Rodman Returns to North Korea to "Just Have a Good Time"

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Max Read

09/03/13 07:30AM

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The Worm has returned: Just a few months after his infamous trip to the starving authoritarian hellhole, former basketball superstar Dennis Rodman flew back to North Korea from Beijing on Tuesday, ready to "have a good time," and "sit with [North Korean dictator Kim John Un] and his family."

Rodman insists that the trip will involve no diplomacy, but is rather intended to "show people around the world that we as Americans can actually get along with North Korea... I just want to meet my friend Kim, the marshal, and start a basketball league over there or something like that."

In May, Rodman, after reading a Seattle Times op-ed, tweeted a call for Kim to release Kenneth Bae, an American citizen and missionary accused of plotting to overthrow the DPRK government—but says he has not been "promised" anything, and is not going in order to seek Bae's release.

I'm calling on the Supreme Leader of North Korea or as I call him "Kim", to do me a solid and cut Kenneth Bae loose.
— Dennis Rodman (@dennisrodman) May 7, 2013

Rodman's original visit, in conjunction with an "epic" Vice magazine trip, was roundly criticized (not by the DPRK, obviously), but Rodman promised he'd be back.

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Shygurl Max Read 09/03/13 07:44AM

Any leader of a country that can allow this to happen to their own children can kick rocks.

(Sorry for ruining any of y'alls breakfast)

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The Crushah! Shygurl 09/03/13 07:47AM

What am I looking at here?

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postnjam12 Shygurl 09/03/13 07:50AM

What has been seen cannot be unseen.

That is the most horrible image I've ever seen, I'm not kidding.

Shygurl The Crushah! 09/03/13 08:06AM

Sorry I forgot to insert the link.

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bigcityvintage Shygurl 09/03/13 08:09AM

I'm kinda pissed I had to look at that and you didn't even tell me what's going on thur.

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meeting people is easy Max Read 09/03/13 09:50AM

Since Shygurl seems to not be promoting any of the comments that are criticizing her post, I'm calling on Gawker to remove the thread entirely.

The photo in question isn't even a baby from North Korea, so I'm not sure why this commenter would even post the photo of a mutilated baby, front and center nonetheless.

Seriously, get that shit DOWN.

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formergr meeting people is easy 09/03/13 09:58AM

I love her backtrack on being called out for it not even being a North Korean baby. "Oh, uh, yeah, I just meant all the evil dictators in the world and all the countries with human rights abuses!" I wanted to comment on it pointing out her utter cluelessness and backtracking, but I realized another comment would just elevate the thread even more in Kinja.

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meeting people is easy formergr 09/03/13 10:03AM

Yeaup! And she's dismissing almost every single comment where people are berating her for the photo. That's why I decided to start this thread in hopes that Gawker will get the point.

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PuffyTheUmpireLayer meeting people is easy 09/03/13 10:17AM

Agree. It says more about her than it says about North Korea (which is nothing, because as others have pointed out, that photo is not even from North Korea).

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meeting people is easy PuffyTheUmpireLayer 09/03/13 10:46AM

And as you pointed out in a comment that will never see the light of day, she has no issue posting photos of mutilated babies but seems to have a problem with responding to criticism.

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VirilityUntoThee Max Read 09/03/13 08:04AM

You might want to get them on a healthy diet if you plan on making something out of their basketball team.

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Shygurl VirilityUntoThee 09/03/13 08:12AM

Waiting for the obligatory "yo,that's racist" comment.

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apeshapedman VirilityUntoThee 09/03/13 08:32AM

I want to believe that each service selected their tallest soldier as a show of power in that moment.

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levarien Shygurl 09/03/13 08:37AM

Not racist, biological fact. North Koreans are 1 to 3 inches shorter than South Koreans due to malnutrition at early ages.

Cherith Cutestory VirilityUntoThee 09/03/13 08:38AM

Or even a diet.

Fuck Dennis Rodman.

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lobstr Max Read 09/03/13 08:13AM

Whoooooo'z ready to "have a good tiiiiime?????"

DoctorWho lobstr 09/03/13 12:43PM

And this would be an example of a "Taep'o-dong"; better than "No-dong". Oh how I love the phallic descriptions of missiles...