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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFux Noise host Laura Ingraham's glee at general's Covid diagnosis sparks outrage
The rightwing Fox News host Laura Ingraham has stoked outrage by announcing that the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff had tested positive for Covid-19 and applauding as she did so.
One critic called the host a merchant of death. Another said he was not sure when hate became a Christian value.
Gen Mark Milley became a target of rightwing anger after extensive reporting showed how he worked to contain Donald Trump at the end of his time in power, keeping US armed forces out of domestic affairs.
Milley has also defended the teaching in military institutions of critical race theory, an academic discipline which conservatives have turned into a profitable election issue.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fox-news-host-laura-ingraham-s-glee-at-general-s-covid-diagnosis-sparks-outrage/ar-AASUja3
Woman is not even house trained.
flying_wahini
(6,600 posts)I predict a hard rain gonna fall
ck4829
(35,077 posts)Aristus
(66,380 posts)n/t
Random Boomer
(4,168 posts)She will keep pushing envelope until someone stops her. Hasn't happened so far, so why would anyone expect her to stop?
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)Maraya1969
(22,482 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)
.Raymond Arroyo, a star on the Catholic EWTN network. Smarmy bastard who thinks he knows more than the Pope himself.
A pair of really exemplary Christians, right there.
keep_left
(1,783 posts)...until someone there decided they needed to appeal to Faux News viewers (middle-age+ men = we need more hot women). So now they have hired more of the "young chicky" types at EWTN (at least three different news shows, a "pro-life" show, etc. all with Faux fembot types, as Randi Rhodes called them). So now Arroyo is like their "senior anchorman" or something. EWTN is a real piece of work. You have to see it to believe it.
CurtEastPoint
(18,647 posts)onward.
Fuck her.
Hieronymus Phact
(369 posts)Nothing but a public troll.
I wouldn't take her to task, that's like blaming the scorpion for stinging.
I would heap opprobrium onto whoever continues to give her a platform.
badhair77
(4,218 posts)She needs to take it off. Theres nothing Christian about her.
wnylib
(21,482 posts)Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)You know . . . like "Republican".
vlyons
(10,252 posts)nt
Torchlight
(3,341 posts)That kinda seems the Excuse of Last Resort the past few days.
Mr. Evil
(2,844 posts)Allowing Helga the Nazi Thundercunt to do that on the air should be the final straw. We must absolutely stop buying anything and everything that is advertised on the Joseph Goebbels Memorial Network.
Evolve Dammit
(16,736 posts)ypsiguy
(67 posts)Marcuse
(7,487 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)I have no use for those who take delight in anothers illness. Do unto others, you hypocritical POS.
Aussie105
(5,401 posts)The MAGA channel identifies someone as their enemy, and gleefully announce some bad news about that person?
Words fail me . . .
Mind you, DU is guilty of that too.
'MAGAts are all anti-vaxxers. Serves them right if they catch COVID and they all die!'
Got to watch this polarization and erosion of sane human values!
*Wanders off shaking his head.*
Sympthsical
(9,074 posts)It's like, haven't read around here lately? There's practically a daily People We Hate Got Covid High Five Party.
Remember: Everyone is horrible except for me. I am awesome.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)This is puzzling.
Sympthsical
(9,074 posts)Still. I genuinely laughed my ass off when I saw it.
"It's sociopathic!" Oh, is it?
Huh. You don't say . . .
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Where are the posters who love to post that Herman Cain meme? Ive lost count how many times Ive seen that here.
Tickle
(2,523 posts)it was just me who thought this
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)Tasteless for sure. Not the same as with Ingraham, who has a history of public repugnance.
Sympthsical
(9,074 posts)The horror of it all is disingenuous.
Either it's ok or it's not. If it's not, maybe catch it where you live.
Bitching about someone who will never hear it affects nothing. Cleaning up one's own neighborhood actually makes a difference.
tenderfoot
(8,437 posts)eom
Sympthsical
(9,074 posts)Glad we had this chat.
ProfessorGAC
(65,058 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Im sorry, but this kind of thing happens here too.
Glass houses, and all that
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)You seem to spend a lot of time criticizing DU
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)No. What I criticize is hypocrisy. Since you seem to follow me so much, you should be able to see that.
And yes. BOTH are wrong.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,010 posts)But you pretty revealed yourself on this thread.
Consider this. In most cases those who point out righties who've come down with COVID are noting the righties' carelessness in dealing with the pandemic.
Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)SleeplessinSoCal
(9,123 posts)"Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Surratt was an American boarding house owner in Washington, D.C., in 1865 who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Sentenced to death, she was hanged and became the first woman executed by the US federal government."
sarisataka
(18,656 posts)it is worth reflecting on threads here daily. Such as this one- https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216251513
Zeitghost
(3,862 posts)To wish for or cheer at someone on the other side of the political spectrum getting COVID? I have a hard time keeping up with which side of that we at DU come down on. It seems to flip from thread to thread.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)This thread is a jewel.
UnderThisLaw
(318 posts)that determining which side to come down on isnt hard for you at all
iemanja
(53,035 posts)full stop.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)We cant have it both ways.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Unreal.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)UTUSN
(70,700 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,058 posts)The one you're singing has gone stale.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Not surprised. Is it ok when we do it?
ret5hd
(20,492 posts)laughing at a brain-dead idiot that is driving totally shit faced, claiming the BAC theory is an Illuminati plot and that seat belts and stop signs are direct government impositions on his freedumbs
Who then dies in a car wreck, maybe with some of his brain-dead friends and relatives who were whooping and laughing and telling him how right he was
As opposed to laughing at the innocent person killed in the other vehicle that knew EXACTLY how dangerous drunk driving is and was very careful in his driving habits
Well, if you cant tell the difference, then thats on you
not us.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)
then, yes, the scorn that is subsequently heaped upon them is well deserved.
I found the seat belt example to be a red herring, so to bring it back to COVID, its one thing to have little to no sympathy for somebody who loudly mocks the science, puts others at risk by their ignorance, and then gets sick or doesnt get sick but still spreads their dangerous bullshit (like Ingraham). Its quite another if its somebody who did take all the precautions (as the generals did) and still gets sick, or has an underlying condition that prevents them from getting vaxxed.
So
the breast cancer example. Did anybody here gloat when Ingraham was diagnosed with something that was beyond her control?
I dont suffer fools gladly. Never have, never will. Same goes for those who mount high horses.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)Doing Putin's work without the Russian invasion.
Torchlight
(3,341 posts)to engage in such cavalier behavior. I tend to believe those in positions of power and/or influence have a much greater obligation to temper their words and actions as those words and actions have a much greater impact.
Much as I hold law enforcement, doctors and jurists to a higher standard than the general populace, I also place that same duty of accuracy, good-faith and professionalism on many in broadcast journalism.
Cha
(297,275 posts)Zombie!
Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Covid is no joke. I had it for 3 weeks and finally recovering back to normal. Not 100% but it's getting there.