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Exactly no one should be surprised to hear that on Fox & Friends Elisabeth Hasselbeck wondered aloud why the Black Lives Matter movement hasn't been classified a hate group. Well heck, good question, E! Let's have Twitter answer for you.
After airing the most incendiary chants FOX News could find from a Black Lives Matter rally, Hasselbeck posed the question with her cohost Brian Kilmeade and conservative TV host Kevin Jackson: "Kevin, why has the Black Lives movement -- the Black Lives Matter movement -- not been classified yet as a hate group?"
Kevin replied that it's because it's a bunch of liberals funded by George Soros. (By the way, Ken Zimmerman, director of U.S. programs at Soros's Open Society Foundations, says the rumor is false.)
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This is a milder version of how people felt when they first heard Hasselbeck's question.
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"Why has the black lives matter movement not been classified yet as a hate group?" — @ehasselbeckpic.twitter.com/V6FSFzAymT
— Ryan (@RyanHoulihan) August 31, 2015One person helpfully pointed out that it could be because hate is what the movement is actually protesting against, so...
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@Mediaite@ehasselbeck bc hatred of being murdered is not the definition of a hate group? Why haven't you been classified as brain dead?
— Vinings Dux (@DukeOfVinings) August 31, 2015No hate crimes have been committed under the auspices of the movement or as part of its agenda.
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For starters, @ehasselbeck, they don't commit hate crimes. Or any crime for that matter. https://t.co/pAWxWCst9e
— Awesome Johnson (@intrepid_heroin) August 31, 2015[code]
You can't make #BlackLivesMatter a hate group because they make you uncomfortable, @ehasselbeck. Other realities exist outside of yours.
— Awesome Johnson (@intrepid_heroin) August 31, 2015Also Black Lives Matter is not a "group" as such with centralized leadership. Silly conservatives, thinking liberals are ever that organized! Instead it's a movement that started when three activists, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi, came up with the hashtag. It's since been used as an umbrella term for everything from protests to lectures to blogs.
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Can someone please tell @ehasselbeck that you can't label a movement a hate group. Geez.
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) August 31, 2015But if you want to point out people who promote hate, some think Hasselbeck has four more fingers pointing back at herself.
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Why isn't Elisabeth Hasselbeck classified as a hate group? http://t.co/kQCduKO2Zp
— Jezebel (@Jezebel) August 31, 2015Nailed it, Jezebel!
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck has been a cheerleader for white supremacy for a while now.
She is not your friend. Don't let her smile fool you.
— Derrick Clifton (@DerrickClifton) September 1, 2015And for that matter, you could say the network itself isn't in a position to point fingers, either. #hypocriticalmuch?
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#FoxNews' @ehasselbeck suggests that #BlackLivesMatter is a hate group. No, Elisabeth, the network you work for is. pic.twitter.com/25M5D0VL55
— Justin Chadwick (@justin_chadwick) September 1, 2015If you're finding this all difficult to follow there's a much simpler way to answer Hasselbeck's question.
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Dear Elisabeth Hasselbeck: the reason BLM is not categorized as a hate group is because you're an idiot. I hope this clears things up.
— Leonard Pierce (@leonardpierce) August 31, 2015In conclusion, SIGH.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck has the IQ of a sponge. And I don't mean to offend sponges.
— W.E.B DemBois (@Phil_Cosby_) September 1, 2015[code][/code]
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