Twitter Explodes Over 'Moron' Mensch Leonard Cohen, 'Joyless' Russia Gaffe

Former British Conservative MP Louise Mensch - no stranger to controversy or publicity stunts - has provoked a huge storm after posting a tweet praising Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen for epitomizing 'America's' "enduring greatness" and labeling Russia as "joyless".

Cohen's death, at the age of 82, was announced Friday (November 11), after which Mensch tweeted:

Louise Mensch, apparently failing to recognise that Cohen was Canadian. pic.twitter.com/M57nvLQCym

— Pedro (@sideshowbawbag) November 11, 2016​

This immediately drew scores of protests on Twitter, saying Cohen was Canadian, not American. One tweet reminded her not only of his nationality, but also of the cultural heritage of the Russia she described as "joyless".

Tweet by former British Conservative MP Louise Mensch

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@27khv is she for real??

— Daniel Hawkins (@DanhawkinsDh) November 11, 2016​

Another described Mensch as a "moron":

@SeanCMBell Russia doesn't have louise mensch. That alone makes it great

— Igwe Kalu Kalu Ogba (@masteriggy) November 11, 2016​

Meanwhile, a Reuters correspondent also pointed out the obvious:

@ReutersJamie @Otto_English @LouiseMensch yeah what does Russia have apart from Dostoevsky Tolstoy Tchaikovsky Shostakovitch Gogol Pushkin..

— Julian Rowlands (@jrbando) November 11, 2016​

However, after it emerged Mensch had changed her Twitter status to non-public, to attract clicks on the 'follow' button, one Twitter user, suggested it was a typical case of "doxing" — to collect user data to enhance the database of her online news outlet Heat St.

I have uncovered evidence Louise Mensch and Heat St. are doxing alt-right accounts. Do NOT click any links on Twitter to Heat St to be safe.

— Templeton Peck (@DaFaceman) November 7, 2016​

Mensch, who stood down as a Conservative MP, in order — she said — to concentrate on her family, is no stranger to attacking Russia. Her latest plug for Heat St. condemns Russian trolls for creating the chaos of the Trump US Presidential election.

Tweet by former British Conservative MP Louise Mensch

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Some questioned Mensch's connection between Leonard Cohen and Russia. 

@3dM4c78 @ReutersJamie @LouiseMensch biological warfare has spread

— fmscrapbookcom (@FMScrapbook) November 11, 2016​

Others, in response to Mensch's tweet, pointed out that her statement is "prejudiced" and her "obsession with Russia is becoming unhealthy."

Users reply to a tweet by former British Conservative MP Louise Mensch

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— David Hussey (@David_A_Hussey) November 11, 2016​

Louise Mensch told us Russia had no Art, Leonard Cohen was an American & then protected her tweets to stop any more of them escaping.:0)

— Felicity Lowde (@flutterbyfjl) November 11, 2016​