The New York Times Magazine asked their readers if they would kill baby Hitler. Here are the results of the heated exchange on Twitter.
The New York Times Magazine caused an tumultuousness on Twitter after post the result of a “ Could you kill a baby Hitler ? ” poll . Image Source : NYT Magazine Twitter
Whenever questions of time travel arise , talk inevitably ramble toward kill Hitler and intercept the Holocaust . The New York Times Magazine ran with a winding on this popular hypothetical on a slow Friday news day in the form of a Twitter poll : Could you obliterate a baby Hitler ?
Naturally , Twitter exploiter were quick to put in their 140 lineament . MSNBC host Chris Hayes compose “ Was baby Hitler the artificer of peas in guacamole ? ” in a citation to a New York Times Twitterpostearlier this year that lit up the internet . Former Gakwer editor - in - chief Max Read read into the motion a little more profoundly , tweeting , “ the nyt powder magazine literally keeps an ethicist on servant and its request * chirrup * about killing babe hitler . no wonder photographic print is dying . ”
The New York Times Magazine caused an uproar on Twitter after posting the results of a “Could you kill a baby Hitler?” poll. Image Source:NYT Magazine Twitter
There was n’t a larger story behind the poll parrot , but the tweet has stock a forest of stories and Google searches .
The number of Google searches rise in the hour following the sister Hitler tweet . Image rootage : Google Trends
The answer were mixed , with 42 per centum suppose yes , 30 percentage aver no and 28 percent saying they are not sure if they would shoot down babe Hitler .
The number of Google searches rose in the hours following the baby Hitler tweet. Image Source:Google Trends
The New York Times Magazine , meanwhile , has found liquid body substance in the energetic reply .
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— NYT Magazine ( @NYTmag)October 23 , 2015
