So Many Idiots Are Attacking Gary Johnson For Asking "What Is Aleppo" That The Incorrect Spelling, Allepo, Is Trending
As every Stoolie and internet user and American on earth knows quite well, Aleppo is the massive Syrian city, formerly the third-largest of the great Ottaman* Empire — just behind Constantinople and Cairo — that now serves as a strategic and resourceful stronghold for ISIS. Duh. Tell me something I don’t know, Riggs.
When asked Thursday how he would handle the current crisis in this once-beloved place, Gary Johnson responded, “What is Aleppo?”
Since we’re all intimately knowledgable about this ancient Syrian treasure, we’re attacking the Libertarian. And we’re doing it armed with deeply entrenched information — like its correct spelling:
Those who dont know how to spell #Aleppo have made Allepo a trending topic while making fun of Johnson for not knowing about Aleppo. Ironic.
— Ally Carson (@TeaForTravel) September 8, 2016
@RiggsBarstool Proof of this is Allepo is trending right alongside the correct spelling of Aleppo. Of course, Syrians call it Halab
— Peter Eliya (@PeterEliya) September 8, 2016
Googling of Aleppo in September:
NY Times nailed it:
The @nytimes, while chiding Gary Johnson for a “surprising lack of foreign policy knowledge,” gets basic fact wrong pic.twitter.com/15OAr2IGc1
— Justin Green (@JGreenDC) September 8, 2016
As you all know, Aleppo is ISIS’ de facto capital. Just kidding it’s Raqqa, but some people spell it Allepo or New York City.
UPDATE: And they nailed the correction:
Look, there’s nothing worse than when idiots gang up and go after people on the internet. It’s the fucking worst. If there’s one thing Barstool’s great for, it’s posting pictures of hot, scantily clad chicks. But if there are two things, it’s going after people for going after people. Shaming people for shaming people. People that decide to internet shame other people suck. When they’re blatantly stupid and wrong in doing it, it flips it right over beautifully and makes that experience awesome.
Should a presidential candidate know what Aleppo is? Yep. But if you’re going to hop into attack mode over it, you better know your shit. Or at least know how to spell it. Or know whether it’s the capital of the single worst terror group in the history of the planet. If you don’t, I’m going to Google Aleppo and Syria and quadruple-check my spelling so that I can make fun of you and (hopefully) avoid shaming myself.
PS — A+ spinzone.
@RiggsBarstool Spinzone: He made more average Americans aware of what is happening in Aleppo because we all had to Google it ourselves
— AJ Fitzgerald (@fitzy955) September 8, 2016
*Ottoman, dammit