Writer David Volodzko has made a big splash in his short time as a columnist at Seattle Timescriticized by the press for the following controversial statement first story.
The newspaper column itself – based on the ethos of the statue of Vladimir Lenin in Seattle – is clearly not the problem. It was a follow-up tweet from Voldozko, in which he said that Hitler was not as evil as Lenin because “Hitler only targeted people he personally believed to be harmful to society while Lenin targeted both who he himself did not believe to be harmful in any way. “
It was a strange hill to die on, and the hill that apparently got Voldozko slashed after his inauguration. time story. Thursday night, the newspaper make a statement to social media announces that, “with immediate effect,” Voldozko will cease to be a member of time staff.
“ONE Seattle Times editorial writer engaged in Twitter recently in a manner that is inconsistent with the values of our company and the values of our family ownership,” the statement said.
Voldozko’s column itself was not cited as the reason he was fired and can still read on Seattle Times website. However, it seems to poke fun at a similar concept, in a much more innocuous way.
At one point, Voldozko mentioned his grandfather, who he said had come to America “as a refugee after escaping from a Nazi concentration camp”.
“The only thing worse, he said bitterly, is the Russia that Lenin built,” Voldozko wrote.
Ironically, he even used Neo-Nazis’ presence in Russia as evidence for this hypothesis.
“In Russia, racist attacks are so pervasive that it is impossible to track them down,” Voldozko wrote. “New fascism thrives, the government fancies the fire, Ukraine is on fire.”
The offensive tweet from the now-old columnist has been deleted.
Voldozko has published his work in many other publications over the years, including New York Magazine, nation and The Daily Beast.
