A Twitter war of words erupted between liberal TV talk show host Montel Williams and National Review editor Charles C.W. Cooke with Cooke bringing the smack down both on Williams misunderstanding of freedom of speech and on his hint that stabbing people is OK if they hold opinions you don’t like.
Williams took to Twitter to comment on the bloody melee between supporters of socialist anarchy and Neo-Nazis in Sacramento, California, where ten people were stabbed over their ideological disagreement.
As Twitchy.com reports, the ball got started in Williams’ court when he Tweeted out a veiled acceptance for stabbing people you don’t like.
Violence is never the answer. That said, way to shut down some neo-nazis #Sacramento
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) June 26, 2016
On one hand the former TV host says “violence is never the answer” but on the other he seems to cheer for the attacks on the Nazi group. Seems a bit contradictory, doesn’t it?
Williams also tried to make a Constitutional point saying:
Nowhere in the 1st Amendment is one guaranteed the right to speak without being opposed, even shouted down. #Sacramento
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) June 26, 2016
But then Cooke jumped in, noting:
@Montel_Williams Being stabbed is frowned upon, though.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 27, 2016
Williams tried to turn the argument around as if Cooke was “defending” Nazis.
@charlescwcooke Conservatives should not feel it necessary to defend neo nazis – their right to speak remains perfectly safe.
— Montel Williams (@Montel_Williams) June 27, 2016
But Cooke came back smacking him on his clear inability to understand the First Amendment.
@Montel_Williams And no, when protestors are attacked with sticks and concrete, their right to speak isn’t safe.
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) June 27, 2016
Cooke rightfully noted, defending free speech is not the same as “defending Nazis.”
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