It gets stupider: Brit Hume got called a Nazi defender for sharing an article from The Atlantic

Brit Hume was accused of defending Nazis last night after he shared an article titled “The Rise of the Violent Left” by The Atlantic’s Peter Beinart:

But they were the good guys in Charlottesville, bravely fighting Nazis ->The Rise of the Violent Left – The Atlantic https://t.co/51YGaBhVsJ

— Brit Hume (@brithume) August 16, 2017

https://twitter.com/waltshaub/status/897650916022681601

FFS. How do you to get defending Nazis from this?!

When you were growing up, did someone tell you that criticizing the violent left equalled defending Nazis? Please. https://t.co/AKx1xu0bbe

— Brit Hume (@brithume) August 16, 2017

Anyway, Sarah Silverman jumped in for some reason and added, “The violent alt left is something that was invented today by scumbags who don’t want to alienate their Nazi base”:

The violent alt left is something that was invented today by scumbags who don't want to alienate their Nazi base. https://t.co/9c5PkGu3Mf

— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) August 16, 2017

Well, she obviously didn’t read the entire thread or click the link. Beinart’s article was dated August 6, before Charlottesville:

You mean like Peter Beinart writing in the Atlantic? https://t.co/keMVFgSvYR https://t.co/2cg8EKV6Fm

— Brit Hume (@brithume) August 16, 2017

Hate on Donald Trump all you want, but let’s not pretend that violent lefty protesters are just something he invented out of thin air.

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