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7 March 2018updated 28 Jun 2021 4:39am

The Sun accuses snowflakes of misunderstanding Frankenstein – while misunderstanding it itself

Snowflakes – 1, The Sun – 0.

By Media Mole

Trigger warning for angry elderly rightwingers: you don’t come off well in this story.

In its quest to make all young people look like over-sensitive mulches of victimhood, The Sun has run a story about how “snowflakes” (a human person with opinions who happens to be under 40 and mildly left-of-centre) are sympathising with Frankenstein’s monster.

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