And if memory serves me correctly, the Nazis did this exact same thing with a “show” concentration camp.

‘While everything he saw and had exposure to was most likely orchestrated (which he acknowledges) it is still a way to gain insight into a country and culture that few will ever get to experience.’

Maybe he’ll post a “real” video about his experience there once he’s home and free?

He’s normalizing the oppressors, while benefiting personally. Not helping the oppressed one bit.

“Should everyone stop exploring a country if they disagree with any practice of that country?”

He’s not being a tourist. He’s not investigating and reporting back as a non-partisan observer.

“Should everyone stop exploring a country if they disagree with any practice of that country?”

While everything he saw and had exposure to was most likely orchestrated (which he acknowledges) it is still a way to gain insight into a country and culture that few will ever get to experience. Every country objectively does something bad, is there a level or threshold that every human is beholden to? Should…

The problem with this argument is that literally nobody thinks the people of North Korea are somehow “bad.” This isn’t some cultural misunderstanding, nobody’s sitting there going “Gee, man, I don’t know about those 5 year-old North Korean dirt farmers. They seem pretty sketchy.”

I think he’s probably dumb, yes. He thinks that because the North Korean people are, by and large, good people, there’s “2 sides to the story.” He fails to realize that all the criticism of NK is about the gov’t, not the average citizen, and is in fact on behalf of the citizen. If Kim Jong-un did al this shit on an…

What a totally disgusting individual. Is he retarded or something? Does he honestly believe that all the atrocities that are reported about North Korea are “media propaganda?”

Aronjlove came back to apologize for the harsh tone.

My husband and I were just saying how hard it is to maintain a friendship with, let alone respect for people who support him.

Yeah, I have a hard time separating my emotions when it comes to Trump. This isn’t Gawker so I shouldn’t have been in asshole mode but talk of Trump just brings it out of me.

You’re 100% correct that it was a bit harsh. Thought I was still on Gawker but this is The Slot. Allow me to apologize for the overly judgmental critique of your opinion. I’ve seen far too many people that I thought were good, logical individuals say that Trump makes sense.

Honestly this feels SO MUCH like a manufactured “viral marketing” thing. First off, I doubt anyone in Trump’s family would buy any piece of jewelry under $100 (even that is a stretch, probably $1K would be starting price to not consider it “Kmart jewelry”). Second, this is WAY too masturbatory and self-congratulatory,…

I know. I’m not famous (like super not famous) but the idea that it’s cool for a company to be like “Hey, Sehjma, thanks for ordering <potentially embarrassing thing> from us!” all over their social media is...not cool.

I agree. Also, this type of shaming is coming from a bad angle that just renders the whole thing embarrassing.

I agree. If they wanted to write and include the note to her- fine. But posting it publicly is crossing boundaries/ a bit of a violation to me. Not cool.