Laura Ingraham’s Tweet Was Bad, But David Hogg’s Demagoguery Is Worse
Social media has become a cesspool of animosity and nastiness. Time and time again, public figures will post something they would quickly regret. This time, it was Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who taunted Parkland survivor and prominent gun control advocate David Hogg on Twitter for being rejected by four colleges he applied to despite having a 4.1 GPA.
There’s no defense for Ingraham’s tweet. It was petty, childish, and mean-spirited.
That being said, Hogg’s reaction to her tweet took it to the extreme when he essentially launched a boycott campaign aimed at her advertisers. At least eight companies have already pulled their ads from her shows.
These boycott campaigns have become far too common. The most successful one to date took down Bill O’Reilly after he was exposed for sexual harassment almost a year ago.
As advertisers began dropping, Ingraham issued an apology on Twitter, saying that any student with a 4.1 GPA “should be proud” and that she was sorry for the “upset or hurt” her tweet caused him and the other victims of the Parkland shooting. Hogg rejected her apology, tweeting that it was an effort to “save her advertisers” and that he would only accept her apology if she denounced the way Fox News “has treated my friends and I in this fight,” adding that “it’s time to love thy neighbor, not mudsling at children” and that she should “focus less on fear and more on facts.”
He then appeared on CNN Friday morning and insisted that Ingraham should “stand down,” and said that while she is an honest opinion host, she needs to be “more objective.”
Look, if Hogg doesn’t want to accept Ingraham’s apology, that’s his decision. But the rest of us need to stop pretending that he’s the beacon of moral authority.
It’s ironic that he’s calling on everyone to “love thy neighbor” and to end the “mudslinging” because he certainly hasn’t practiced what he’s preaching. Over the past several weeks, he has referred to the NRA as “child murderers,” called Dana Loesch “disgusting” and accused her of not caring about children’s lives, smeared Republican Sen. Marco Rubio by claiming he’s bribed by the NRA in exchange for the lives of Florida students, and blasted Republicans as “sick f–kers” for not meeting his standards on gun reform. And judging from his boycott campaign, Hogg’s solution to save children’s lives is to bully the opposition into silence.
Hogg believes that he can get away with playing two roles at once: a teen victim of a mass shooting and a vocal gun control activist. One minute, he’s a brave young man who is leading the fight against the gun lobby and in the next minute, he’s crying that a lady was mean to him on Twitter. And with the help of the leftwing group Media Matters, he and his cult following have pressured over a half a dozen advertisers to part ways with the Fox News host. It’s worth emphasizing that they’re using exact punishment on Ingraham for this one tweet that they used on Bill O’Reilly for being a sexual predator. In other words, the punishment doesn’t fit the crime at all.
But when you enter the arena of public discourse, especially when it pertains to politics, no one is or should be shielded from criticism. Ingraham certainly deserved criticism for the tweet and whether she was pressured to or not, she did the right thing by apologizing. Hogg on the other hand feels no remorse for his vicious attacks against Rubio, Loesch, the NRA, and Republicans. In fact, he recently argued that the political theater at the March For Our Lives where he attacked Rubio with an NRA price tag wasn’t “provocative enough.”
For weeks, the media shamelessly allowed these Parkland students to go unchallenged as they spouted divisive, hyperbolic nonsense that was full of inaccuracies. Because of that, Hogg feels justified to say and do whatever he wants without consequence. He has been given such political power that he is using it to launch boycott campaigns against those who simply hurt his feelings.
Hogg has a platform right now because he and his classmates went through a horrific tragedy, and he deserves defending from conspiracy theorists who accused him of being a “crisis actor.” However, he cannot cloak himself in victimhood forever as he continues to be this outspoken activist. His demagoguery and blatant hypocrisy have reached a boiling point. If Hogg wants to be treated like an adult, then he should be called out as such.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/03/30/laura-ingrahams-tweet-was-bad-but-david-hoggs-demagoguery-is-worse/
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"And with the help of the leftwing group Media Matters, he and his cult following have pressured over a half a dozen advertisers to part ways with the Fox News host. It’s worth emphasizing that they’re using exact punishment on Ingraham for this one tweet that they used on Bill O’Reilly for being a sexual predator. In other words, the punishment doesn’t fit the crime at all."
I heard one of the talking heads do a telephone interview with Hoggs yesterday.
He stated that if Ingraham was fair and balanced and hadn't slandered every one of the five Parkland "spokes persons" multiple times already over the past several weeks
he could have ignored the mocking tweet. But between Fox's and Ingraham's continuous "assault" and lame self serving apology, he was content to let the advertisers have their say.
Aw, poor little (the well named) Hoggs got his feelings hurt! Sniff and he needed to Media Matters to go after that mean woman!
Now your complaining about a tweet from Hogg that kicked Laura's ass and cost her sponsors...I remember on NT the boycott of Dicks Sporting Goods when they stopped selling the AR15...Now boycotts are a problem..LMAO
It's brown shirt tactics.
Capitalism in action. Thought that's the way you liked it. Republicans have taken over the government through gerrymandering and getting help from outside, and the rest of us (majority numerically) are stuck living with their crap. So the fight has come to what republicans value most - money. I smell fear. Laura Ingraham has been lying and pushing snarky hate for a long time. Now businesses have to decide if they want to support that. Guess what! They don't!
Your'e not in any majority. You got a lot of people voting democrat who have no interest in your ideology. You used these kids to attack the NRA and the GOP and it's obvious to everyone.
And for weeks the right wing has spread lies about the Parkland students...Did you forget about that Vic? Now, Laura runs her mouth and gets it slapped shut and now conservatives are whining about it...LOLOL, hypocricy at it's finest.
Maybe you would like to tell me about it Kav?
Sure Vic...David Hogg wasn't at school the day of the shooting. Hogg is a crisis actor and lives in CA...Emma Gonzalez is ripping up the constitution. Emma is a skinhead and lesbian and Hogg is a moron and baldfaced liar, from a republican rep in Maine.
Oh Hogg and Gonzalez are ''Hitler Youth''..
There you go Vic, now you can continue whining about poor Laura..
Those are all very interesting, but what about the things Hogg, separated him from the "students" actually has said? How about saying Sen Marco Rubio has "blood on his hands", how about saying "When your old-ass parent is like, ‘I don’t know how to send an iMessage,’ and you’re just like, ‘Give me the fucking phone and let me handle it.’ Sadly, that’s what we have to do with our government; our parents don’t know how to use a fucking democracy, so we have to."
Any thoughts?
Sure, why are you moving the goal posts...None of what you just stated has a thing to down with YOUR ARTICLE.
Maybe you should post another article that addresses those items..
Sorry Vic, that was a big fail on your part.
You really don't think so?
From the article:
"It’s ironic that he’s calling on everyone to “love thy neighbor” and to end the “mudslinging” because he certainly hasn’t practiced what he’s preaching. Over the past several weeks, he has referred to the NRA as “child murderers,” called Dana Loesch “disgusting” and accused her of not caring about children’s lives, smeared Republican Sen. Marco Rubio by claiming he’s bribed by the NRA in exchange for the lives of Florida students, and blasted Republicans as “sick f–kers” for not meeting his standards on gun reform. And judging from his boycott campaign, Hogg’s solution to save children’s lives is to bully the opposition into silence.
Sorry Kav, your denial of what is staring you in the face is laughable
Sorry that you can't defend your postions Vic...Move those goal post when you don't have an answer. That's what is laughable...
Now for his comments. You have a problem with them, but don't seem to have a problem with the shit and lies thrown out by the right wing...Hypocritical much?
BTW, do you have any thoughts on the lies and BS thrown by the right at Hogg other then ''that's interesting''. Oh, and your cheap shot at Hogg in you comment above...I expect more from an adult.
It seems to be your problem Kav. You don't want me to defend MY POSITIONS - you want me to defend what others have said. I'm only interested in what your little hero said and you can't defend his Bull Shit.
You have a problem with them, but don't seem to have a problem with the shit and lies thrown out by the right wing.
He put himself in the public arena. I'm interested in what he says
I laid our for you the lies by the right about Hogg and others...the ones you asked for and your comment was ''that's interesting'' and then switch to other things that Hogg has said...So to follow your train of thought, I think that that the comments ''are interesting''...
Try again Vic.
I'm glad you do. By his words he has defined himself as a pompous little bully, who needs leftist organizations like "media matters" to perform his little hit jobs for him and the "Women's March organization" to run the march for him and the leftist media to give him his platform.
See I don't need lies, the truth say's it all
thanks for playing
Thank you all