https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/514823357108203520
The State Department caused a bit of a stir with a recent tweet from its terrorism-focused Twitter account:
The @ThinkAgain_DOS is an official State Department Twitter account with the purpose of spreading “truths about terrorism.” And as ABC News reports, @ThinkAgain_DOS tweets like the one above are “meant to dissuade anyone from being radicalized and becoming a terrorist.”
But for some, the photos aren’t so much a deterrent to terrorists as an exercise in bad taste:
@ThinkAgain_DOS Brought to you by the same people who think that Marie Harf as State Dept. Spokesperson is a good idea.
— Denny Loggins (@DennyLoggins) September 24, 2014
https://twitter.com/GOPMommy/status/514824493496537088
Is there some reason for the corpse-porn? Are these people important or something? Or do you just groove on this? @ThinkAgain_DOS
— No-Tel Lounge (@NoTelLounge) September 24, 2014
@ThinkAgain_DOS WTF? This is from our State Department? What are you, third-world jihadist wanna-bes? & ISIS expands even during airstrikes
— andthenwhat? (@NWcarol28) September 24, 2014
@ThinkAgain_DOS wow really?! This is quite unnecessary…what are you trying to accomplish with this? Who runs this account…a 15yo??
— Suzanna Merza de Cerati ? (@SuzannaRegina2) September 24, 2014
Photos like this may rub some people the wrong way, and we can certainly debate the effectiveness of this particular State Department strategy. But here’s a question worth asking: Would anyone object to seeing these corpse photos?
https://twitter.com/fatdaddybulldog/status/514821969800626178
https://twitter.com/beckkevray/status/514827473134321665
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Update:
Apparently the outcry got to the State Department. Their @ThinkAgain_DOS account has deleted the tweet.
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