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For a talking head Lemon is particularly stupid.
Among dimwits he manages to stand out.
Democrats are outraged at Lemon’s arrest in particular, because, they howled, he is a journalist. Journalists enjoy special First Amendment protections. But that does not extend to crimes, and they know it, since progressives always clap like Energizer Bunnies whenever conservative influencers are charged. Just ask James O’Keefe.
Why the different treatment now? Why is solo podcaster Lemon delicately draped in institutional protections, and his arrest is outrageous, but liberals consider a hidden-camera reporter with a multi-million dollar media company to be fair game?
There’s a simple answer. It’s the two-tiered double-standard of justice. Lemon, despite being cast down from the cushy clouds of corporate media, is still considered elite class.
Thus, the debate —if you can call it that— over Lemon’s charges and arrest is really about his elite status, his membership in the protected class. It isn’t supposed to work this way. ...
After Lemon’s midnight arrest in LA (he was there for the Grammys), his processing, brief detention, and arraignment, Lemon remained defiant: “I look forward to my day in court.” Us too! All the media’s arguments about Lemon’s First Amendment rights are irrelevant; his lawyers will raise those arguments, and a court —or more likely, an appellate court— will decide.
Best of luck to you, Don, even though you wanted me banned from hospitals and grocery stores during the pandemic. No hard feelings.
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