The right-wing sliming of Douglas High students cant be ignored. Its too disgusting for that.
The right-wing sliming of Douglas High students can’t be ignored. It’s too disgusting for that.
By Margaret Sullivan Media Columnist February 21 at 11:25 AM WP
When people act like cretins, should they be ignored? Does talking about their misdeeds merely give them oxygen?
Maybe so. But the sliming — there is no other word for it — of the survivors of last week’s Florida high school massacre is beyond the pale.
Here is the often-appalling pundit Dinesh D’Souza, outright mocking the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, after they showed their disappointment in a state legislature vote on assault weapons on Tuesday: “Worst news since their parents told them to get summer jobs.”
Recall for a moment: These are teenagers whose friends were brutally murdered less than a week ago.
D’Souza, who has a huge social-media following precisely because he sinks so low, so often, also tweeted out his cynical scorekeeping: “Adults: 1. Kids: 0.” And he took a shot at what he called their “politically orchestrated grief.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/the-right-wing-sliming-of-douglas-high-students-cant-be-ignored-its-too-disgusting-for-that/2018/02/21/633fb72e-1712-11e8-8b08-027a6ccb38eb_story.html?utm_term=.7abe2f770937
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