution, Dipshit.
ZING!! Did I hit a soft spot Brett?
ahhaha Cajun boy went in ahahaha
So….Cooper is of the opinion that Israel began this conflict…??
You can’t read so instead you ask a question that has nothing to do with what AC or the idiot Twittercunt was posting. Maybe try to stay on topic.
[imgur.com] I’m just gonna leave this here.
Wow….first Elmo….now Cooper?
I came to concur on AC being a bad ass, but stayed to golf clap the Elmo comment.
*golf clap
That is fucking awesome.
You know all communication from the gays is just a high pitched, shrill show tune to us wingnuts, right?
/reading comprehension is obviously not Pamela’s strong suit.
You’re actually proud of being a homophobe?
I enjoy Fritos, but not as much as I enjoy these tweets.
Note that the guy he called a coward titles himself as having been in the U.S. Marine Corps. Went for the jugular.
Has AC ever gotten accused of not researching a story before running it? Because researching your twitter slams seems completely overpowered.
The trouble is, Pamela Weiss is correct in her statement and Anderson Cooper is a national figure who responds to random critics like as asshole. THAT is our society right now. We celebrate the idiot and demonize the intelligent because of who is funnier.
No, we’re celebrating the intelligent, AC.
Uhh, what? Whether she’s stupid or just doesn’t read before she posts (not mutually exclusive), it’s pretty clear Pamela is wrong here.
A: 4 rockets fired FROM gaza
P: hurr durr, why don’t you talk about all the rockets being fired from gaza?
Looks like the Silver Dome Defense has a 100% success rate to the 97% success rate of the Golden Dome Defense. Well done, Silver Fox.
Reeeeow
This is funny and all, but shouldn’t Anderson Cooper be above insulting random haters on Twitter?
This.
Also, Fritos are delicious.
Nope…Rip ‘em if you got ‘em…
Why is the fact that the first poster chose to remain anonymous relevant to the fact that he’s a dick? Would #andersoncooper go out of his way to insult an anonymous user who agreed with him? There is no moral equivalency. The availability of anonymity is a necessity to free speech, because unfortunately our society has become a vicious and vindictive one, and anyone making controversial speech is at risk of what someone who agrees with that speech would call retaliation and bullying and someone who disagrees would try to justify with a word like “consequences” or something with a similarly faux authoritarian tone.
Like for instance, ANYTHING having to do with Israel. Supporting it makes you a mental invalid or a baby killer to some people. Not supporting it makes you a racist or a terrorist to others. Can you really blame anyone for wanting to speak their mind without giving their audience everything they need to bully them for having a differing view?
The internet-wide Facebook and Google+ driven assault on anonymity is nonsensical and unacceptable.
Anderson Cooper will fact-check the hell out of your Twitter account before picking you apart.
Now, if he’d just do that at his actual job….