Professor Cornel West storms out on Piers Morgan's show during debate about Charlie Kirk
Professor Cornel West stormed out of a segment about the political assassination of Charlie Kirk on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Monday Kirk's assassination sparked a nationwide conversation about political violence in which host Piers Morgan noted the rhetoric of the woke left when describing President Donald Trump holds chosen blame There is little doubt to me that the constant rhetoric on the left the woke left let me be specific to where I think a lot of the blame lies ever since Donald Trump came into power in has been this relentless use of the phrases Hitler Nazis fascists about Trump and about Trump's supporters Morgan revealed He added that the repeated rhetoric from the progressive left over the past nine years seeps into the minds of impressionable young people convincing them it s their responsibility to prevent America from falling to supposed modern-day Nazis fascists or another Hitler He explained this mindset contributed to what happened with Charlie Kirk DAVID MARCUS DEMOCRATS MUST STOP THEIR DEADLY ANTI-FASCISM COSPLAY Do you agree that this language this relentless in my view woeful misuse particularly of the word Nazi towards Trump and his supporters is part of the trouble Morgan questioned West Well I think part of the deeper issue though brother Pierce is that the organized greed and weaponized hatred and routinized indifference toward the vulnerable has come together in such a way that it has eroded the sources of character formation so that integrity honesty decency and self-critical sensibilities in of individuals and groups is more and more disappearing West responded West went on to argue that hatred is promiscuous in that it can be exposed among any group or political ideology but argued the current climate is one where such qualities have become lethal Fellow panelist and Whatever podcast co-host Andrew Wilson challenged West accusing him of having referred to Trump s administration as a neo-fascist movement Yes indeed you re absolutely right West replied as both began shouting at each other with West arguing he should be able to make the episode on-air NETWORKS CAN'T FIND ANY BLAME FOR THE LEFT IN CHARLIE KIRK'S MURDERAfter Wilson argued that people sharing rhetoric like that are what got Kirk killed West denied the accusation arguing there are such a thing as neo-fascists West then turned against Morgan arguing that Morgan was more interested in making money with this panel rather than having a legitimate dialogue because he was allowing people to interrupt each other West disclosed that while he sees Charlie Kirk as having been made in the image of God just like any other human being he objects to how the discussion is being handled It s a joke man It s not worth it West announced as he got up from his seat When he was challenged further about accusations of neo-fascism West replied by citing Kirk s criticism of the legacy of the Civil Rights Act and his criticism of Martin Luther King Jr and stormed off set After he left Morgan argued that it is farcical to quit a debate where we're literally debating about the importance of free speech and being able to listen to each other's opinions CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND BELIEFS
