When ThinkProgress’ Judd Legum misses the point he REALLY misses the point.
Which makes us wonder if he’s doing it on purpose …
.@CNN should play my disembodied voice saying "ALEX JONES IS NOT A CIVIL RIGHTS FIGURE" over all of their segments pic.twitter.com/wy8LKsCqJu
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 5, 2019
Look at that CAPSLOCK.
Judd must mean business THIS time.
Kmele responded …
Maybe on the rare occasion anyone actually suggests the contrary (certainly didn’t happen here) — otherwise, it’s just a thoughtless non sequitur, no matter how many times you repeat it.
— Kmele (@kmele) May 5, 2019
See, we told you Judd missed the point.
You are the one who brought up the civil rights movement to defend Alex Jones. You said that on national TV. Not me.
Free speech also involves taking responsibility for your own words https://t.co/7wdoDS3TvY
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 5, 2019
Someone is cranky.
Poor thing.
Seriously, Judd:
You can't be deluded enough to believe I offered a word in defense of Alex Jones this morning. I explicitly tried to broaden the context of the exchange. If you have any integrity you won't keep this up.
— Kmele (@kmele) May 5, 2019
Seriously, he is that deluded.
Alex Jones was the one banned. Who were you defending?
I mean really. It's all on tape. Just play the tape.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 5, 2019
Go back and watch the segment again.
I've only ever been critical of Alex Jones and Infowars.
Your quotations are selective. It's hard for me to believe you don't know it.
— Kmele (@kmele) May 5, 2019
Judd totally knows that but he’s virtue signaling on steroids so he can’t exactly admit that now, can he?
You want Alex Jones and Infowars to be able to spread hoaxes and conspiracy theories on Facebook (a private company) even though they violate Facebook's own rules. That's not being critical. Have a nice night.
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) May 5, 2019
Oh FFS.
I believe we should think carefully about censorship in every context.
I believe the pundit class uncritically cheering for censorship is disconcerting.
I believe the best way to deal with most bad ideas is by confronting them.
And don't tell me what I 'want'.
— Kmele (@kmele) May 5, 2019
Oof.
This back and forth led to a pretty spectacular thread from @RobProvince aka EducatëdHillbilly:
But it’s ok for you and everyone else to do it? https://t.co/TXhuZNpSUO
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
Well duh, he’s ‘progressive’ doncha know.
MSNBCs @chrislhayes literally spread a conspiracy that the entire capitalist system conspired against Obama for 8 years.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
It was all a PLOT!
Almost every news outlet spread a lie that Catholic high school kids attacked a Indian Vietnam Vet.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
For 2 years NBC News had Obama’s head of the CIA on to spread a lie that he saw documents that Trump directly collided with Russia.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
CNN pushes this lie for almost a year…. pic.twitter.com/uxWnQo5RGZ
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
Hands up don’t shoot.
Morons.
Did you know NBC News gave Vox $250,000,00? pic.twitter.com/7aQPUDIP63
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
Oops.
Are we really cracking down on hoaxes? Because Toobin and everyone else who spread this lie still has a job….. pic.twitter.com/NI4DCdhfha
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
And haven’t been suspended or de-platformed.
Hay remember @chick_in_kiev? https://t.co/D69Qvsvo0X
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
Pushing conspiracy? How about pushing propaganda? Didn’t even change the picture. Amateur move @ChrisCuomo…. pic.twitter.com/BRU1HfONhH
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
Not that @ChrisCuomo was alone. Weird how they’re always on the same page. pic.twitter.com/hpBlHDLo1J
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
That is weird.
Hrm.
Hay remember when the press and the Democrats pushed the lie that Sarah Palin was directly responsible for a mass shooting in Tucson? Remember the months of blame? The lies? The spreading of false stories? Do those people deserve a ban?
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
And yup, we remember that … now.
The media really does suck. Wow.
Hay let’s go old school. You know @DanRather has a twitter account? It’s true. Imagine a guy who made up a major lie out of whole cloth to swing an election still being allowed on social media. Weird right?
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
The ‘Godfather of Fake News’ hasn’t been suspended.
You’re never going to believe this but a bunch of people spread a bunch of now proven false stories about a guy appointed to be a Supreme Court judge and not one of the people who spread those false stories were even suspended from social media.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
Hell, most of them are still senators.
I mean….. pic.twitter.com/hNJ8vYsr1g
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Still allowed on twitter….. pic.twitter.com/HUExwTcItT
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
Yup.
Oh is twitter banning people for personal attacks??? That’s nice….. pic.twitter.com/pT5kzfMA57
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
No, but they are banning really popular parody accounts of Democrats.
Does that count?
Oh… almost forgot about @BuzzFeedBen going on CNN and defending the lie his company spread on twitter that Cohen had been instructed to lie by Trump and they had the good. They had the documents. They had seen them
He was lying as it turns out.
— EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) May 7, 2019
Welp, this list officially pissed this editor off … what a bunch of a-holes.
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