Guardian columnist Ash Sarkar stirs up reactions with ‘extremely grotesque’ Titanic sub-disaster tweet
Ash Sarkar has sparked reactions on social media after an “extremely grotesque” tweet about the missing victims of the Titanic tourist submarine.
The columnist, 31, who has written 23 articles for The Guardian, used the tragedy to suggest that the wealthy should be taxed more.
She wrote to her 400,000 followers on Twitter: “If the super-rich can spend £250,000 on vain trips 1.8 miles under the ocean, they’re not being taxed enough.”
It’s because five people are currently missing on the missing ship, Titan – with its vital oxygen tank running low just after noon today.
Since getting comments on social media, the writer added: “The Titanic Submarine is a modern morality story about what happens when you have too much money, and the grotesque inequality and sympathy, attention and help for those who don’t have it.” .
‘Migrants are ‘meant’ to die at sea; billionaires are not.’
Ash Sarkar, 31, (pictured) sparked outrage on social media after an ‘extremely grotesque’ tweet about the missing victims of the Titanic tourist submarine
In a tweet to her 400,000 followers, the columnist said the rich are not taxed enough
She added: ‘The Titanic Submarine is a modern morality story about what happens when you have too much money, and the grotesque inequality and sympathy, attention and help for those without money’
In response to Ms Sarkar, fellow Guardian columnist Ariane Sherine rejected Ms Sarkar’s views
Ms Sarkar has since defended herself on Twitter following the backlash
Fellow Guardian writer Ariane Sherine disagreed with this tweet, replying, “I’m not sure this is entirely true. The reason the news was all about the submarine is the fact that (a) they could still be alive and (b) time is running out.
“Everyone cared about the Thai boys trapped in the cave and they were poor. Unfortunately, the migrants had already died.’
Other Twitter users have criticized Ms Sarkar’s comments, with one critic labeling her post as “despicable”.
GB News commentator and former Brexit Party MEP Martin Daubney said: ‘What an utterly grotesque tweet. People are probably about to die and Ash Sarkar is making this about rich people paying more taxes? Have a day off, honey.”
Another person replied, “The youngest is only 19.”
YouTuber Mahyar Tousi said, “Evil and heartless tweet based purely on envy and hatred.”
Ms Sarkar also suggested that the missing, one of whom is 19 years old, are arrogant because of the amount they were willing to pay for the tourist experience.
“I feel immensely sorry for what must have been a terrifying experience, and had the worst happened, a horrible way to die,” she wrote.
“I have absolutely no time for corporate arrogance, both on the part of OceanGate and the billionaires who paid for their services.”
The Titan, a tourist submarine operating $250,000 tours of the doomed Titanic ship and operated by OceanGate Expeditions, has been submerged since 8 a.m. Sunday with five people on board
She wrote to her 400,000 followers on Twitter: ‘If the super rich can spend £250,000 on vain trips 1.8 miles under the ocean then they aren’t being taxed enough’
Ms Sarker has posted a series of tweets in response to the tragedy of the Titantic tourist submarine
It comes after the columnist sparked outrage in May after labeling the British monarchy as a “cartel of some very weird people” that is “neither fair nor representative.”
Ash Sarkar, editor-in-chief at Novara Media, pounced on the royal family in her latest controversial broadside against the firm — just days before King Charles’s coronation.
The journalist, who previously called for the British national anthem to be replaced with a ‘grime banger’, said young people interested in the ‘values of fairness and representation’ are increasingly being put off by the royals.
“Any way you look at it, the monarchy is not a fair or representative institution,” Sarkar told BBC Newsnight on Tuesday.
“Attempts have been made by the royal family to deprive themselves of some of the mystery, invite the media and show the public what they really do. And what they’ve revealed is a cartel of some really weird people.”
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