Liberal Washington Post columnist and MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart opined on Twitter that some of the racist and hateful tweets directed toward President Obama were enough to “make you question your support for 1st Amendment.” (RELATED: CNN’s Chris Cuomo Doesn’t Understand The Constitution)
The hatred squeezed into 140 characters by lunatics is enough to make you question your support for 1st Amendment. http://t.co/2Pq1WeVHqd
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) May 20, 2015
Capehart’s tweet is a paraphrase of a line from his column on the fact that Obama’s entrance on Twitter was met with racist tweets.
“The amount of hatred squeezed into 140 characters or less by lunatics usually cloaked in anonymity is enough to make you question your support for the First Amendment and your faith in the decency of other people,” he wrote.
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But Twitter users, unsurprisingly, were less than impressed.
No its not RT @CapehartJ: The hatred squeezed into 140 characters by lunatics is enough to make you question your support for 1st Amendment
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 20, 2015
@CapehartJ Dude, you write for WaPo, and contribute to MSNBC. If "anything" makes you question 1A, then you're a hopeless poseur.
— Ben Hale (@EYA10) May 20, 2015
@CapehartJ get rid of the 1st amendment because a few people out of 320M said some mean things to Obama? Grow up.
— EdAsante (@EdAsante77) May 20, 2015
@CapehartJ Did you have similar thoughts when Bush was constantly called 'monkey' or other insults?
— aarond23 (@aarond23) May 20, 2015
Capehart lashed out at the criticism, telling his critics to read the full article. (RELATED: Pro Golfer: Garland Shooters Were Exercising Their Second Amendment Rights)
I see the right wing is in full froth over a tweet rather than the entire piece said tweet is based on. #predictable #typical
— Jonathan Capehart (@CapehartJ) May 20, 2015