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Conservatives are really upset that this CNN reporter used a swear word

Jim Acosta draws ire for swearing in a DM.

 

David Covucci

Tech

Posted on Oct 19, 2018   Updated on May 21, 2021, 3:42 am CDT

Last night, at a rally onstage in Montana, President Donald Trump cheered on the assault of a reporter, when he reminisced about Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.) tackling the Guardian‘s Ben Jacobs before a special election.

On the internet, Trump’s biggest supporters were aghast, upset, and infuriated not about that, but instead that a reporter would use a swear word in a DM on Twitter.

CNN’s Jim Acosta, a favorite of vitriol on the right for what they believe is his grandstanding and bias, sent a DM to a person on Twitter that said simply “Fuck You.”

https://twitter.com/justincap_/status/1053130150102134785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1053154610062520320&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailydot.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php

The tweet appears to be in response to Justin Caporale, a former employee of First Lady Melania Trump, after he tweeted “Dear Diary” in response to an Acosta tweet, a popular meme on the right. The meme makes fun of Acosta’s lengthy tweets where he bemoans the behavior of the Trump administration, joking that instead of public statements, they seem more like entries in a private journal.

https://twitter.com/justincap_/status/1053113587080851456

Acosta’s message ruffled feathers on the right, who frequently attack one of their least-favorite members of the White House Press Corps.

https://twitter.com/freedom_moates/status/1053158242887614464

Conservatives, it should be noted, aren’t likely appalled by Acosta’s behavior. If Sean Hannity has said “Fuck You” to a liberal critic, it would have been vociferously cheered as a righteous putdown of the left. It’s not about language or civility. It’s just because they don’t like him.

But also, don’t send DMs like that because they can be easily shared publicly.

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*First Published: Oct 19, 2018, 9:16 am CDT