Posted on 07/05/2017 7:47:55 AM PDT by Hojczyk
Mr. A**holeSolo thus declares that he has gotten his mind right. Kaczynski accordingly declines at this time to disclose his identity. Lest there be any backsliding, however, Kaczynski “reserves the right” to out him:
CNN is not publishing “HanA**holeSolo’s” name because he is a private citizen who has issued an extensive statement of apology, showed his remorse by saying he has taken down all his offending posts, and because he said he is not going to repeat this ugly behavior on social media again. In addition, he said his statement could serve as an example to others not to do the same.
CNN reserves the right to publish his identity should any of that change.
CNN and Kaczynski owe Mr. A**holeSolo an apology on at least two counts. First, Kaczynski to the contrary notwithstanding, Mr. A**holeSolo didn’t make “calls for violence against the press.” Whatever Mr. A**holeSolo’s faults, his view of the GIF as satire is far more balanced than the unhinged response of CNN and its friends among the Democrats’ media adjunct.
Second, Kaczynski shouldn’t have threatened to out Mr. A**holeSolo if he backslides. To exercise his own rights in the future, Mr. A**holeSolo will now either have to seek preclearance review of future comments intended for public consumption or subject himself to the arbitrary judgment of the likes of Andrew Kaczynski.
Mr. A**holeSolo will not exercise his rights subject to the sufferance of Andrew Kaczynski. Mr. A**holeSolo may not know a lot, but he knows enough to keep his mouth shut (as the the hashtag #CNNBlackmail suggests).
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“Free speech for me but not for thee,” says CNN.
Why hasn’t Trump pulled CNN’s press pass from the white house press pool?
What’s a CNN?
How about the fact there is absolutely not a damn thing illegal about the video, it was satire and Free Speech, and CNN had no right whatsoever to make someone “promise” not to engage in Free Speech again, unless of course it’s pro-CNN.
Ten thousand copy-cat CNN mocking videos needed stat!
Someone needs to do another video, this time with a CNN logo over a cat body, chasing a laser pointer dot.
I thought the video was nothing but funny. That this guy totally collapsed and begged for mercy was distressing. That CNN totally bullied this guy into a bloody pulp is alarming!
YUP...the Commie “News” Network living up to its name...shutting down free speech... while Kathy Griffin gets a pass.
Wasn’t this no more than a modern day political cartoon, for which the kid should have received an award?
CNN is part of Turner. Desroches is now president of Turner.
Did a someone at Reddit (an overwhelmingly liberal website) give CNN this person’s information?
CNN Censorship.
Disrespect their authority and they will ruin you.
Ridicule them and find out.
Andrew Kaczynski appears to be the “A**hole” here.
Helps in court when he sues CNN for coercion. CNN really stepped into it this time.
If CNN were the Trump Admin, the Lefties would be screaming from the rooftops! I suspect the guy just doesn’t want all his other stuff to be outed......but why isn’t CNN being hit with a charge of blackmail?
Can’t wait to see President Trump’s response to all of this! Did he set CNN up or do the stars naturally align for this dear man?
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