Unbelievable. The king of exploiting death for cheap laughs and political points is urging Americans not to joke about alleged murderer Chris Dorner’s bizarre manifesto. That’s pretty rich coming from a man who joked that he was “gleeful” about the Newtown massacre and boasted about standing on dead children’s graves. He continues:
The LA cop-killer murder spree has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with deranged criminality. I hope they catch him asap.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 7, 2013
Since it was revealed earlier today that Dorner’s manifesto contained praise for Morgan and calls for gun control, many have been pushing, generally mockingly, for Morgan to accept some responsibility for the murders. After all, that’s the sort of logic Morgan swears by. Back in 2011, Morgan voiced his outrage that Sarah Palin had not apologized to Rep. Gabby Giffords for Jared Loughner’s deadly shooting spree.
While we do not believe that Morgan is in any way culpable for Dorner’s actions, we are disgusted that Morgan suddenly condemns looking at a killer’s political motivations. Why the double standards, Piers?
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@piersmorgan Guy uses AR-15=NRA is at fault. Guy actually praises you in his manifesto=just some crazy criminal. Got it.
— Jason (@pattonaf1) February 7, 2013
Holy crap. So @piersmorgan is lecturing people that the LA shooter is about a deranged madman? Not about politics? Quite the turnaround.
— HouseRepEEE (@EEElverhoy) February 7, 2013
How come @piersmorgan isn't going after the @NRA? Come on Piers. I dare you to treat this the way you did CT. DO IT.
— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) February 7, 2013
.@PiersMorgan didn't flinch when artists blamed the NRA DIRECTLY for Sandy Hook. Now he's all "this isn't political"? GTFO.
— RBe (@RBPundit) February 7, 2013
Of course Piers Morgan responds to #Dorner criticism with moralizing indignation. It's the only tactic he uses.
— jon gabriel (@exjon) February 7, 2013
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Update:
Musket Morgan is back aboard the gun control train:
And guns, obviously > RT @mrjinglesusa @piersmorgan ALL gun murders have nothing to do with politics but with deranged criminality.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 7, 2013
Crazed cop-killer goes on the rampage with assault rifles – and @bradthor says this proves me WRONG about the need for gun control?
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 7, 2013
https://twitter.com/jrsalzman/status/299631579150553088
https://twitter.com/BradThor/status/299628607842684929
Yes. It’s worth noting that, in his manifesto, Dorner calls for an assault weapons ban. Morgan appears to have overlooked that minor detail.
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