Recently named “America’s undisputed king of comedy” by GQ, comedian Louis C.K. surprised many on Monday with a Twitter rant against Common Core and standardized testing. He posted a number of his third-grader’s assignments on Twitter, adding: “My kids used to love math. Now it makes them cry. Thanks standardized testing and common core!”
Though C.K. has faced a number of critics, he doesn’t appear to be backing down. On Wednesday, Twitchy noticed Newsweek’s Alexander Nazaryan’s lengthy attack on the comedian. It began:
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Image via Twitter @alexnazaryan
Image via Twitter @alexnazaryan
C.K. wasted no time firing back:
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Nazaryan acknowledged the joke, adding, “also, I wore a tie with sweater. That clinched it,” before launching into another criticism of C.K. He tweeted:
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Still, C.K. wasn’t having any of it:
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The argument didn’t end there. The Newsweek writer retorted:
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C.K. admitted that he wasn’t at the top of his game three years in but that, unlike Common Core, he wasn’t being imposed on most of the nation:
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The comedian added:
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The conversation then shifted to the importance of building upon a strong foundation:
Image via Twitter @alexnazaryan
Image via Twitter @louisck
Nazaryan continued to write many, many more tweets on the subject, even warning, “If we don’t do this Common Core thing, all of our kids will be stupid: yours, mine, et al.” But C.K. appeared to lose interest in the conversation shortly after the “foundation” exchange.
However, he did tweet a general message to his 3.36 million followers:
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C.K. also appeared to encourage fans and others not to attack the Newsweek writer, posting: “i hate about twitter: I tweet, a person tweets a differing opinion, I tweet back, millions of people now s**t on that person.”
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/05/01/comedian-louis-c-k-isnt-backing-down-on-common-core-criticism-see-how-he-responded-to-a-hater-from-newsweek/
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