Susan Wright on the Right
With so much going on in the nation, it’s hard to know where to look. It seems as soon as one thing catches our attention, something worse is raised to draw our concern.
We’re apparently not a nation of multitaskers.
The current, searing trouble would be the families being separated at the southern border.
I’ve given my opinion on this, several times. I think the borders need to be made secure. If someone is jumping the line, not following proper procedures for immigration, and violating the sovereignty of our nation, they deserve to be slingshotted back across that border and to their country of origin.
That being said, when children are involved, compassion and grace from this “Christian nation” need to kick in, and there needs to be a better way. It seems Congress is working on that, with several acceptable solutions being offered.
The situation at the border has really shown the heart of some of the personalities chiming in.
One such individual is the loathsome Laura Ingraham, of American Pravda (Fox News, for those just tuning in).
Ingraham recently referred to the detainment camps the children at the border are being kept in as being similar to “summer camp.”
It was an ignorant, callous statement, and pretty much what is expected from anybody at that particular Trump propaganda outlet.
I tell you all that to tell you this: I’m not real big on using boycotts to force compliance on any issue.
Ingraham was the subject of a boycott in March, after Parkland shooting survivor-turned-gun grabbing activist, David Hogg began an online campaign to have advertisers pulled from her show.
She lost 20 advertisers, because she commented on the colleges that had turned down Hogg.
She said something that hurt my feelings! Boycott her! I survived a school shooting, you know!
She apologized, but Hogg was in the thick of his newly acquired celebrity, so he played the bully (a role I get the feeling comes natural for him) and wasn’t about to accept an apology.
Now, because of the recent controversy, Hogg is back, and he’s trying to recreate the same moment.
In several tweets, Hogg called out companies that currently advertise on Ingraham’s show.
So @IngrahamAngle we meet again. Who are you biggest advertisers now?
— David Hogg
If we get these advertisers pulled maybe @Ingraham will have to become a camp counselor and learn how wrong she is.
1. @BeachesResorts & @SandalsResorts
2.@SIRIUSXM
3. @CarfaxReports
4. @AceHardware
5. IAC (Angie’s List, Home Advisor, Match)
6. @Cabelas
7. @JohnDeere— David Hogg
Nice try, but as the nation moves from one outrage to the next, it appears Hogg may have milked his status as a school shooting victim dry, and that mojo is gone.
Has Ingraham lost a single advertiser?
It appears not.
After Ingraham’s advertisers were contacted by The Hollywood Reporter to see if they would be pulling out of the show, “none revealed plans to pull spots from the Ingraham Angle, and most did not respond,” according to the report.
Because they’re sick of being pressured by fame-hungry, obnoxious kids?
I get it. The Parkland shooting, like every other shooting before it was horrible, but in a world that moves so fast, you’d better have something else going on if you want to stay in the limelight.
Hogg has nothing else going on.
Meanwhile, Fox News issued a statement in support of Ingraham:
“Laura Ingraham’s very personal, on-the-ground commitment to the plight of impoverished and abandoned children—specifically in Guatemala— speaks for itself,” the statement reads. “So too does her strong belief in a commonsense, legal immigration system, which will continue to be a focus of her show. FOX News will never tolerate or give in to attempts to silence diverse viewpoints by agenda-driven intimidation efforts.”
As a matter of fact, it appears that Ingraham has rebounded from Hogg’s initial attack. When she returned to her show after taking a vacation during the hottest moments of the social media-driven controversy, her ratings improved. To date, she’s seeing around a 20 percent uptick.
“I suggest that a lot of the folks who are worried about that spend more time in Central America,” Ingraham also said on Monday in talking immigration policy. ” I have. And we should make adoption easier for American couples who want to adopt these kids who are true candidates for adoption because our policies don’t allow that.”
“So let’s put our hearts out there for the kids in the right way,” she added. “Take care of them the right way. Open your hearts and your homes to them.”
She’s not wrong, and she’s not just blowing smoke, either.
Ingraham has a daughter she adopted from Guatemala in 2008, and two adopted sons from Russia.
She’s put her money where her mouth is on that issue, so even though her comments about the separations at the border were horrible, David Hogg’s nasty machinations will not triumph, this day.
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