https://twitter.com/CrankyGordon/status/738004202027417600
We were hoping that we were done with stupid gorilla stories. Apparently not.
Here’s Twitchy regular Sally Kohn with the hottest of hot takes:
Watching disproportionate attention and outrage over the last few days, it's clear gorilla lives matter more than black lives. Very sad.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 1, 2016
Oh really, Sally?
https://twitter.com/LilMissRightie/status/738014951516852225
The gorilla was shot to save a black life. The child was black. His life mattered more than the gorilla’s. https://t.co/KFboFFTt5o
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 1, 2016
"cops should have let that gorilla kill that little black kid." – @sallykohn https://t.co/tXSyhSChzZ
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) June 1, 2016
Her answer:
I am referring to the outraged reaction. Don't recall seeing white folks & media so worked up when Tamir Rice shot. https://t.co/mp7Hdlree2
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 1, 2016
Still wrong!
Not really Sally. You’re pressing the one button on your keyboard; the one you press for every single story you see. https://t.co/K3OCvJ8luQ
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 1, 2016
And FTR, this isn’t even true. The Tamir Rice story was much, much bigger than this. No protests for the gorilla. https://t.co/K3OCvJ8luQ
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 1, 2016
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Apparently her point is that the media covered the gorilla more than Chicago’s bloody Memorial Day weekend:
70 shootings in Chicago this holiday weekend but all we heard about was the Gorilla story. THAT'S @sallykohn point.
— Amanda Seales ?? (@amandaseales) June 1, 2016
Well, we covered Chicago, Sally. Where’s our praise?
With 69 shot in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, @Nero questions priorities of #BlackLivesMatter protesters https://t.co/G2ZKASAeO7
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 31, 2016
Sally didn’t write about Chicago, however, because she was writing about Donald Trump’s hair:
I wrote about Donald Trump's hair. Sort of. See: https://t.co/keDPufJoJv
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) May 31, 2016
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