**Warning for harsh language ahead.
Unhinged left-wing ideologues crawled out of the woodwork Thursday to defend the indefensible, as Samantha Bee’s vile characterization of Ivanka Trump as a “feckless c**t” was seen as repugnant by rational Americans.
In fact, the use of the “c-word” was so egregious even some on-air personalities at the virulent anti-Trump network CNN denounced it.
All of which led to an improbable showdown between Kathy Griffin, a “comedian” cut from the same cloth as Bee, and CNN’s Chris Cillizza.
The woman who posed with a bloody, fake severed head of President Donald Trump pointed to the First Amendment to repeat the despicable label.
#FecklessCunt pic.twitter.com/Ns0pBHwE81
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 31, 2018
In a display of rationality sure to make folks wonder where the hell is this reasoned thought in CNN’s daily offerings, Cillizza responded to say that just because Bee has the right to make that comment, it doesn’t mean she SHOULD make it.
Or that it should be condoned.
This isn't about whether Samantha Bee CAN say it.
It's about whether she SHOULD say it.
And whether we as a society SHOULD condone it. https://t.co/egEshw5Ubv
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) May 31, 2018
If the reporter was expecting a reasoned retort to his argument from the crackpot, he was expecting what never was and never will be.
Getting a taste of what conservatives encounter daily when trying to engage the left, Cillizza was treated to a profanity-laced tirade from Griffin.
“Shut the f*ck up you hack,” she tweeted in response. “When the White House Press Secretary, on behalf of the President, says “Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast.” [W]e’re heading into first amendment territory. That I have to explain this to you reminds me how dumb you are.”
Shut the fuck up you hack. When the White House Press Secretary, on behalf of the President, says “Her disgusting comments and show are not fit for broadcast..” we’re heading into first amendment territory.
That I have to explain this to you reminds me how dumb you are. https://t.co/UGAOapDVG8
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 31, 2018
She then doubled down on the vulgar insults against Cillizza.
You are so fucking dense and embarrassing. Go look at Sarah Sanders statement.
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 31, 2018
Still, he persisted.
Name-calling is pointless.
The debate over how we should treat each other is not. https://t.co/h8PNTvNM9x
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) May 31, 2018
And still, she raged — dead set on the believe that “c*nt” is a perfectly suitable word to broadcast.
My dog’s obedience school classmates could explain to you that when the White House Press Secretary starts making statements that including a demand for a network to cancel a show that we are crossing over into 1st amendment territory. That you don’t get that depresses me. https://t.co/L7EZXQM7vR
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 31, 2018
Griffin’s attack on the CNN personality was mimicked by left-wing social media users eager to establish yet again that dissension in the ranks will not be tolerated.
But in today’s trumped up political world, which could be described as “the best of times, the worst of times,” the lines are becoming more and more blurred between friend and foe, as seen in the online reaction to the Cillizza-Griffin brouhaha.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
Example of why a flagrant insult proves you can’t win an argument. Guess the Bee example was not a cautionary tale for some https://t.co/ke2gbny8Ki
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) May 31, 2018
Today's BeeGate also has induced a colorful back-and-forth between former CNN New Year's Eve co-host Kathy Griffin and CNN Editor-at-Large Chris Cillizza. https://t.co/rrLJk3iDtm
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) May 31, 2018
. @kathygriffin has to be the most classless person on Twitter and that's a hard thing to achieve. https://t.co/9g7Z9RbEod
— Brian Flood (@briansflood) May 31, 2018
This is getting good https://t.co/GrjjyIdcFo
— Legal Insurrection (@LegInsurrection) May 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/1002245714028777484
… classy https://t.co/20qVNY1wcS
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) May 31, 2018
https://twitter.com/WeAre63M/status/1002319489382285312
Poor @iamsambee. You know you’ve messed up when @kathygriffin shows up to defend your abuse of free speech. https://t.co/1S5XuFNMzW
— Rick Anderson 🇨🇦 (@RickAnderson) June 1, 2018
To be clear, Griffin insisted that Bee had nothing to apologize for. A determination that, if you think about it, prerfectly encapsulates the left in America today.
Please do not be hard on @iamsambee for apologizing. While I was hoping she wouldn’t, I know first hand what it’s like being put through the Trump wood chipper..what she’s going through right now is crazy. All for a bleeped word. Comics held to higher standards than the president https://t.co/4kUkHpP8hl
— Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 31, 2018
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