Two of the biggest trolls in their respective professions got into it about what’s right and wrong about the travesties going on in Ferguson, Missouri.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith was a guest on Sean Hannity’s radio show Thursday. The conversation started off by discussing Smith’s recent suspension from ESPN. Hannity, known for his epic trolling on Fox News, stated that Smith’s words about women not provoking their assaults were taken out of context.
The discussion after that turned to Michael Brown’s death and Ferguson. Hannity accused Stephen A. of piling on with those who believe officer Darren Wilson is guilty of murder.
“I was listening to your comments, and it seemed like you kind of, maybe, had joined the chorus [saying] this police officer is guilty,” Hannity accused, recounting a group of eyewitnesses, and then repeated a (contradicted by CNN) claim that Officer Darren Wilson had a fractured eye socket, “so maybe he couldn’t shoot better.”
The argument was on from there.
Smith, who’d kept cautioning that the facts of the case needed to be examined before he could rush to judgement, decided to turn the questions onto Hannity. “You like to talk, so this shouldn’t be a problem. Here’s the deal: I understand your argument, but can you honestly say it would have taken six bullets to stop him if he’s unarmed?”
Hannity admitted that he didn’t understand why Brown was shot six times, but offered up an explanation: “If [Wilson] had an orbital eye socket fracture, that, to me, explains him being hit three times in the arm, and once in another place, to stop a pretty big kid from coming at him.”
“But what I’m saying to you is that you’re not a black person with that history in Ferguson, and it’s hard to fathom that it takes six bullets to stop somebody,” Smith responded. “Which is why you see people in an uproar, because they find that hard to believe.”
Both men did what they do best, without having stepped foot in Ferguson, Missouri.
h/t mediaite