What sparked that? Well, we knew this would happen:On Monday, “social justice” extremist Marc Lamont Hill took to Twitter to offer up his take on the Garland shooting. And free speech:
I understand and respect free speech. But to organize hate speech events, purely because you're legally allowed to, is disgusting.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
Free speech is hard! So hard that Marc Lamont Hill isn’t quite sure what it means, evidently.
https://twitter.com/davealleninsley/status/595200879847940096
Ding, ding, ding!
“I understand and respect free speech. Now let me show you how I don’t understand and respect free speech.” http://t.co/SAYXIPprg3
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) May 4, 2015
Fixed it for you, buddy.
Twitter users gave him the business and rightly so.
@marclamonthill So they were asking for it huh?
— Jaihawkk (@Jaihawkk) May 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/AJBulldis/status/595200328741584897
https://twitter.com/RedGalBlueState/status/595199962989867008
Yep; Foul.
Alas, he wasn’t content to leave his foul idiocy at that. The asinine tweets continued as Marc Lamont Hill proved himself to be beyond parody:
I wish people would just ignore the ppl who organize "Draw Mohammed" and other anti-Islamic events. I don't condone or accept this violence.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
I need someone to explain to me why someone would organize or attend an event primarily designed to mock Islam, or any religion.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
The shootings are unacceptable and disturbing. There's no defense of that. Let's not even equivocate about that.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
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But you are with your own words, sir.
In addition to being tragic and immoral, the killers gave more credence to the anti-muslim and anti-arab garbage being spewed by the org.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
Criminy! How low can he go?
Ludicrous Glenn Greenwald swooped in to provide cover:
https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/595591226595868674
Um. Did you forget about this, Mr. Greenwald?
https://twitter.com/JayCaruso/status/595591776813080576
Yep. Take a gander:
I have not once said that the people in Texas didn't have a RIGHT to say what they did. I simply am expressing my frustration with it.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
Double um.
So did he sink even lower too? You decide; here are more of his tweets (and the rest can be found on his absurd feed):
I also didn't say the cartoon itself is "hate speech." I said it was a "hate speech event." This is based on reports of what was said there.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/RedGalBlueState/status/595210219371790336
Bingo.
@RedGalBlueState No. I want them to be allowed to say whatever they want. And I want to be allowed to voice my frustration with it.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
Sigh.
.@marclamonthill That's like saying to a rape victim that – while you're not blaming her – you find her short dress objectionable.
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) May 4, 2015
Precisely. Beyond parody and beyond sickening.
@SteveKrak I'm acknowledging the right to free speech bc of pp.'s reactionary defense of it, despite the fact that I'm not questioning it.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
Huh?
This Twitter user nutshelled it:
@ggreenwald The talk about "I support free speech, *but*" and calling certain speech "hate speech" is troubling. @JayCaruso @marclamonthill
— Mike (@ThePantau) May 5, 2015
Amen. But, guys, Marc Lamont Hill doesn’t want any of that pesky common sense stuff:
Please stay off my TL with these silly straw man arguments. I'm not questioning or challenging people's write to draw offensive cartoons.
— Marc Lamont Hill (@marclamonthill) May 4, 2015
No free speech and no free tweets either, evidently.
Keep exposing yourself, Marc Lamont Hill. And in the meantime, we’ll leave you with these two excellent exit questions:
https://twitter.com/RedGalBlueState/status/595200906813116416
Why does @marclamonthill think drawing Mohammed to protest Muslim extremism is hate speech but burning down a local CVS is worthwhile?
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) May 4, 2015
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