Marc Lamont Hill explains those ‘tears of joy’ emoji after teen has drink thrown on him, sells some MAGA hats

Posted at 5:49 pm on July 05, 2018 by Brett T.

As Twitchy reported earlier, a teen who was having a snack with friends at a San Antonio restaurant was approached by a stranger who ripped off his MAGA hat and threw a drink in his face. The incident was caught on video.

A few Twitter blue-checks declared the whole thing funny — after all, the red MAGA hat “reads like a swastika” to some. As we noted in the post, Temple University professor and CNN commentator Marc Lamont Hill was among those adults who responded with “tears of joy” that the teen was accosted by a stranger for wearing a hat.

😂😂😂

— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) July 5, 2018

So it's ok to do this to half the country? So basically you want war?

— BuildTheWall (@changeisneeded_) July 5, 2018

No, of course not. Hill tweeted again to explain those emoji.

I actually don’t advocate throwing drinks on people. Not at all. But yes, i think MAGA hats (deliberately) reflect a movement that conjures racism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc. So yes, it’s a little harder to feel sympathy when someone gets Coca Cola thrown on him. https://t.co/ASlATau2PF

— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) July 5, 2018

So it’s not wrong to throw a drink in someone’s face if they’re wearing a MAGA hat — it’s just hard to feel any sympathy for them. Got it. Funny how a CNN commentator throws this take out there the same day CNN’s Oliver Darcy is bitching about Brit Hume expressing his political opinion on Twitter.

Actually, then you do advocate it. Now, I'm going to start wearing a MAGA hat and if anyone touches it they will have a problem.

— COACHES FOR TRUMP (@Coaches4Trump) July 5, 2018

Me too

— lcmixon (@lcmixon) July 5, 2018

Me 3😊 #MAGA

— VivForTRUMP (@for_viv) July 5, 2018

Me 4

— Coll (@finechina) July 5, 2018

Me 5#WalkAway

— Proud Deplorable #CULT45 (@notbuyingthat54) July 5, 2018

ME 6!

— usmade100 (@usmade100) July 5, 2018

Did I miss it? Am I too late? # 7 right here bud 😂😂😂 I think he's helping build the conservative movement.

— JohnnyRam (@JohnnyRam13) July 5, 2018

Aw shit! Didn't want to do this, but now it looks like I gotta go buy me a MAGA hat. Didn't even vote for the dude, but I hate bullies more!

— Pat Ford (@pfliar82) July 5, 2018

On the contrary, the left is showing how intolerant they are if you dont subscribe to their groupthink.
I just bought a #MAGA hat
What you gonna do? Beat up half the country? Throw cokes in our faces?
Sounds like the democrats before civil rights.

— Covfefeconservatopia (@WTPatty) July 5, 2018

Looks like Hill’s doing for MAGA hat sales what David Hogg did for NRA memberships.

So how does the MAGA hat conjure racism, homophobia, and xenophobia, exactly?

How? By reducing black unemployment to the lowest level in our history? By having more jobs available then they have actual work force? By reducing your taxes? By getting NK to start the denuclearization process? You are governed by your hate my man. Blinded by your own biases!

— Jeff O'Brien (@jobrien73) July 5, 2018

I was gonna say, people that wear the hat define it as Love for everyone in the nation, ALL people, and justice enforced on those that break the laws made to protect THEM. It has been defined (deliberately) by the far left as racial, xeno & homo phobic.

— Cliff Washington (@TrueCliffWash) July 5, 2018

Very true..because they must define it that way because they LOST. The hate coming from the democratic leftists is palpable. I’m ordering a #MAGA hat…and God help the person who accosts me. Two words…lawyer up.

— Sandi (@Longtails53) July 5, 2018

The Democrat propaganda machine took a message about economic opportunity and turned it into something else, but whatever. You go ahead and continue to be an asshole. https://t.co/xNRVZOLm36

— BayAreaFrau (@bayareahausfrau) July 5, 2018

Love the victim blaming, Marc
Let me guess – women should be careful about the clothes they wear as well

— Chris Bieszad (@ChrisBieszad) July 5, 2018

Boom!

— Newsclippers (@Newsclippers) July 5, 2018

So, you don't encourage it, but you're cool with it, that's what you're saying. Sad.

— Mark Dice (@MarkDice) July 5, 2018

"I reserve the right to throw soda at you if I disagree with your apparel."

These are not adults, folks. These are not serious-minded people. https://t.co/DdFm22NmqF

— Erielle Davidson (@politicalelle) July 5, 2018

For everyone who realizes that THIS is what the democrat party has become and it no longer represents you…. #WalkAway

— Don't Let MSM÷US (@Ju5tK33pSw1mm1n) July 5, 2018

I did👍🏻🇺🇸#MAGA2020

— Sandi (@Longtails53) July 5, 2018

Translation: I endorse bullying when the victim is someone who disagrees with me politically.

— MoreWhees (@MoreWhees) July 5, 2018

"I don't advocate throwing drinks on someone but I think it's fine if it's someone wearing a MAGA hat."

— neontaster (@neontaster) July 5, 2018

precisely…all the "flowery" language he thought made him smart enough to explain away his discrimination isn't….all his buzzword usage doesn't make his discrimination ok…its just a leftist version of phrenology

— Free Speech Apparel (@FreeSpeechAppar) July 5, 2018

You should just write checks directly to Trump.

— Standard Buttload (@MetricButtload) July 5, 2018

Whenever you excuse violence like this, you’re lowering your own humanity one more step into the gutter. Be better. Search your soul and ask if this is really the person you wish to be.

— Lady L. North (@LadyLNorth) July 5, 2018

pic.twitter.com/A5TMI2FcF7

— VACUOUS CIPHER (@THE_DAILY_BLEAT) July 5, 2018

Hey @brianstelter, remember when you wet your pants over Trump tweeting a wresting gif with the @CNN logo over the guy's head? What do you think of someone on the @CNN payroll laughing at the assault of a kid for wearing a hat? Anything? Is this an apple or banana? #FactsFirst pic.twitter.com/IOvZcf1waL

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) July 5, 2018

In the words of Andrew Breitbart: "F*ck you".
You leftists don't get to decide who is acceptable, what words are acceptable, and which political figures are acceptable.
It would not have mattered which Republican was elected President, the accusations would have been the same.

— Wisconservative (@CarterFliptMe) July 5, 2018

grow some balls and just come out and say the kid deserved it instead of dancing around it. I guess you overlook the part that it was a kid being assaulted by a grown man twice his age? If your triggered by a MAGA hat, you have some problems.

— Dr. Robert Ph.D, JD (@BShakakalaka) July 5, 2018

Your lack of sympathy for this young man says a lot about your character, or lack thereof. You're truly misguided.

— Milka Y. Cox (@milkacox) July 5, 2018

God forbid a student with a MAGA hat would ever walk into his classroom …

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Update:

Word is that Mr. Tough Guy was fired from his job at a San Antonio bar.

https://t.co/BT4pcwRWw8: Kino Jiminez fired after racial slur and throwing drink in Trump-supporting teen's face. https://t.co/eTPIL2pigP

— Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) July 5, 2018

Related:

Move OVER Kino Jimenez! Blue-check ADULTS double DOWN on attacking minor in #MAGA hat on Twitter https://t.co/sXRsKgmUtO

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 5, 2018