Fox News Contributor’s Tweetstorm Defends African American Colleagues From Viewer Hate
Guy Benson, a Fox News contributor who has been filling in for Eric Bolling on The Specialists this week, took to Twitter to provide an impassioned defense of his African-American colleagues in the face of hate from viewers.
The conservative commentator tweeted a video of two Fox News contributors getting emotional on Fox & Friends Wednesday morning over President Donald Trump’s shocking press conference from Tuesday, in which he defended white supremacist protestors in Charlottesville.
I made the mistake of reading the replies to this tweet. But it reminds me of something I’ve been wanting to say… https://t.co/6YpBsmf5n2
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
Benson compared that response to the “Twitter meltdown among some viewers” he saw to the monologue given by his Specialists co-host Eboni Williams on Trump’s presser. “This is the embarrassing, childish snowflakery they think they detest,” he wrote of viewers, before arguing that though they profess to oppose “safe spaces,” what “they really want is an echo chamber that never challenges their beliefs”:
I also saw the Twitter meltdown among some viewers when @EboniKWilliams offered an impassioned monologue critical of POTUS on Monday…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…people demanding she be fired & vowing never to watch her again. This is the embarrassing, childish snowflakery they think they detest…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…when what they really want is an echo chamber that never challenges their beliefs. That does not help anyone grow as a human being…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…it’s WHY we decry “safe space” culture on campuses. If we’re off in our corners stewing in our own comfort zones, we miss big things…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…I don’t have to agree w/ everything Eboni said in her soliloquy, nor do I need to share every sentiment of the two F&F guests this am…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…But if your heart is so hard & tribalism so strong that the ONLY reason you can imagine those tears flowed was “drama” or “hypocrisy”…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
Benson finished the thread by arguing that it’s “cynical & gross to question POC’s visceral and emotional response,” and pointing out that “before crucifying them, actually take a moment to reflect on whether you might learn something valuable from them”:
…you seriously need to check yourself. I don’t know what it’s like to be a person of color. I know that the USA has made progress…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…But it’s cynical & gross to question POC’s visceral and emotional response (i.e. DIFFERENT than yours) to what happened…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…we’re in an empathy crisis. We should be able to say, ‘wow, that’s NOT how I see things, but I need to think about why some ppl might’…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…as opposed to, ‘I don’t agree with or relate to these people, so I’m going to impugn their motives, lash out & seek refuge’…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…don’t be so far gone that you lose your humanity & humility to recognize that good, earnest ppl may invade your comfort zone sometimes…
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
…and before crucifying them, actually take a moment to reflect on whether you might learn something valuable from them. /done
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) August 16, 2017
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