Joyce Carol Oates, the 77 year-old author, professor, and
Twitter-genius,
condemned Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg Tuesday for hunting down and killing a dinosaur. “So barbaric that this should still be allowed,” the feminist wrote. “No conservation laws in effect wherever this is?”
Joyce Carol Oates is the author of more than 70 books.
Apparently, in academia no one has ever heard of “Jurassic Park.” Oates is condemning a photo of Spielberg on the set of his 1993 blockbuster; he’s seated in front of an animatronic dinosaur used in the movie.
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So barbaric that this should still be allowed… No conservation laws in effect wherever this is?
https://t.co/hgavm9IBaM— Joyce Carol Oates (@JoyceCarolOates) June 9, 2015
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Even in the film this dinosaur was not hunted and killed. It was ill from eating the wrong kind of plant.
How comforting that one of America’s
“opinion-leaders” is so bubbled she doesn’t recognize one of the world’s most famous directors on the set of one of his most popular films.
How disturbing she doesn’t recognize a freakin’ dinosaur.
But for hours after the dinosaur tweet, the jokes rolled in.
Some said that if the hunting continued, the animals could face extinction.
One person called Oates a tree-hugger from prehistoric times.
Another consoled her for "losing your first childhood pet."