Jim Acosta is understandably upset at being heckled by the crowd at a Trump rally in Tampa last night. It sucks to be booed — and he’s such a sensitive guy, it cuts him very deeply.
Just a sample of the sad scene we faced at the Trump rally in Tampa. I’m very worried that the hostility whipped up by Trump and some in conservative media will result in somebody getting hurt. We should not treat our fellow Americans this way. The press is not the enemy. pic.twitter.com/IhSRw5Ui3R
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) August 1, 2018
Though he’s not quite sensitive enough to understand his own role in ginning up so much animosity toward the media.
Still, Acosta should take a little heart, at least. Because Ben Shapiro, for one, can empathize:
Agree. Now do Berkeley. https://t.co/N1z96W6Vp3
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 1, 2018
See, that’s the thing: The booing and heckling is pathetic and disturbing, but it pales in comparison to what conservatives like Shapiro and Charles Murray have faced on “tolerant” college campuses. Yet many on the Left are quick to blame conservatives for protests that turn violent. And journalists like Acosta frequently help to fan the flames of anti-conservative sentiment. Is it any wonder that that’s helped to create an environment in which booing and heckling of media figures has become the norm?
Hmm… Just Berkeley? Every day the Dems & the media are dehumanizing & vilifying Trump supporters which is leading to actual violence & no coverage from CNN.
— PoliticalCommunique (@PCommunique) August 1, 2018
Ben isn’t wrong…universities are supposed to be the place you learn to have adult conversations, not scream down the other side because you don’t like their politics. Attacking journalists is just as despicable. And I’m a lefty. This should be bipartisan.
— iSeeStupidPeople (@mrsocial78) August 1, 2018
It should be … but it isn’t. And that’s thanks in no small part to people like Jim Acosta.
The reason people are annoyed by this tweet is that we have seen Trump supporters physically attacked at rallies, Congressmen shot, and conservatives run off campus at physical risk, but Acosta and the media that downplayed those stories for years think history began today. https://t.co/N1z96W6Vp3
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 1, 2018
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