You can probably count the number of times we’ve agreed with Patton Oswalt on one hand (or maybe one finger). But we firmly believe in giving credit where credit is due, and this time, Oswalt got it right.
The comedian can’t help but notice the P.C. crowd’s growing desire to silence dissent, so earlier today, he shared a new piece by conservative author and commentator Mark Steyn:
"This is the aging of the dawn of Aquarius." @MarkSteynOnline, hitting it out of the park: http://t.co/0XPm9DRn36
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 16, 2014
Oswalt is no conservative by any stretch of the imagination. But he quickly got a taste of how “politically incorrect” conservatives are regularly treated by lefty speech police:
RT'd an essay on PC censorship by @MarkSteynOnline. Now getting accused of agreeing w/Steyn on EVERYTHING, which proves Steyn's point.
— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) April 16, 2014
Here’s a taste of the blowback:
Ditto-ing right wing twerps because Salon hurt your feelings once is a real good look, Constable Sweeney https://t.co/0V9y6rIXTp
— Jesse (@Eegah) April 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/Keenith23/status/456444746882240512
Oswalt, if you’ll recall, has duked it out with Salon a few times over political correctness.
Moving on:
@pattonoswalt @MarkSteynOnline steyn conflates disagreement with censorship. You're better than that.
— Felix Gallo (@felixgallo) April 16, 2014
Nothing makes me laugh harder than @pattonoswalt tweeting a Mark Steyn article without knowing his trashman status #persecutioncomplex
— alex (@Tangy__) April 16, 2014
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@pattonoswalt i think it's more that @MarkSteynOnline's definition of PC is not shared by many people, who aren't assholes
— In an abundance of caution, (@mumbly_joe) April 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/Mickey_McCauley/status/456446346556227584
@pattonoswalt @MarkSteynOnline It was bad enough you agreed with him on that essay, it's idiotic if you think about it in context.
— Twaikuer (@Twaikuer) April 16, 2014
https://twitter.com/Solidar/status/456446996539506688
But remember: Lefties are the tolerant ones.
RT this tweet by @pattonoswalt about the scourge of political correctness – He’s dead-on https://t.co/hcumNxs6US pic.twitter.com/cTzA2sgHp3
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) April 16, 2014
@pattonoswalt @MarkSteynOnline Thank you, Mr. Oswalt. Your intellectual honesty is refreshing. Not being sarcastic.
— jerry crimmins (@jpcintheop) April 16, 2014
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