Erick Erickson: Florida shooting survivor is 'a high school bully'

[DonViejo]

BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 02/26/18 11:23 AM EST

Conservative writer Erick Erickson is labeling Florida high school shooting survivor David Hogg a "bully."

"He may be a survivor of the high school shooting in Parkland, FL, but he is using that position to avoid being challenged on his increasingly inane and hostile statements," Erickson wrote in a piece published on The Resurgent, the blog he runs."He is using his position to bully others."

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Erickson also accused Hogg of slandering NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch and of "blaming" Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) for not stopping the shooter. He said Hogg's attack were "slanderous and without merit."

"David Hogg is a bully. He goes on television and knows he gets to use what happened to him as a shield to avoid criticism," Erickson wrote.

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[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Erick Erickson didn't have to experience that shooting. Erick can go fuck himself.

[mcar]

19. Well said!

[Wounded Bear]

2. Repub playbook 101. Attack the victim...

[JaneQPublic]

8. You got that right.

Gold Star parents
9/11 widows
Handicapped and terminally ill people supporting health care legislation
The pregnant widow of a slain Green Beret
Puerto Rican hurricane survivors.

Not only are GOPers totally lacking humanity, but they've replaced it with a cruel predatory instinct to prey on the injured and suffering.

[PatSeg]

3. Oh that is priceless

David Hogg is bullying the people who have the guns? That's quite a stretch. These people are running out of material. Better to just sit down and shut up.

[Paladin]

4. But Erickson is a class act, for publicly trashing a traumatized high school student?

Eat shit and die, Erick.

[poboy2]

5. "crisis actors', 'bullies'...

This is what they do. Always attack.

I say why not use what is just sitting there. The shooter was wearing a MAGA hat.
The motive was clear. Make a connection.

Hateful fucks.

[Blecht]

6. Attack and

project.

[Gothmog]

7. Why would anyone believe Erikson on anything?

[Louis1895]

9. This is a direct response to David Hogg's sister

Parkland Survivor To Melania Trump: Stop Donald Trump Jr. From Cyberbullying Me

[Solly Mack]

10. Oh, boohoo. So now you're the real victim?

Bite me, you whiny fuck.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. And Wayne LaPierre and other NRA spokesmen are as meek as mice.

[gratuitous]

12. Just cause you were shot at and a bunch of your friends died . . .

So, Erick, son of Erick, Erickson, what bona fides do you bring to the conversation? Have you ever been shot at? Have you watched your friends die in a mass shooting event? When was the last time you cowered in terror while a well-armed lunatic was blazing away at anything that moved? Playing Call of Duty doesn't count.

[Mariana]

13. And yet, Mr. Erickson, here you are, criticizing him.

How can that possibly be, if what you say is true? Of course it is not true. You are a liar, Mr. Erickson.

[JDC]

14. Hi-larious. Victim blaming and persecution by any other name

Is still republicanism.

[geardaddy]

15. My guess is Doughboy Erickson got bullied a ton in school

[Nonhlanhla]

16. A mere high school student

is bullying the governor of Florida and a spokesperson of the powerful NRA? Really?!!

Is it really bullying when the little guy stands up against the big guys?

Or is it just, finally, self-assertion?

Good for the kid. I've seen some TV interviews with him, and he is a kid I would have been proud to call my son.

[TheSmarterDog]

17. Bullies deserve to be punished & disciplined. Not shot in the head.

[Cha]

20. No they don't.. but David Hogg is Not a

"bully".

[TheSmarterDog]

22. granted

[Cha]

18. OMG.. says the fucking BIG BULLY erik

Erickson.. and not very bright

[treestar]

21. The right wing is never shy to use "the troops" that way