Andrew Sullivan: Alec Baldwin Engaged In ‘Hate Speech,’ Called For Mob To ‘Physically Attack A Gay Man’
On Thursday night, actor Alec Baldwin engaged in an outburst on Twitter after a reporter published a post noting that his pregnant wife was tweeting while attending the funeral for late actor James Gandolfini. Baldwin called the reporter a “toxic little queen” and threatened him with violence over the report. On Friday, prominent blogger Andrew Sullivan declared Baldwin a “would-be gay basher” and said he was engaging in both “hate speech” and had called for “people to physically attack a gay man.”
“Alec Baldwin’s rant is not just hate speech; it’s a specific call for other people to physically attack a gay man,” Sullivan tweeted on Friday linking to his blog where he called Baldwin a “would-be gay basher”
“This is not just hate speech,” Sullivan wrote on his blog. “It’s a specific call for other people to physically attack a gay man.”
It’s a call to violence against a specific person, which, last time I checked, was a crime. He’s a pro-gay liberal, so he may get a pass for this. He shouldn’t.
Sullivan may have been referring to people like Democratic consultant and lesbian, Hilary Rosen, who tweeted that Baldwin is clearly not “homophobic” but does get “dramatic” when he is defending his loved ones from perceived slights.
