Kritik David Bowie, Lim Kok Wing dikecam netizen

PENGASAS dan Presiden Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Tan Sri Dr Lim Kok Wing, terpaksa menghadapi kritikan masyarakat apabila memuat naik satu tweet yang disifatkan ramai sebagai 'penghinaan' kepada lagenda muzik David Bowie.

David bowie is dead. I never understood him, why he would paint his face and wear the clothes he did. But obviously he was very popular.
— Limkokwing (@limkokwing) January 11, 2016

Ramai yang tidak dapat menerima apa yang ditulis Lim dan meminta agar beliau sekurang-kurangnya menghormati Bowie yang meninggal dunia semalam.

@limkokwing this from the founder of a "creative" college ? Wowwww
— Sara Param (@SaraParam) January 12, 2016

@limkokwing Oh my God! I can't believe you tweeted *that* about #DavidBowie, Tan Sri! And I thought you were 'creative'?!
— admtnmkrz (@ATMology) January 12, 2016

@limkokwing if your aim is to go viral with this tweet, congrats. But please show some respect, David was a great artist.
— Darrel Cheong (@NinjaMuffeen) January 12, 2016

@limkokwing Because he made great music! This is an incredibly disrespectful tweet from a founder of a creative college.
— Fatin Nadia (@kinkywildcat) January 12, 2016

Dalam beberapa tweet balasan, Lim menjelaskan apa yang ditulisnya hanyalah pendapat peribadi dan orang ramai boleh memilih untuk bersetuju atau tidak dengan pendapat tersebut.

Some people obviously have mistaken creativity to mean being outlandish or outright crazy or going against everything that's in existence.
— Limkokwing (@limkokwing) January 11, 2016

Beliau juga meminta agar mereka tidak begitu beremosi dan beradab dalam mengutarakan kritikan.

I find it amazing some have chosen to be embarrassingly rude. I expressed an opinion. You don't have to agree. Why be so horribly rude?
— Limkokwing (@limkokwing) January 12, 2016

It's perfectly fine if you don't agree with a tweet I posted. Disagree by all means. Just don't be rude.
— Limkokwing (@limkokwing) January 12, 2016

Bowie meninggal dunia pada Isnin selepas 18 bulan bertarung dengan kanser.