Why Are the Media Treating ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Like Criminal Hate Speech?

Instapundit--Why Are the Media Treating ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ Like Criminal Hate Speech?

TO ASK THE QUESTION IS TO ANSWER IT:

"Progressive political strategist and commentator Chris Hahn accused the pilot of “sympathizing with terrorist[s].” CNN’s Joe Lockhart attacked Southwest for not immediately firing the pilot. The airline is investigating the incident.

...Make no mistake: The chant is clearly First Amendment–protected speech, even if some would consider it hate speech. Contrary to what many progressive activists naively assume, hate speech is free speech...

..Ken Dilanian of NBC News said he called to ask the Secret Service whether “let’s go Brandon” emblazoned on an assault rifle represented a security threat to the president, which he thinks “is a reasonable question.”...

That isn’t a reasonable question at all. Here’s a reasonable question: Why do mainstream media figures think their main job is to police speech that offends Democrats?

...Related: NASCAR president denounces ‘
Let’s Go Brandon’ chant that originated at NASCAR race.

Why? As a member of the Institute for Sport and Social Justice, NASCAR president Steve Phelps surely understands that politicizing sports is all the rage these days.--Posted by Ed Driscoll...Read all.