JD Salinger Dead, BEE Taking Fire

I don't understand whats going on with Bret's twitter comment about JD Salinger's death, but its not playing well with the masses. Some of comments are harsh.

I will add the caveat to all this that Bret's twitter post doesn't actually mention Salinger by name, so he could be referring to something else.

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Update: Bret's Twitter page has moved from @eastonellis to @BretEastonEllis.