Truthers And The All New Hillary-Has-Brain-Damage Conspiracy Theory
Grace McDonnell was one of nearly two-dozen children killed by rounds of ammunition fired from Adam Lanza’s AR-15 at Sandy Hook Elementary. Since then, a memorial playground was established with a commemorative sign featuring Grace’s photograph and the message: “Celebrating the Life of Grace McDonnell.” Eventually, all 26 victims, including the teachers, will have playgrounds constructed in their honor by the Where Angels Play Foundation.
Before I continue, I have to be honest: just seeing photos of the sign at the park is utterly heart-wrenching. The memories of that terrible day along with the faces of the children who were massacred can’t help but to involuntarily churn up a sudden and deep sadness, so much so that it’s impossible to imagine the grief re-experienced by the parents and families of the victims every time Sandy Hook pops up in the news.
That’s why the theft of the Grace McConnell sign by a Sandy Hook Truther last week is so unforgivably atrocious. But that wasn’t the worst thing this lunatic did. CBS2 in New York reported that the Truther called the child’s mother and told her the shooting was a false flag, implying therefore that Grace McConnell never existed in the first place.
Suffice to say, Sandy Hook Truthers are a blight. The worst of the worst. Perhaps more callous and heartless than 9/11 Truthers, if that was even possible.
On our weekly podcast, Chez Pazienza and I are often merciless in our criticism of InfoWars Truther types like Alex Jones and his underling goon Dan Bidondi. It’s chiefly because they’re all about spreading this Truther horseshit, be it Sandy Hook Trutherism, Boston Marathon Trutherism, 9/11 Trutherism or Oklahoma City Trutherism — disrupting serious press conferences barking false-flag nonsense and developing complex theories to the delight of their paranoiac disciples — they deserve nothing less than our complete and unapologetic disrespect and unflinching ridicule. Alex Jones has built Trutherism into a media empire, accumulating for Jones an estimated net worth of $8 million. Part of that empire has been built upon insisting to millions of listeners and online readers every day that Sandy Hook was staged by the government to distract from… whatever… probably other fabricated nonsense like chemtrails and weather weapons.
There’s certainly merit in questioning power — in challenging authority when it’s both deserved and empirically justified. But the gradual mainstreaming of Trutherism must be shoved back into its straight-jacket now, before it’s too late.
Case in point, last night at a conference in Los Angeles, Karl Rove launched what could possibly be the next Truther movement: Hillary Clinton Brain Damage Truth. While participating in a round-table with former Obama administration press secretary Robert Gibbs and author Dan Raviv, the issue of Clinton’s December 2012 fall due to a blood clot was shoehorned into the conversation.
Rove said — with a straight face… READ MORE
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By: Bob Cesca
Bob Cesca is the managing editor at The Daily Banter (www.thedailybanter.com) and a Huffington Post contributor since 2005. He's worked in journalism since 1988 as a print writer/editor, a radio news anchor, a digital media columnist/editor, a book author and blogger. He's the co-host of the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show podcast and a Thursday regular on the syndicated Stephanie Miller Show. He's appeared on numerous other radio shows including the John Phillips Show and Geraldo Rivera Show in Los Angeles. Bob has been a commentator/analyst on the BBC (TV and radio), MSNBC, Current TV, CNN and Sky News. Following him on Twitter: @bobcesca_go
18 responses to Truthers And The All New Hillary-Has-Brain-Damage Conspiracy Theory
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Maxx44 May 13th, 2014 at 08:19
And Dorothy didn’t live in Kansas.
Maxx44 May 13th, 2014 at 08:19
And Dorothy didn’t live in Kansas.
Anomaly 100 May 13th, 2014 at 08:20
Brain damage doesn’t mean what they think it means. It can just be short term memory loss. Been there, done that.
fahvel May 13th, 2014 at 11:47
smoke a bit less –
Anomaly 100 May 13th, 2014 at 08:20
Brain damage doesn’t mean what they think it means. It can just be short term memory loss. Been there, done that.
fahvel May 13th, 2014 at 11:47
smoke a bit less –
William May 13th, 2014 at 08:47
The relentless attacks by the right merely indicate their fear of Hillary. Even if Hillary had brain damage, she’d still be infinitely brighter than whatever the right has to offer.
fahvel May 13th, 2014 at 11:47
Bravo Wil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BanditBasheert May 13th, 2014 at 13:03
Can I “like” this more than once???
William May 13th, 2014 at 08:47
The relentless attacks by the right merely indicate their fear of Hillary. Even if Hillary had brain damage, she’d still be infinitely brighter than whatever the right has to offer.
fahvel May 13th, 2014 at 11:47
Bravo Wil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BanditBasheert May 13th, 2014 at 13:03
Can I “like” this more than once???
Shades May 13th, 2014 at 09:02
These CT-ists sound like a bunch of scared pansies. They know their days are numbered.
Shades May 13th, 2014 at 09:02
These CT-ists sound like a bunch of scared pansies. They know their days are numbered.
jasperjava May 13th, 2014 at 09:03
Karl Rove, of all people, cannot say anything about the possibility of a President with brain damage.
We already had one, and Rove put him in the White House.
Dwendt44 May 13th, 2014 at 12:16
Two actually. Reagan was suffering from Alzheimer’s during a part of his two terms. Not that Rove had anything to do with that.
jasperjava May 13th, 2014 at 09:03
Karl Rove, of all people, cannot say anything about the possibility of a President with brain damage.
We already had one, and Rove put him in the White House.
Dwendt44 May 13th, 2014 at 12:16
Two actually. Reagan was suffering from Alzheimer’s during a part of his two terms. Not that Rove had anything to do with that.