After the horrific massacre last Valentine's Day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL by a gunman wielding a semi-automatic assault rifle, David Hogg emerged as one of the leaders of what would become the "March For Our Lives Movement." As such, he represented a threat to the death-by-firearm lobby and their followers in right-wing media. Enter neo-fascist propagandist Laura Ingraham, Fux's resident hate harpie. Ingraham took it upon herself to attempt to degrade Hogg for not getting accepted by several schools he'd applied to (oddly enough, all state schools in California). Her mean, nasty tweet caused her vile program on Fux to lose advertisers, forcing her to issue an insincere "apology," which Hogg declined to accept.
Well, it looks like Hogg has the last laugh: he announced over Twitter today that he'll be attending Harvard next fall, majoring in Political Science. Ingraham, meanwhile, is still Ingraham. Sad!
(photo: Ingraham at the 2016 Rethuglican National Convention, getting into the spirit of things.)
3 comments:
FOX TV people are a unique breed. They are made to look pretty on the outside, but their nner ugliness always comes through. Ingraham not only goes after her vicitms in a general sense, but also attacks them personally. She was just on the air this past week, blathering about The Wall and making statements that are inflammatory and racist.
Only FOX viewers understand this crap. The rest of us see it for what it really is: brainwashing propaganda. Their fans watch it or have it on their TV night and day, and the breathless delivery of the lies runs nonstop. They sound outraged and angry all of the time, and that vibe gets sucked up by those who love to hate. It's disgusting.
I'm proud and excited for Hogg, and hope he goes on to be successful at Harvard. He's shown a remarkable depth, drive, and maturity for a young man, and I have a feeling he's going to do very well.
donnah - it must be exhausting to carry around the resentment, hatred and faux outrage that these people are burdened with. Their lives must be little Hells. Happily, in the case of David, he gets to rise above that world for all the right reasons, as you state.
To be honest, Trump and his ilk have made me a lesser person. I loathe him. I loathe his staff and his administration, whatever's left of it. I am depressed and sometimes feel a sense of desperation that this will never end, It's hard to stay hopeful.
But I refuse to become what they are. I am goingnto stick to my convictions and not quit fighting for this country and our democracy. That's where we're different and better than they are. We're on the side of what's good and fair and decent. And we have to defend that.
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