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[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago

No one will say things like that. Unless they actually believe it..

So an apology is clearly a worthless attempt to save face.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 53 points 2 days ago

Not fired though, like the MSNBC host that said hateful words lead to hateful actions.

[–] olbaidiablo@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

If he was sincere he wouldn't have said it in the first place.

[–] spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 32 points 2 days ago

Jones was talking on “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday about public money spent on trying to help homeless people and suggested that those who didn’t accept services offered to them should be jailed.

“Or involuntary lethal injection, or something,” Kilmeade said. “Just kill ‘em.”

hypocrisy from the right-wing with regards to advocating/endorsements of "political violence" has been on full display recently

...but this is just very lazy and heavy-handed from the writers of this season of Reality. come on, try to be a little bit subtle.

Uhhh what ? He wants to kill sick vulnerable people?

Does he have bodies buried on his property?

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

"I apologize for making Nazi comments" doesn't unmake you a Nazi.

An apologetic Nazi is still a Nazi. Fire the sonofabitch already.

Any less than that officially makes Fox a Nazi outfit (the keyword here being "officially", before you point out that Fox already is one).

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An insincere apology is not newsworthy

[–] spit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

An insincere apology is not newsworthy

is there an article with better framing that you think I should have posted instead?

because I certainly agree the apology was forced and insincere...but the original comment about executing homeless people was definitely newsworthy, don't you think?

and annoyingly, I didn't see any major news outlets covering his comments, until he was forced to issue the apology.

so it's kind of unclear if you're just complaining for the sake of complaining, or if you have any constructive criticism to offer.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

Oh, my comment wasn’t aimed at you, it was for the editor at the Associated Press.

[–] Lodespawn@aussie.zone 11 points 2 days ago

Far out, Americans should be spamming fox news calling for him to be cancelled into oblivion, what an animal

[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 10 points 2 days ago

Well, as a homeless person with several mental-health diagnoses, that's somewhat alarming. Must be nice to be on Fox, where being an asshole doesn't get you canceled, while other media outlets are held to the "don't be mean about Charlie Kirk" standard.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

I think Brain Kilmeade should be executed

[–] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago

America the ~~free~~ cesspool