Breitbart News has no standards. That’s been amply established for a long time. If there was any doubt of this, it was put to rest in the second half of 2017. First, we learned that Breitbart had no qualms about giving succor to some of the worst people in the world–neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and white nationalists. Then, we learned that Breitbart joined in on the outrageous shaming and smearing of Roy Moore’s accusers when it had reason to believe that at least of them, Leigh Corfman, might be telling the truth.
So it should come as no surprise that the operating head of Breitbart’s newsroom is even considering whether to put on the brass knuckles when it deals with the survivors of a grisly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He already has a ready excuse in case he does so–they’re supposedly running interference for CNN.
On Wednesday’s edition of “Breitbart News Daily,” Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow chatted with Washington Times opinion writer Charlie Hurt about the current gun debate. Listen here.
Marlow wanted to get Hurt’s perspective in order to counter the “angry, sad children” of Douglas High. While Hurt said that the only real response was “I’m so sorry for what you’re going through,” he believed that he and others in the country are inclined to buy more guns whenever a mass shooting happens. He believes that Cameron Kasky, Emma Gonzalez, David and Lauren Hogg, and the other kids are making “sophomoric” arguments.
Hurt clarified that he didn’t intend to insult anyone. But Marlow thought it was understandable.
“No, you’re trying to be polite, and this is the debate we’re having right now–which is that most people calling on the show are whether or not we should be polite to these 17-year-old pawns, these human shields for CNN and Jeff Zucker’s agenda, or whether or not we should rip them a new one. My real-life godfather and senior writer for Breitbart News. John Nolte, he’s fed up with it. He’s saying that ‘Hey, if these kids are going to go out there, I’m going to pop them on the behind if they have to,’ and it’s hard to debate with him.
This led Hurt to muse that being polite puts the pro-gun crowd at a “huge disadvantage” in this kind of debate. Marlow seemed to agree.
Gee, I thought that being polite entailed arguing about the issues at hand. How’s that a “disadvantage”? After all, the alternative would be the kind of outrageous smears that we’ve seen from the darker corners of the right–such as calling these kids “crisis actors” and puppets who are merely mouthing words fed to them by the gun control crowd.
It says a lot about Marlow that he even has to debate whether they can be “polite” to these kids and still have a real debate. But then again, considering how low Marlow’s standards are, that’s to be expected.
Why can’t Marlow follow the example of conservative teen C. J. Pearson, who recently challenged the Douglas High survivors to a debate.
I’d like to renew my challenge to @cameron_kasky, @davidhogg111, or @sarahchad_ for a substantive debate on the silly anti-NRA talking points they parrot. I want @KyleKashuv on my team. All students – on both sides of the aisle – deserve to have their voices heard in this debate.
— CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) February 27, 2018
Very true, C. J. Kids need to be heard on this issue, regardless of where they stand. Mind passing that message along to the likes of Wayne Dupree, Star Parker, and the others who are effectively telling the Douglas High kids to shut up?
And mind passing that along to Marlow and others who even think this debate should be anything other than polite?
(featured image: photo art courtesy Emil Lendof, The Daily Beast)
