Newsbusters:
On Tuesday’s All In, host Chris Hayes and his guests tackled a chilling and politically loaded subject: which beliefs should disqualify someone from holding public office. Among other things, the group decided that global warming “denialism,” opposition to same-sex marriage, and opposition to a “robust” Voting Rights Act should put a politician outside the mainstream and ruin their chances of holding public office.
Hayes seemed excited that politicians might be branded with a figurative scarlet letter for holding beliefs that run counter to his own far-left vision. In fact, he claimed the act of disqualification based on certain beliefs is a “tool of progress,” not something that “constrains consensus.” The host gloated:
It’s a tool of progress when we say that certain things, like opposing marriage equality, are sort of, like, not the kinds of things that mainstream American politicians –
One of Hayes’ guests cut him off, but he didn’t need to finish that sentence. The point is clear – Hayes has stumbled upon a new way to squelch debate in this country and pave the way for liberal domination of American political thought.
The host was particularly gleeful over the growing acceptance of the theory that human beings are driving climate change. After playing clips of Sen. Marco Rubio expressing skepticism of global warming and then trying to clarify when pressed on the issue, Hayes smirked:
[T]he fascinating aspect of this to me is that it looked to me for the first time in a long time that denialism was looking like a thing that was a disqualifier or at least something to be defensive about in a way I haven’t seen in a while.
One of Hayes’ guests, former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, agreed:
And I think nowadays it is. I mean, this is an issue that’s – I mean, we’re all threatened by this. I mean, the planet is in danger. Something needs to be done. And I think if you’re just going to deny that this is even occurring, it means that you’re going to be blocking the policies that we need, and it should be a disqualifier.
Hayes even went so far as to call global warming skeptics “really cuckoo.”
Maybe MSNBC should disqualify left-wing extremists and the worshipers of that religion called “climate change” from hosting and appearing on their shows. Do that and their ratings might (might) go up.
With all that is wrong right now with this country it is mind boggling that these are the ‘topics’ the ‘issues’ that are on the top of the ‘agenda list’ for these people….
Who, by the way have ‘JOBS’….really-really -really Good Paying Jobs too… you know the ‘RICH’… they get paid well to spew this kind of garbage…
Chris Hayes, although not on the top tier of elitism but, he’s definitively an elitist…he is part of the problem we have here in America… certainlyhe is NOT part of the solution…although he, and his “guests” certainly ‘feel’ they are part of the solution…by spewing this kind of garbage.. yea, Ok.
I am just thankful MSNBC ratings are waaay down, it gives me hope…hope that Americans are finally tired of listening to this kind of intolerance from the left/liberals..
Fascism runs through the hearts of liberals.