Journalist makes Hitler-Assad comparison and sends Twitter into frenzy

Journalist said Hitler never used sarin gas on his own soldiers even as his realm fell

The chemical attack in Syria shook the world as pictures of the atrocities are shared on social media.

While the Western countries point fingers at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as being behind the attack, Syrian allies especially Russia claim the government "did not and will not" use chemical weapons.



In the midst of it all, journalist David Simon made a comparison that sent Twitter in a frenzy. He compared Assad to Adolf Hitler, stating the latter would never use sarin gas on his own soldiers even as his realm fell. Assad, on the other hand, has used it twice on his civilians, he alleged.

Possessing sarin gas, Hitler wouldn't use it on soldiers even as his Reich fell. He'd been gassed in WWI. Assad has used it 2x on civilians.

— David Simon (@AoDespair) April 6, 2017

Some called it a 'bad analogy' and asked him to 'read a book',

https://twitter.com/Expelliarmoire/status/849949015793905666

https://twitter.com/dangillmor/status/850025117635592192

https://twitter.com/samaveryquinn/status/850026585403084801

David Simon is actually saying that Hitler didn't intend to gas Jews when he used gas on Jews

— Karen Free 🇵🇸 FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA (@kazahann) April 6, 2017

Another journalist accused him of defending Hitler in order to propagate his anti-Assad agenda,

Defending and mitigating Hitler's crimes - to fuel a new US war - is about as appalling as it gets. pic.twitter.com/oU1yK2FS0H

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 6, 2017

Some even questioned how he was sure Assad's regime was behind the attack,

https://twitter.com/EddieWins_/status/850025728330616832

https://twitter.com/JoinedAtTheArse/status/849972244730302464

However, some stood behind Simon's tweet saying he was simply putting things in perspective,

WTF @ggreenwald !? This is not​ defending Hitler? It's a comparison of two terrible people so we can put in perspective today's challenges

— Jason (@jasonsolross) April 6, 2017

Despite many urging Simon to accept his mistake, the journalist continued to defend his tweet.

This story originally appeared on RT