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Dem caller scolds C-SPAN for 'blowing smoke in people's eyes' with hourlong show on 'cancel culture'
January 27, 2021
A C-SPAN caller on Wednesday criticized the network for spending an hour on the subject of "cancel culture," a right-wing notion which asserts that some people are being "cancelled" when they face consequences for their actions.
Washington Journal host Greta Brawner explained "cancel culture" by reading a Wikipedia definition that described the practice as a "modern form of ostracism in which someone is thrust out of social or professional circles."
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A man named James from San Francisco began his call by noting that he was a longtime fan of Brawner and C-SPAN.
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"These terms that are being bantered around are extreme right-wing terms," James observed. "The problem is we need the truth. We need facts. And it's anybody like [former Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)] who makes these incredible statements that are so incredibly arbitrarily made without facts behind it. We need the media to back up these things with facts."
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"And if they don't and if they play both sides equitably, people are misled, they're misinformed," he continued. "We need facts. And we don't get it from the right."
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James accused conservatives of hiding behind "vague, arbitrary terms" to cover up their failures.
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"It blows smoke in people's eyes," he said.
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"Where do you get your facts?" Brawner asked.
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"I watch C-SPAN like a religion," James said, pointing out it was 4 a.m. in California. "It is my duty as a citizen of America to be as informed and educated as possible. And if I don't do that, I am betraying my country."
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Watch the video below from C-SPAN.
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‘Truly horrid’ video emerges of ‘seditionist’ Marjorie Taylor Greene harassing Parkland teen
January 27, 2021
Controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was called out on social on Tuesday morning after video was shared showing her harassing a survivor of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
The shooting, which left 17 people dead and injured 17 more, shocked the country and led to calls for more restrictions on high-powered weapons, but that apparently incensed the now Republican lawmaker who stalked survivor David Hogg and then posted a video of her peppering him with questions as he walked on the streets of Washington, D.C.
Greene posted the video to YouTube (which can be seen below) with the caption, "Marjorie Greene went to Washington DC to fight against dangerous 'Red Flag' Gun Confiscation. She confronted David Hogg for his push to lobby lawmakers to trample on our Second Amendment Rights."
Reaction to the video, including from Hogg, was quick and furious as stunned viewers went after the GOP lawmaker who has a history of posting and "liking" violent threats against Democratic lawmakers.
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</p><p><br/></p><p>See reactions to the video below:</p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f864e7f29e16bbc40592499f93035ab4" id="b7dd4"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354436920965783558"><div style="margin:1em 0">It’s so frustrating that we have people like @mtgreenee in Congress that would rather spread conspiracies about mas… https://t.co/GSuBw8WrGH</div> — David Hogg (He / Him) (@David Hogg (He / Him))<a href="https://twitter.com/davidhogg111/statuses/1354436920965783558">1611757900.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="6b3fc8e81ed1e415ef0d2df23d64af1c" id="8c651"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354420542678441986"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@mtgreenee, is this you harassing @davidhogg111 weeks after the Parkland shooting, that my daughter was killed in… https://t.co/WzP4WCaJM3</div> — Fred Guttenberg (@Fred Guttenberg)<a href="https://twitter.com/fred_guttenberg/statuses/1354420542678441986">1611753995.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d6c254ca7d4fc3c6d27e526ea059bb23" id="71c89"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354429748089384960"><div style="margin:1em 0">@fred_guttenberg @mtgreenee @davidhogg111 That was truly horrid to watch and im impressed how David Hogg kept his cool.</div> — David Weissman (@David Weissman)<a href="https://twitter.com/davidmweissman/statuses/1354429748089384960">1611756190.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="70974778bdcd7501bb1d04fb517e44db" id="7d337"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1354433677888024576"><div style="margin:1em 0">How is @mtgreenee, a seditionist who is devoid of common decency, in congress?
https://t.co/UuLB5qqvc4</div> — Anand Swaminathan (@Anand Swaminathan)<a href="https://twitter.com/EMSwami/statuses/1354433677888024576">1611757127.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Arizona's Republican Party has gone all-in on backing former president Donald Trump and opposing coronavirus prevention measures.
The election of Dr. Kelli Ward as the state's party chairwoman has set off a wave of recriminations and reprisals -- with censures of Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Cindy McCain and Gov. Doug Ducey -- but despite being a physician herself, the new GOP leader refuses to endorse a statewide mask mandate as hospitals fill up with COVID-19 patients, reported The Daily Beast.
<p>"There's a lot of, 'You, you can't take my rights away from me' kind of feel to it," said hospice nurse Kayla Stutler. "'You can't tell me to wear a mask in a store. You're violating my constitutional rights.' There's a lot of that 'Freedom... America' kind of sentiment."</p><p>Stutler, who describes the state's attitude toward mitigation as "ridiculous run amok," got her first vaccine dose Dec. 27, two days before she became sick and tested positive herself.</p><p>"I was super mad because I'd almost made it through all of 2020," she said.</p><p>Stutler's husband also became ill, and the couple quarantined in their bedroom but their children -- ages 8, 7, 5 and 3 -- ended up testing positive on New Year's Day after experiencing symptoms.</p><p>The kids and Stutler's husband experienced only mild cases -- but she wasn't so lucky and was eventually hospitalized with breathing difficulties.</p><p>"The total bill? $15,389.41 and $4,528.53 (different hospitals)," she tweeted. "Thankful for extremely good health insurance I get through school but imagine if I didn't."</p><p>A longtime friend recently caught the virus and developed long-term blood-clotting problems at 32, which will likely require lifelong medication, and the friend's father died from COVID-19 in that family's outbreak -- and Stutler wishes Ward and other Arizona GOP leaders would finally get on board with pandemic mitigation efforts.</p><p>"It's like Russian roulette," Stutler said.</p>
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