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Calling out both Caitlyn Jenner and Joy Reid

While I may get some heat for this from fellow progressives, I think it's incredibly important for us to be consistent with our criticisms of members from both parties, and with that, we don't hold double-standards for the simple fact we may typically agree or disagree with a politician's or commentator's opinions.

In saying that, I have to call out both conservative Caitlyn Jenner and liberal Joy Reid for their recent comments regarding the Steve Scalise shooting. While I typically enjoy Ms. Reid's show and don't ascribe to Ms. Jenner's talking points, I feel I have to treat both equally.

Jenner joked about the shooting, saying, "Fortunately, the guy was a really bad shot. Liberals can't even shoot straight."

Reid, on the other hand, had this to say about the Republican representative:

"It's a delicate thing because, obviously everybody is wishing the congressman well and hoping that he recovers. But Steve Scalise has a history that we've all been forced to sort of ignore on race. He did come to leadership after some controversy over attending a White nationalists event, which he says he didn't know what it was. Because he is in jeopardy and everyone is pulling for him, are we required in a moral sense to put that aside?"

The MSNBC host also tweeted, "Scalise was shot by a white man with a violent background, and saved by a black lesbian police officer, and yet..."

I'm sorry, but while I can't stand Steve Scalise the politician, he is also a human being, with a family, friends, and loved ones. and his near-death experience shouldn't be treated as a joke or a time to rip his politics. If Jenner and Reid want to start a gun violence/law debate, so be it, but they should leave the attempts at humor and bringing up the representative's history to the side, allow the man time to recover, and treat the man like the human being he is, and not just a joke or a pinata. While progressives like myself may like Joy Reid and dislike Caitlyn Jenner, if we don't treat their distasteful comments similarly, our opinions regarding this matter and others won't be treated as seriously.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/06/19/caitlyn-jenner-ripped-for-comment-about-scalise-shooting-liberals-cant-even-shoot-straight.html

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/msnbc-joy-reid-under-fire-appalling-steve-scalise-152848003.html
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