Clara Jeffery, who runs the non-profit news website Mother Jones, received a barrage of responses after speculating that Native Americans might be offended by the naming of the missiles which were launched by President Trump this week

The editor-in-chief of a prominent liberal news organization has been slammed on social media for suggesting that Tomahawk cruise missiles are an example of cultural appropriation.

Clara Jeffery, who runs the non-profit publication Mother Jones, received a barrage of responses after speculating that Native Americans might be offended by the naming of the missiles which were launched by President Trump this week.

'That the missiles are called tomahawks must enrage a lot of Native Americans [sic],' she tweeted on Saturday.

Twitter users immediately disparaged Jeffery's statement and her account was inundated with responses that went viral.

Utilizing the names of Native American tribes is a common practice among the US military, which has drawn inspiration from countless tribes for machinery and aircraft over the years.

Jeffery's critics argue that her perceived hypervigilance for a culture that isn't her own is ill-informed, and that her concerns are misplaced.

The editor-in-chief was slammed on social media for her comments about 'tomahawk' missiles

Ars Technica IT Editor Sean Gallagher wrote: 'The war tomahawk was actually a British invention.'

However, by most scholarly accounts, the tomahawk was invented by the Algonquian native people in early America.

Jeffery's tweet came in light of President Trump's controversial move to attack a Syrian airbase with 56 tomahawk missiles as retribution for a chemical attack that was reportedly launched by the country's own presidential regime

Some users argued that Jeffery, being a white woman, did not have the authority to speak on issues that didn't affect her racially.

Donald Trump Jr retweeted a response from television host Ben Shapiro, in which he offered a name for the missiles inspired by his Jewish nationality.

A user by the name of IPledgeAllegiance said: 'YET another liberal white woman feels she can appropriate voices of Native Americans and speak for them enrages me. POC speak our own.'

Another user mirrored Jeffery's language, writing: 'Real journalists must be enraged you call yourself one of them.'

The insults continued to pour in, with another person writing: 'This was a squelched observation deemed inaccurate 30 yrs ago. U R stirring trouble and thats why smart people dont read rags like yours.'

Others speculated that Jeffery's perceived over-protection of another culture is the reason why Trump won the presidency.

Donald Trump Jr retweeted a response from television host Ben Shapiro, in which he offered a name for the missiles inspired by his Jewish nationality

Some users argued that Jeffery, being a white woman, did not have the authority to speak on issues that didn't affect her racially

The insults continued to pour in, with another person writing: 'This was a squelched observation deemed inaccurate 30 yrs ago. U R stirring trouble and thats why smart people dont read rags like yours'

Another user mirrored Jeffery's language, saying: 'Real journalists must be enraged you call yourself one of them'

Many chose to fire off jokes in response to Jeffery's controversial tweet

Others speculated that Jeffery's perceived over-protection of another culture is the reason why Trump won the presidency

Jeffery's tweet came in light of President Trump's controversial move to attack a Syrian airbase with 56 tomahawk missiles as retribution for a chemical attack that was reportedly launched by the country's own presidential regime.

More than 85 civilians, including children, were killed by the serin nerve gas.

In response to the brutal attack, President Trump said: 'No child of God should ever suffer such horror.'