Alabama’s secretary of state is in “trouble” again because of social media.
It isn’t because Merrill has done anything wrong, but because of the number of bad-faith actors on the platform and in the sad Alabama political press that takes their marching orders from their 30 Twitter followers.
The media fears them and their mean tweets.
John Merrill does not.
Merrill is coming off a very successful election season with zero issues. There was no voter suppression, no counting issues and essentially no controversy in Alabama.
Coming off their pummeling at the polls, Alabama Democrats are searching for a purpose in life. This includes their fellow travelers that poorly cover politics in Alabama.
So, when Merrill retweeted a series of tweets that accurately point out that there will be blowback to mob violence, liberals pretended to get mad.
Merrill’s tweets via WHNT-TV below:
So, 20 activist groups got together and wrote a letter inviting Merrill to a press conference where the media will show up and pretend that they don’t understand why Merrill isn’t there.
The reason Merrill won’t be there is that these people are clowns.
The letter reportedly included this phrase:
Your retweet closely resembles General Longstreet’s: “white men, arm yourselves and prepare to deal with the looming encroachment of these violent Blacks, because we are all in the crosshairs.”
There is zero evidence of a white-on-black crime spree taking place. None.
In fact, when some form of racially motivated violence takes place, Americans of all colors denounce it.
The scenarios these groups are suggesting do not exist. They know this, and it is why they are losing relevance every single day.
This embarrassing gaslighting is done by people who don’t want to have a discussion. They want media coverage, and they got it. They always do.
The American media has continued to push evidence-free theories in the last four years:
- Russia stole the 2016 election
- President Donald Trump is a traitor
- Republicans are guilty of treason
- Cops hunt black people for sport
- Rioting is protected speech
- White people are more racist now than ever before
- People are trying to keep minorities from voting
- Anyone who doesn’t accept the 2020 election right now is undermining democracy
- Those who support President Trump should be removed from society and never be allowed to work again
Each and every one of those assertions is more of a call to violence than anything John Merrill has said, and every single media outlet covering this story on the local and statewide level knows it.
And don’t think the Alabama media hasn’t stoked these fires. They just can’t do much. They have no stroke, they have no reach, they can’t penetrate the masses, and they have no impact.
They don’t matter. And to be clear, it is not because of a lack of effort. They just have no tangible impact on the world around them.
Merrill’s tweets are not inciting violence. They are describing it.
Listen to the breakdown of election coverage and how white women are demonized for splitting their votes and not being a monolith. Black men and Hispanics were targeted this way as well.
Listen as talking heads bemoan the white working class not voting the way they want them to.
If Merrill is inciting violence, so are they.
In reality, neither are doing anything of the sort. This is just a technique used to signal to media outlets how they should cover a story.
The people complaining don’t want conversation. They want to silence people they disagree with politically.
If Merrill stops tweeting his opinions, they win.
That’s the game, and that’s why Merrill should be like President Donald Trump and keep doing what he wants on social media while mocking those who can’t handle it.
Dale Jackson is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 7-11 AM weekdays on WVNN.
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