Lucky her … “Emily Gets Her Gun” author Emily Miller claims she’d never heard of Women’s March organizer Linda Sarsour before — before taping a debate for PBS’s “Third Rail” on free speech and if it’s alive and well, that is. Sarsour certainly had something to say about Miller after their exchange — something about her blood boiling.
https://twitter.com/ck_marachi/status/913961522883436544
If someone got Linda Sarsour’s blood boiling, then we’re happy to report that freedom of speech is alive and well, as is the First Amendment. We wonder if Sarsour mentioned the effort by the Women’s March to force the NRA to take down its recent ad featuring Dana Loesch?
Yes. Linda Saraour said I have no right to an opinion on police officers and "systemic racism" because I'm a "privileged white woman." 1/ https://t.co/O4DOHzBLKU
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
PBS edited out her comments to make her look less obnoxious since I was clearly shocked. Ironically edited on a show about free speech. 2/
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
I have never heard of Linda Sarsour before I walked on set and introduced myself. So I asked her how she knew a stranger was privileged? 3/
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
She responded: "I KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE." The host and rest of guests were stunned silent by her anger and rudeness to me. 4/
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
I asked Linda if she personally knows any police officers? She said she did ?. I said I have many cop friends and they aren't racists. 5/
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
I said when I'm pulled over, I roll down windows and put open hands on steering wheel to put police more at ease. Not about race. 6/
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
Linda said I don't know what it's like to have my life in danger. I said I carry a gun because of death threats for my conserv views. 7/
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
I said I choose to exercise my 2nd amendment right to protect my 1st amendment right. Again PBS edited out of a show on "free speech" 8/
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
Sarsour is just a "white girl from New York City." Hijab doesn't actually change that. https://t.co/1SnXqxKEO5
— Pablo (@Pablo_1791) September 30, 2017
That confused me. She's white American calling me "privileged white" but the two black men on table did not. Who does she represent? https://t.co/qkBvn9SfrM
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
https://twitter.com/jimstinson/status/914264497849868294
PBS is funded by the government so it is a First Amendment issue. Easy solution is PBS post unedited show online and hear both of us. https://t.co/sG62fkXpM7
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) September 30, 2017
Here’s the edited version that aired, though we’d love to see the unedited version ourselves.
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