OPINION:
Piers Morgan engaged in a Twitter fight with conservative warriors Ben Shapiro, Kurt Schlichter and Sebastian Gorka. It did not end well for Mr. Morgan.
It began with a sharp back and forth between Morgan and Shapiro over American gun policies.
Thank you!
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2018
Where would Britain be without you & your massive GUNS?! https://t.co/yYsn5BpJqz
Speaking German https://t.co/216uz9HfVX
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) April 3, 2018
“THANK YOU! Where would Britain be without you & your massive GUNS?!” Morgan rhetorically asked a person identified as “Paradise Stang” who had engaged with him on Morgan’s adamant, anti-second amendment opinions.
“Speaking German” Shapiro responded. And it was on.
That’s when Gorka, a former Trump Administration official, chimed in:
Most BUTAL @benshapiro post.
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) April 3, 2018
EVER.
(Admit it @piersmorgan, you walked right into that one!) https://t.co/YNnVhkNCaD
Morgan could have left it at that. He walked into a hay-maker from Shapiro and he only had himself to blame. Floating a high, hard one over the plate like “Where would Britain be without you & your massive GUNS?!” was sure to invite a devastating retort like the one he received. It happens to the best of us and he only had himself to blame.
In the world of Twitter you take your lumps and you let it lie. You live to Tweet another day…. but no. Morgan couldn’t leave it at that.
He went after Gorka making one, final brutal mistake: He mocked America’s participation in World War II
It was really good of America to join WW2 two years late, after millions had died. Many thanks. https://t.co/xRGcQsr34X
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2018
The response was… well… exactly what you’d expect. And, it was glorious:
Well @piersmorgan, if you hadn’t appeased Hitler you might not have needed America to come save your asses…#MunichBitches #caring https://t.co/LJSSp1myzT
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 4, 2018
Say this,
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 4, 2018
To a wheelchair bound, 90 year-old American vet.
Saluting his flag.
That flies over the beaches of Normandy.
With tears in his eyes.
Remembering what he saw.
Knowing he’s the last one left.
You thankless bastard. https://t.co/DbjZESb1rN
It was incredibly stupid for your country to elect a prime minister that adopted a policy of appeasement towards Hitler. But please Piers continue. https://t.co/LiBb54LXAp
— Nick Short 🇺🇸 (@PoliticalShort) April 3, 2018
Narrator: No one can piss off Americans more than Piers Morgan.
— 💋Honey Badger 🐾 (@nickie_greer) April 4, 2018
Piers Morgan: Hold my soy-milk. https://t.co/Qm8CaNBCuN
Hey @piersmorgan, your country arrests people for saying unapproved words. Maybe you ought to focus on that issue. Or is it easier for you to pretend you’re free and try and make us subjects too? https://t.co/uiNvRb4HZj
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) April 3, 2018
It was… ugly. Morgan tried, futily, to engage and push back and say his response was triggered from the suggestion that he and fellow Brits would be speaking German without America’s help. Apparently, that fact is insulting. Finally, Morgan tried to end it all with a conciliatory message:
Right, that’s enough history squabbling for one afternoon.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 3, 2018
I’ll leave you with this.. pic.twitter.com/aP0kk5HQSc
Which is really sweet and all… but the problem is, if you insult America’s participation in World War 2 and you need to clean up your mess, you should really use your own words. Using a quote from Winston Churchill is easy. And saying “Oh, hey, I agree with what this guy said” is kind of an easy way out.
Piers, if you really love America your praise should come from your heart with your words, not hiding behind Churchill’s.
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