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Demovictory9

(37,113 posts)
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 04:33 PM Mar 2019

Denise McAllister, conservative writer, loses job

A conservative writer attacked a gay journalist on Twitter. This outlet just dropped her.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/03/31/conservative-writer-attacked-gay-journalist-twitter-this-outlet-just-dropped-her/?utm_term=.be9c39bdf6c3

Denise McAllister’s name ricocheted around the Internet last week thanks to a viral dispute with Meghan McCain, co-host of ABC’s “The View.” Now, the publisher of a conservative outlet says McAllister will no longer write for it after she sent a barrage of homophobic tweets aimed at a gay journalist on Saturday.

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Soon after the news broke, McAllister went on the offensive. “I was fired when I criticized a gay man who mocked my heterosexual relationship,” she tweeted. “Yet no one defended me when I stood for masculinity and God’s design for sexuality despite outlets saying they represent Judeo-Christian values about sexuality, identity and purpose. What is truth?”

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Denise McAllister, conservative writer, loses job (Original Post) Demovictory9 Mar 2019 OP
That's an impressive lack of self-awareness. TwilightZone Mar 2019 #1
Since when does The Federalist fire bigots? I thought being a bigot was a requirement to work there. LonePirate Mar 2019 #2
They draw the line at firing their bigoted MALE writers. N/t PandoraAwakened Mar 2019 #4
. tanyev Mar 2019 #3
Paywall ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #5

TwilightZone

(28,836 posts)
1. That's an impressive lack of self-awareness.
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 04:35 PM
Mar 2019

The delusions these people convince themselves of still occasionally surprise me.

LonePirate

(14,330 posts)
2. Since when does The Federalist fire bigots? I thought being a bigot was a requirement to work there.
Sun Mar 31, 2019, 04:40 PM
Mar 2019
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