{"id":10847,"date":"2016-02-16T10:28:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/?p=10847"},"modified":"2016-02-16T10:30:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T15:30:02","slug":"6-prominent-liberals-celebrate-scalias-death-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/frenchrevolution\/2016\/02\/16\/6-prominent-liberals-celebrate-scalias-death-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"6 prominent liberals celebrate Scalia&#8217;s death on Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/450561141\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 69.865320% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/450561141?et=CkfHy52_TU931WrauUZYpw&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=Jg20LJ_vcKnsk2uQKs5wJCnhtYbAJVH5rxGfvN_ayCE=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"415\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I hate the practice of saying, \u201cMean things were said on Twitter,\u201d since the very social media platform seems designed to bring out the whackados. \u00a0However, the number of prominent liberal journalists\u00a0tweeting out despicable statements about the death of a Supreme Court justice is worth noting.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are a few (<a href=\"http:\/\/newsbusters.org\/blogs\/nb\/kristine-marsh\/2016\/02\/15\/12-tweets-liberal-journalists-celebrating-scalias-death\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Newsbusters<\/a> has six\u00a0more). \u00a0As Instapundit wrote, \u201cBy their tweets you shall know them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1. \u00a0<strong>Dan Savage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dedicating the rest of this weekend\u2019s marital sodomy to the memory of Antonin Scalia.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fakedansavage\/status\/698636117554262017\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>2. <strong>Dave Zurin, of The Nation and frequent MSNBC guest<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nWhen political figures die, there\u2019s a race to define their memory. That memory can have powerful repercussions. So remember Scalia\u2019s victims \u2014 Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdgeofSports\/status\/698639385806426112\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 13, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>3. \u00a0<strong>Tom\u00e1s R\u00edos, Vocativ\u2019s Senior Sports Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>Scalia was a monster and no one\u2019s job entitles them to respect. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q4v0Kk1ZFJ\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/q4v0Kk1ZFJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom\u00e1s R\u00edos (@TheTomasRios) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTomasRios\/status\/698636714487713792\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>4. <strong>Amanda Marcotte, of Salon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nI guess it\u2019s settled: God approves of abortion. \u2014 Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmandaMarcotte\/status\/698633880702685185\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 13, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n5. <strong>David Ehrlich, of Rolling Stone:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">when you go to harass women outside of planned parenthood tomorrow, be sure to hold your fetus poster at half-mast. out of respect. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Scalia?src=hash\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">#Scalia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 david ehrlich (@davidehrlich) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidehrlich\/status\/698648422916579328\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>6.\u00a0<strong>Silvia Killingsworth, The New Yorker:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nDied in a ranch in Texas, God bless America \u2014 Silvia Killingsworth (@silviakillings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/silviakillings\/status\/698630033955561473\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">February 13, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Order my next three books on Amazon:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" 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