Brian Kilmeade is a FOX news host, and not a particularly
bright one, as illustrated by this quote.
But OK – sometimes people who are not generally loons say stupid things (or
fall into the temptation to make a point they know is stupid for political
purposes). So perhaps even this utterly bizarre statement can be explained away as well (also covered here).
However, Kilmeade has a pretty consistent record of denialism and stupid shit
falling out of his mouth. He is, for instance, a global warming denier,
explaining his disagreement with science by invoking conspiracy – to the extent
that even other conservative commentators have had to take him to task.
Here is Kilmeade and Peter Johnson jr. whining about the mythical persecution ofChristians in the US.
The observation is, as usual, that Christians are not allowed to persecute or
discriminate people who disagree with them, hence Christians are persecuted.
Diagnosis: So Kilmeade is probably not very different from
the usual stock of wingnut commentators, and there are many of them. But it is
hard to avoid the conclusion that he is a denialist loon, and the fact that his
lunacy is shared by many doesn’t make it less lunatic.
Before I forget, Robert Knight of WorldNetDaily and Concerned Women for America. He blamed the Abu Ghriab scandal on pornography. I can't believe I forgot about him up until now.
ReplyDeleteAnd I forgot to mention Paul Kersey, founder of the racist blog Things Black People Don't Like.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone has any doubts about Kilmeade's eligibility for an entry, his recent comments that Climate Change is a hoax because the settlers at Jamestown didn't say (paraphrased) "Let's not bother the Indians...until we solve this climate crisis" and that it was "almost treason" for Obama to act against climate change should kill those doubts dead.
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