The news of this case first came out more than a year and a half ago, and I distinctly remember a strange schadenfreude emerging from the political left. Almost like this kid had it coming. Actually, not almost. That is what some people said.
Nick Gillespie at Reason dug up the archives to find the evidence. On Comedy Central's The Nightly Show, host Larry Wilmore said: "Frat Bro Privilege not valid in totalitarian dystopias." "North Korea isn't a playground for college pranks, Kim Jong-un isn't a fictional character from a Seth Rogen movie, and Pyongyang isn't some game you play with Coors Light and Solo cups... It's just tough for me to have much sympathy for this guy and his crocodile tears."
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