Kashuv Sends Hogg Blunt Message About His Public Whining
David Hogg has spent the last month and a half in the public spotlight. And yet, when anyone criticizes him, he retreats behind a how-dare-you stance — after all, he is a survivor of the Parkland shooting.
The latest instance of this came after Fox News’ Laura Ingraham made jokes about Hogg’s complaints about being rejected from certain colleges. Ingraham has since apologized, but Hogg has turned his Twitter account into a one-man vendetta to get Ingraham’s sponsors to drop her.
“What’s the beef?” Hogg asked Arby’s in a since deleted tweeted.
🤦♂️ this is just sad I'm so sorry to all those @IngrahamAngle has hurt we are here for you #BoycottIngramAdverts https://t.co/TG2YK8QTi1
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) March 30, 2018
Why do you support @IngrahamAngle ?
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) March 30, 2018
Now, without going into whether Ingraham’s decision was a bad one, she’s since apologized for it, and nothing vulgar or conspiratorial was said about Hogg. (The same can’t be said for those who lashed out at Ingraham, mind you.)
However, Hogg has given his entire Twitter feed over to Ingraham’s removal. Oh, and there are also tweets about how RedState got a story wrong because of a profoundly bad CBS News quote.
I road my bike back to school at around 6:00 pm that night after I had gotten home from the shooting my sister was crying so much I couldn't stand not being able to do anything about it because at the time we knew at least 2 of her freinds had died and it would take 36 hrs to
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) March 27, 2018
In a counter-tweet, Kyle Kashuv — the most prominent of the conservative Parkland students — pointed out the hole in Hogg’s reasoning.
When you interject yourself in public discourse you should expect criticism and to be fact checked. It's that simple. I don't care how old you are or what you went through.
— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 29, 2018
As a millennial might say: ^^^THIS^^^
Hogg (and those who have taken up his cause) have shamelessly hid behind his relative youth and what he’s experienced to state that nothing can reasonably said about him.
It is not our job to make exceptions, particularly in the case of Hogg, who wants to tell us what rights we can and cannot have.
Perhaps more importantly, Hogg and the other activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have already been protected by the mainstream media in a way we’ve really never seen before.
These students have interjected themselves into public discourse, as Kashuv points out. Public discourse can be ugly. However, it’s sad that Hogg — and gun control advocates — want to push their opinions and then hide behind this young man’s status as a victim.
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