As Twitchy told you, CNN has fired commentator Marc Lamont Hill for his anti-Semitic rant at the U.N. in which he railed against Israel and expressed support for anti-Israel violence.
We’re honestly kind of shocked that CNN took any action against Hill considering how they’ve spent the past day trying to pretend Hill’s remarks never happened — not to mention Hill’s history of anti-Israel, anti-Semitic hatemongering. You know what’s not shocking, though? That Glenn Greenwald would ride to Hill’s defense:
Please read this. CNN may do the cowardly thing & fire @marclamonthill for Israel comments that are 100% mainstream & acceptable among those who know anything about the debate. In the US, the only permitted position is "2-state solution" even though Israel made this a fairy tale: https://t.co/9PlkjOmWQg
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 29, 2018
Endless expansion of illegal Israeli settlements has made a 2-state solution impossible. This is openly acknowledged in Israel. Only real possibilities are a) 1-state with equal rights or b) apartheid. In the US, admitting this is forbidden, hence the smears on @marclamonthill.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 29, 2018
In sum, if it's now a firing offense in the US media to oppose Israeli apartheid – or more accurately: if it's *still a firing offense to do so – that a really terrible sign for free expression and anti-apartheid activism. Just read Israel's own former PM: https://t.co/XTAWWtdVXP
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 29, 2018
CONFIRMED: CNN has cowardly and pitifully fired @marclamonthill for the crime of advocating equal political rights for Palestinians. I'm sure all of the people on the right who object when media outlets fire people for expressing controversial views will join me in defending him.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 29, 2018
People who object to the punishment of free political speech only when they agree with the speech being punished are utter and complete frauds.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) November 29, 2018
It’s so cute when Greenwald attempts to couch his anti-Semitism in free speech advocacy. The First Amendment applies to Hill, just like it applies to the rest of us. But CNN’s got a reputation to protect — shaky as it may be — and cutting ties with Hill is just an attempt to do damage control after failing to care about all the other horribly bigoted and anti-Semitic things Hill has said over the years. One can certainly (and quite easily) make the argument that CNN screwed up:
It's actually rather silly for CNN to fire him over this given it's consistent with plenty of offensive things he has said for years. They should have never hired him, and should answer for why they did.
— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) November 29, 2018
But Greenwald’s contention that Hill was merely “expressing controversial views” is some steaming-hot B.S. Anyone who listened to that speech knows that Hill wasn’t “advocating rights for Palestinians.”
Just so we're clear, #MarcLamontHill advocated for genocide. https://t.co/qNubq7BHTe
— Tony Katz (@tonykatz) November 29, 2018
Marc Lamont Hill blatantly and unapologetically took a page from Hamas’ book. Echoing terrorists’ call to wipe Israel and the Jews off the map was bound to catch up with him eventually. Does anyone out there honestly think that Greenwald would be defending Hill so vociferously if Hill had used his platform to denounce anti-Israel Palestinians?
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