First things first: let’s check in on The Washington Post’s “conservative blogger” Jennifer Rubin to find out her take on civility and chasing members of the Trump administration out of restaurants and movie theaters:
I’d like to think the members of this administration would become social pariahs of sorts; they are not entitled to go through life insult-free and embarrassment-free after their egregious conduct in public life. https://t.co/5s8JglvL3t
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) June 26, 2018
Boy, that’s a shocker. And yes, her Twitter bio still lists her as a “conservative blogger.”
But there’s an even hotter take in Tuesday’s Washington Post, courtesy of Tom Scocca, who apparently has no idea that illegal immigrant children slept under foil blankets in federal captivity during the Obama administration too.
Chasing White House officials out of restaurants is the right thing to do https://t.co/qqkFoMJ2pr by @tomscocca
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) June 26, 2018
It’s pretty clear where The Washington Post lands on this whole “harassing members of the administration in public” issue.
https://twitter.com/jasonelevation/status/1011696329913970688
Scocca seems most upset with the political pundit class that is still hung up on civility during the Trump administration, as if politeness will get The Resistance anywhere. He writes:
Children, some still in diapers, have been seized from their parents by the government and locked in cages, with no clear way to reunite them with their families afterward. That situation might seem more urgent, in itself, than the question of how people chose to react to the government seizing children and locking them in cages. Yet here we are, caught up in this fuss over — manners? Civility?
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Yeah, sorry man, but we are still caught up in this fuss over civility. Maybe not for long, though.
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/1011707200203624450
Really? Then I'm starting my list of harassment targets. And you're not going to like it.
— Jerry Fuhrman ?? (@JerryFuhrman2) June 26, 2018
Chasing stupid journalists out of restaurants is the right thing.
— ❄️ Brian ⛄️ (@applecharlie5) June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/Joe_E_O/status/1011730539601170434
Maybe we should start doing this with WAPO reporters and op-ed writers…
— Chris McKeever (@TheRealMcKeever) June 26, 2018
Chasing journalists out of the country is the right thing to do
— harrison bergeron (@harrisonberger0) June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/kingcambie/status/1011707460766220289
If this becomes fine to do against one person, it will be fine to do to anyone. You can expect ALL public officials to be constantly harassed from now on, if this stands, no matter what their party or position.
This is not a good box to open. Be wary.
— R. S. (@RaySchneid) June 26, 2018
You're not going to like how this turns out.
— Big Ed Learning To Code (@Falconeddie1) June 26, 2018
You.
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the new rules.— Palatine Pundit (@palatinepundit) June 26, 2018
Super majority coming soon. Keep the tantrum humming
— Tom Davis (@tomarama) June 26, 2018
Just remember: who comes around, goes around. Why shouldn't people chase @tomscocca out of restaurants if they dislike his opinions?
At the moment, I can't seem to think of a reason.
— Dana Pico (@Dana_TFSJ) June 26, 2018
— Gozer the Gozerian (@G_Gozerian1) June 26, 2018
The Washington Post. Anybody think this stuff is still fringe? https://t.co/LRlW7Tp0sK
— john jackson (@pvtjokerus) June 26, 2018
Washington Post now encouraging physical and verbal harassment of public officials…. amazing times we live in https://t.co/N6mrIDxLRe
— Bryan Jones (@bpjauburn) June 26, 2018
https://twitter.com/Doranimated/status/1011709159396593667
It's absolutely shameful that The Washington Post chose to publish that nonsense and pretend like it is a respectable opinion.
This will not end well.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) June 26, 2018
Are you kidding me @washingtonpost . Stop flaming hatred and violence.#Disgusted
— Steve (@sdwsays739) June 26, 2018
Coming up next from @PostOpinions, how to build pipe bombs.
— RookieUmpire (@RookieUmpire) June 26, 2018
And WaPo and liberals everywhere should thank their lucky stars conservatives have too much respect for personal freedom to go along with this fascist frame of mind. Looks like we're the only thing standing between anarchy and order now.
— CDB (@quietnolonger) June 26, 2018
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Gender studies program director argues in Washington Post: Why can't we hate men? https://t.co/Nhwpht4mZl
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 10, 2018
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