I just wrote a piece which showcased a couple of recent cases where the PC-police went too far. Here now are three even more recent cases where that was anything but the case.
I'll start with Alex Jones, who had this to say with regard to the Las Vegas massacre:
"About 20 minutes ago, ISIS took responsibility for the attacks, and the police have confirmed that he had -- the reported shooter had recently personally threatened them and posted videos threatening them, saying that he had joined ISIS, joined Al Qaeda, and that he was basically a leftist, just like [alleged NSA leaker] Reality Winner, and just like so many others that had converted to Islam, that was so angry about Trump and everything that was happening that he went out and carried out this attack. Now, again, clearly it looks like he had help, but we saw the October 1st event of the 100 years of the Bolshevik Revolution coming up, and I had been predicting starting October 1st that we'd see terror attacks."
Nothing he said here has been confirmed. Neither the police nor the FBI confirmed that the shooter, Stephen Paddock, was a member of ISIS. They've even gone so far as to say they're rather certain this wasn't an act of international terrorism. Rumors of him being a liberal, anti-Trump individual have also been debunked. Sadly, we average a mass shooting on about a daily basis in this country, so Alex Jones predicting such an event on October 1st would be like me predicting a morning person named Sunny Delight is going to eat breakfast tomorrow.
Up next we have CBS vice president and senior counsel Hayley Geftman-Gold, who wrote on her Facebook page, "If they wouldn't do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing. I'm actually not even sympathetic [because] country music fans are often Republican gun toters."
This is an incredibly ignorant, cold-hearted statement. What, since both Texas and Florida voted for Donald Trump last November, victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were deserving of their fate? These are people's lives we're talking about here, people with mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters. Let's not forget that, regardless of these victims' party affiliation, a large majority of both Republicans and Democrats believe in certain stricter gun-control measures, so if this individual wants to blame anyone, she can point her fingers at Congress, while sympathizing with the victims and their families. Why on earth should victims be blamed for the inaction of their leaders? As should have been the case, Ms. Geftman-Gold has been fired for her remarks.
Lastly (for now), Bill O'Reilly wrote this in a blog:
"Once again, the big downside of American freedom is on gruesome display... The murderer had a number of deadly weapons in his room and you can count on the gun control debate to ramp up... This is the price of freedom. Violent nuts are allowed to roam free until they do damage, no matter how threatening they are. The 2nd Amendment is clear that Americans have a right to arm themselves for protection. Even the loons."
This is the price of freedom? What freedom do the 59 deceased now have, Mr. O'Reilly?
What about Sonny Melton's freedom? Rachael Parker's? Jordan McIldoon's? Angela Gomez's? Sandra Casey's? Jenny Parks's? Neysa Tonks's? Susan Smith's? Bailey Schweitzer's? Jennifer T. Irvine's? Lisa Romero-Muniz's? Rhonda LeRocque's? Carrie Barnette's? ...and the hundreds of others who were either wounded or killed in the Las Vegas shootings? Since when is the freedom of owning a deadly weapon of greater importance than the freedom of breathing air, of living life?
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2017/10/02/alex-jones-promotes-hoax-claiming-police-said-las-vegas-gunman-was-leftist-who-was-angry-about-trump/218104
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2017/10/cbs_fires_lawyer_for_saying_republican_las_vegas_victims_deserve_no_sympathy
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-las-vegas-shooting-live-updates-bill-o-reilly-calls-mass-shootings-the-1506980448-htmlstory.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooting-victims/index.html
I'll start with Alex Jones, who had this to say with regard to the Las Vegas massacre:
"About 20 minutes ago, ISIS took responsibility for the attacks, and the police have confirmed that he had -- the reported shooter had recently personally threatened them and posted videos threatening them, saying that he had joined ISIS, joined Al Qaeda, and that he was basically a leftist, just like [alleged NSA leaker] Reality Winner, and just like so many others that had converted to Islam, that was so angry about Trump and everything that was happening that he went out and carried out this attack. Now, again, clearly it looks like he had help, but we saw the October 1st event of the 100 years of the Bolshevik Revolution coming up, and I had been predicting starting October 1st that we'd see terror attacks."
Nothing he said here has been confirmed. Neither the police nor the FBI confirmed that the shooter, Stephen Paddock, was a member of ISIS. They've even gone so far as to say they're rather certain this wasn't an act of international terrorism. Rumors of him being a liberal, anti-Trump individual have also been debunked. Sadly, we average a mass shooting on about a daily basis in this country, so Alex Jones predicting such an event on October 1st would be like me predicting a morning person named Sunny Delight is going to eat breakfast tomorrow.
Up next we have CBS vice president and senior counsel Hayley Geftman-Gold, who wrote on her Facebook page, "If they wouldn't do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing. I'm actually not even sympathetic [because] country music fans are often Republican gun toters."
This is an incredibly ignorant, cold-hearted statement. What, since both Texas and Florida voted for Donald Trump last November, victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were deserving of their fate? These are people's lives we're talking about here, people with mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters. Let's not forget that, regardless of these victims' party affiliation, a large majority of both Republicans and Democrats believe in certain stricter gun-control measures, so if this individual wants to blame anyone, she can point her fingers at Congress, while sympathizing with the victims and their families. Why on earth should victims be blamed for the inaction of their leaders? As should have been the case, Ms. Geftman-Gold has been fired for her remarks.
Lastly (for now), Bill O'Reilly wrote this in a blog:
"Once again, the big downside of American freedom is on gruesome display... The murderer had a number of deadly weapons in his room and you can count on the gun control debate to ramp up... This is the price of freedom. Violent nuts are allowed to roam free until they do damage, no matter how threatening they are. The 2nd Amendment is clear that Americans have a right to arm themselves for protection. Even the loons."
This is the price of freedom? What freedom do the 59 deceased now have, Mr. O'Reilly?
What about Sonny Melton's freedom? Rachael Parker's? Jordan McIldoon's? Angela Gomez's? Sandra Casey's? Jenny Parks's? Neysa Tonks's? Susan Smith's? Bailey Schweitzer's? Jennifer T. Irvine's? Lisa Romero-Muniz's? Rhonda LeRocque's? Carrie Barnette's? ...and the hundreds of others who were either wounded or killed in the Las Vegas shootings? Since when is the freedom of owning a deadly weapon of greater importance than the freedom of breathing air, of living life?
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2017/10/02/alex-jones-promotes-hoax-claiming-police-said-las-vegas-gunman-was-leftist-who-was-angry-about-trump/218104
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2017/10/cbs_fires_lawyer_for_saying_republican_las_vegas_victims_deserve_no_sympathy
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-las-vegas-shooting-live-updates-bill-o-reilly-calls-mass-shootings-the-1506980448-htmlstory.html
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooting-victims/index.html
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