"Ripping the mask off of the liberals!" Sean Hannity's new advertising tag line.

[Midnight Writer]

Cute, isn't it?

Sean encourages his followers to rip masks off liberals, and at the same time can say he didn't. He is talking about exposing "them" for what they really are.

Caught that on the radio on my way to the store for my weekly grocery run. So I was already pissed off.

Then stopped at the CVS to buy a case of beer., wearing my mask. Young burly guy, no mask, looks at me, smirks, and rolls his eyes.

Whatever.

But then I got in line behind him and his wife. His wife is buying a face mask. The store clerk says, "You just need one?" The wife says "Yeah, he won't wear one". He says "If I get sick, I get sick. It's no big deal".

So I spoke up, out of character for me. "But what if you bring it home to your wife and she gets sick?"

The guy turns around and glares at me, and says "Nobody's getting sick". Then he told his wife to put the stupid mask back, he wasn't gonna throw money away on that crap.

Then the wife glared at me.

Should have kept my mouth shut.

This is gonna get ugly. The RW is going to launch a vendetta against people wearing masks.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. He is inciting criminal activity...assault. Fox is just itching to get sued.

[certainot]

32. Midnight Writer said he/she caught it on radio - radio is no where near as 'constrained'

in a range of stupidity, racism, and lying as fox news is

and unlike rw talk radio it is also challenged by other TV alternatives, with free easy alternatives a click away, and the local radio dumbshits who follow and parrot limbaugh and hannity on those stations can be locally coordinated

if he said that on TV then i hope someone sues him but there's a good chance it only made it to radio , where the 500- dumbshit radio stations that broadcast his show, many endorsed with college sports, are not anywhere near as scrutinized, much less criticized and challenged,

that's where it starts and if dems want any kind of progress we will stop ignoring talk radio, where it all starts

[Midnight Writer]

42. It was a promo. Caught it on local radio news. It was Hannity's voice.

This is not a quote. This is just what i'm remembering.

Something like ripping the mask off of the liberals

While holding the conservatives accountable

That's why I call it "cute". Just a little bit of vagueness (deniability) in there.

It's not what he's saying, it's what everybody hears. The phrase "ripping the mask off" is a really loaded term right now.

[certainot]

54. limbauagh is great at being 'subtle' and 'suggesting' violence, retaliation etc

without actually saying it. or doing shit like mentioning offhand the town that christine blasey ford's parents live in because there'd be so many fords to choose from if you wanted to harrass them .....

[onecaliberal]

2. Anyone ever touches me and the mother fucker is going to get arrested.

[BigmanPigman]

18. Not if you live in GA and aren't white.

[onecaliberal]

22. I hate these fucking people with such a passion.

I do not live in Georgia and I’m white, but I live in Devin Nunes congressional district.

[IronLionZion]

29. In that case they can't get health care or vote either

as if they don't have enough problems

[vercetti2021]

3. Rip mine off

And I'll beat your fucking face in. No exceptions

[superpatriotman]

9. This is the proper response

To idiocy and terrorism

[vercetti2021]

25. Yep

Bullies try to bully and end up getting their ass whooped badly

[Mariana]

38. They won't do it to you.

They'll pick on old people, like the asshole who harassed MineralMan in a parking lot a few days ago. They'll go after women, like the lunatic who screamed at Rustysgurl. They'll threaten store employees, who will get fired if they fight back or even if they talk back. Etc. If you look like you can defend yourself, count on it, they will leave you the fuck alone.

[Wawannabe]

39. See 21

I am a woman that doesn't look like she can defend herself. ...just waitin for one magat to give it a go!

[vercetti2021]

41. I'm just waiting for it

Mean I could lose my job if I did attack someone that attacked me first. The store will have to report it to my boss where I work and they'll decide what to do with me

[Midnight Writer]

47. Absolutely. I'm hoping I didn't spark something off between this guy and his wife.

The frustrated man's lady is where most rage will land.

[Drum]

10. Yup

🤝

[LovingA2andMI]

14. This....

All Day!

[Wawannabe]

21. BINGO

Goes dbl for me!

I will go back to my vehicle and get my club break their fuckin knees then hands. Then we’ll see how many more masks they pull off.

[vercetti2021]

26. Damn

Go full Negan on them in the process!

[Wawannabe]

34. No

(Had to look up Negan. I don’t watch tv)

I won’t extort anyone. But if a magat fucks with me then he/she will know who the alpha is!

I’ve always carried a club in my vehicle. Have had to show it a few times. Never had to use it. But I certainly will get it out anytime the need arises.

[vercetti2021]

37. I was just messin

But yeah breaking kneecaps is okay

[47of74]

33. Same here.

[Flaleftist]

46. Damn right

A lot of them think we don't know how or don't carry the tools to defend ourselves.

A lot of them will find out they are wrong.

I'm not going to say exactly what I will do, but I carry a tool and I will use it to maximum efficiency to defend my life.

[uponit7771]

50. +1, Nothing scarier than a progressive with the go ahead to fuck something up. Afterwards ...

... whoever might get a hug if they change their mind but move out of the way.

[uponit7771]

49. +1

[dalton99a]

57. +1

[C_U_L8R]

4. Ripping off stupid fox news watchers is more like it.

The rest if us couldn't care less what bullshit he spouts to those suckers.

[Initech]

5. It was cute when Scooby Doo did it.

But in the time of the Great Pandemic, it would be considered assault.

[DanieRains]

6. Maybe 50 Trumpscum Could Rip My Mask Off

Then maybe not.

[spanone]

7. This liberal says....

FUCK YOU sean.

[renate]

8. They are so *simpleminded*

Mask bad
Unwarranted rage good

[ret5hd]

11. Well, if someone tries to grab mine...

there’s a line from Letterkenny I’ve been waiting to use:

“Pitter patter let’s get at ‘er”

[Girard442]

12. Fox is really playing with fire here.

There's a lot of pent-up emotion out there. Hannity's shit-for-brains followers are dumb enough to see pulling someone's mask off as a prank but it's more akin to assault with a deadly weapon. There are those of us who live in fear of becoming infected and passing it on unawares to loved ones. Hurting someone who makes that more likely seems a lot like self-defense.

[Midnight Writer]

44. Wasn't on FOX. Local radio. Promo. I think it is Effingham, IL. or near. I listen for local news.

But I don't think Hannity is the only one on FOX sneering at facemasks.

In this thing, he said something like, not an exact quote at all we rip the mask off the liberal while holding the conservatives accountable.

He has to know how loaded a term rip off the mask is.

This is from a promo. Words chosen carefully, not something off the cuff over a long broadcast day.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

13. Yep, it's gonna happen like I predicted.

Especially now that Insanity is promoting it.

I really hate conflict because I have self-control issues sometimes.

[Wawannabe]

24. Feel ya. nt

[Haggis for Breakfast]

15. Putting their hands of you is called

ASSAULT. File a police report. Press charges.

I will tell anyone even thinks of touching my mask, let alone ripping it off my face, that I will NOT be responsible for their emergency room bills.

This shit has gone over the edge. Faux is nothing but a criminal enterprise.

[Wednesdays]

43. It's assault and BATTERY

Assault is merely the threat of being harmed. Battery is when contact actually occurs.

[struggle4progress]

52. +

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. deplorables gonna be deplorable

[Delmette2.0]

17. Don't forget to cough on them while you can.

[LuckyCharms]

19. Someone rips off my mask...

I rip off their face.

No bullshit.

[vercetti2021]

27. Rip and Tear

Until it's done

[C Moon]

20. I carry pepper spray, if someone rips off my mask, they get a face full of pepper spray.

[JCMach1]

48. Tasers are good too... And (yes) won't be a popular position here

I am well-trained and have a concealed (or otherwise, it's Texas) carry permit.

Not a prepper, or a gun nut, but I am licensed security (side gig).

Having said that, I never carry unless I am working.

However, these are very weird times.

[luvallpeeps]

23. Ripping verbal farts. n/t

[GulfCoast66]

28. Saw some asshole in Publix carrying on about sissy Americans in masks several weeks ago.

Since then the first thing in my cart is a bottle of wine.

Learned the hard way that hitting someone in the head with a fist can lead to 6 broken bones in your hand. The only good part of the outcome was his face was in worse shape. Don’t jump on me. It was a matter of self defense.

Dad taught me when I was 12 after a silly fight that legally there is no such thing as a fight for an educated, self disciplined man. Only assault and self defense. Last fight I ever got into over ‘words’.

I still don’t know why republicans think we democrats are incapable of self defense.

[The Figment]

30. My reaction...

"Manners, Maketh,Man"
Then I'll get all Kingsman on them.

[LeftInTX]

31. Wear a mask while open carrying an AR-15

Make sure it's either a blue surgical or a cloth mask with cute designs and not something that looks like ISIS inspired.

Confuse them

I'm just joking.

This is so sick...Face masks...really?

I'm not crazy about them, I don't know if they help much, but I wear them

[certainot]

35. like limbaugh that dumbfuck can be reduced to a few stations in the fever swamps if

americans communicated to the ad industry that their clients will be held responsible for supporting the 3 months of trump COVID denial coming out of those stations - kiiling tens of thousands and destroying the economy

and if the many dozens of universities tha support llimbaugh and hannity stopped they would be out of work

[diva77]

40. great link - how recent is that info? would make excellent OP

[keithbvadu2]

36. Coward Hannity already has a tag line.

Coward Hannity already has a tag line.

You have a waterboarding waiting for you.

[CentralMass]

45. Just for academic purposes.

[Brainfodder]

51. I await the reports of assholes getting stun gunned, maced, and worse.

Dear Sean, I hope you die very very soon and painfully.

Thank you.

You've committed an unacceptable amount of treason, thus the hostility factor on you
is at max?

[Jamastiene]

53. Great! I live in Trumpland, which means no one to defend me.

Well, one thing about it. If I get this virus and die, no one will care. So, it's not like it will hurt anyone but me. I guess I can become another statistic. I have no health insurance too, because fucking piece of shit bigoted North Carolina did not expand Medicaid. I get to stay home once I catch it and die a slow, painful death with no care at all. Grand. Perfect ending to a fucking worthless life never worth living. I wonder how long it will take me to die. I can't hope for a quick, painless death like others get to hope for. I never had any rights and never will.

I wonder if I could find my way to where Hannity is and cough on him before I cannot move any more, if one of this fellow heartless thugs does that to me.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

55. People aren't wearing masks because they are liberals in my area

It is because the governor is requiring it in order to go businesses in my state.

But even in areas where it is personal choice to wear one, it is wrong to do this to someone. If they believe in freedom of personal choice, then they have to live with people being able to choose to wear a mask if they want to. I think doing something like this weakens their case about civil liberties being taken away. If you believe if freedom to choose, then you would not interfere with someone else's choice.

[treestar]

56. Talk about denying reality

Do they really have to crawl this far up Trump's ass? How did he get so important to them that they don't care about their own safety? Does he really believe it's all fake? That's a level of stupid that can't be helped.