Friday, May 1, 2015

US envoy deflects 'stupid blonde' insult by Turkish mayor with humor

The US ambassador to Turkey is fighting back with humor after Ankara's mayor called a US state department spokeswoman a "stupid blonde."

John Bass posted a picture on his Instagram account with his normally dark hair digitally altered to a reddish blond. The caption said: "American Diplomats: We Are All Blonde."

Ankara Mayor Melih Gokcek had taken to social media to go after State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf for criticizing Turkish police tactics during demonstrations.

Earlier this week, Gokcek posted a tweet with an image of police in Baltimore forcibly subduing someone during the recent unrest with a caption that said: "Where are you stupid blonde, who accused Turkish police of using disproportionate force?"

The Tweet included a picture of Harf and said: "Come on blonde, answer now."

 AP
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2 comments :

  1. US-Botschafter in der Türkei: "Wir sind alle blond" ...

    John Bass reagiert auf Kritik vom Ankara-Bürgermeister an die US-Außenamtssprecherin.

    Mit einer humorvollen Botschaft hat der US-Botschafter in der Türkei am Freitag auf beleidigende Äußerungen des Bürgermeisters von Ankara gegenüber der Sprecherin des Außenministeriums in Washington reagiert. Melih Gökcek, ein enger Verbündeter des islamisch-konservativen Staatschefs Recep Tayyip Erdogan hatte Harf am Mittwoch im Kurzbotschaftendienst Twitter angegriffen: "Komm, Blondchen, antworte jetzt ..."

    "Amerikanische Diplomaten: Wir sind alle blond", schrieb Botschafter John Bass auf Englisch und Türkisch im Fotodienst Instagram zu einem Bild, das den eigentlich braunhaarigen Diplomaten mit blonden Haaren zeigte. Er reagierte damit auf Aussagen von Gökcek, der die US-Außenamtssprecherin Marie Harf zuvor als "Blondchen" denunziert hatte...http://kurier.at
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  2. US ambassador responds to Ankara Mayor Gökçek: ‘We are all blonde’...

    U.S. Ambassador to Ankara John Bass has waded into the dispute between Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek and U.S. State Department spokesperson Marie Harf, by posting a photo-shopped blonde haired picture of himself on Instagram.

    Ambassador Bass posted the photo with the caption, “American Diplomats: We Are All Blonde,” referring to Gökçek’s targeting of Harf in his tweets when criticizing the disproportionate use of police force in the Baltimore riots...hurriyetdailynews.com
    1/5/15

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