Wingnut reactions to the on-air shooting of two Roanoke, Virginia journalists brings to mind the famous question Joseph N. Welch asked Sen. Joseph McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?”
No, they don’t.
It didn’t take long for right-wingers to jump on the shooting of Roanoke, Virginia reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward — broadcast live on the air, and shared on social media by the gunman and former coworker. As usual, what they had to say was either ridiculous, offensive, or both.
- Trayvon Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman tweeted that the Virginia shooting was a hate crime by a “black pansy,” and called President Obama an “ignorant baboon.”
- Pat Robertson said the shooting happened because federal law made it more difficult to fire a black man who’s also a “closet gay.”
- Fox News host Bill O’Reilly blamed the shooting on “secular-progressive” attitudes.
- The “truthers” showed up, claiming that the Virginia shooting was a hoax to justify confiscating guns, etc. Who needs a fake shooting? We’ve had one mass shooting everyday this year, but not one has resulted in tougher gun control.
- Breitbart called it a “race murder.”
- Glenn Beck warned that the shooting showed that we’ve reach the End Times.
- Right-wing tweeters lost it when Actor Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” saga) tweeted support for gun control after the Virginia shooting.
Dinesh D’Souza joked about Parker’s and Ward’s deaths on twitter.
When a black gay guy goes nuts and kills white people, is it safe to call it a DOUBLE hate crime? #VirginiaShooting http://t.co/AYwOx334fd
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 26, 2015
When a black gay guy goes nuts and kills white people, is it safe to call it a DOUBLE hate crime? #VirginiaShooting http://t.co/AYwOx334fd
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) August 26, 2015
Here’s the rest of the best of the worst in wingnuttery this week.
- They finally went away. The Duggar family has reportedly gone into hiding since news broke of Josh Duggar’s infidelity and Ashley Madison account. Meanwhile, big brother Duggar has checked into rehab for “a long journey toward wholeness and recovery.”
- Rehab is also an excellent way for Duggar to avoid the media, after porn actress Danica Dillon came forward with claims that Duggar paid her for sex earlier this year.
- Meanwhile, some of Duggar’s family members broke their silence to bash him for hypocrisy and infidelity.
- Ann Coulter is looking forward to “President Trump’s” “live drone shows” from the border.
- The gang from Fox News’ “Outnumbered” thinks it’s best to keep young women “in the kitchen,” to avoid being raped at college fraternity parties.
- Iowa Religious Right activist and state RNC committeewoman Tamara Scott asked, “If homosexuality is truly just something that happens, then why, one, do we have to recruit it in our kindergarten through college-level educational system and, if it’s just an everyday thing, why does it need all these special protections in the civil rights?”
- Pat Robertson warned “700 Club” viewers that gay marriage leads to chaos, sadness, and Gods’ wrath.
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