Flashback: James Woods Points Out Problem with the Hogg Siblings' Twitter Picture
Editor’s Note: Our readers responded strongly to this story when it originally ran; we’re re-posting it here in case you missed it.
The name “James Woods” may as well be synonymous with “Twitter burns.”
Whether it’s Nancy Pelosi, Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards, Chelsea Clinton or Colin Kaepernick, the conservative actor and political commentator takes no prisoners.
His latest brilliant schooling over the weekend was directed toward a younger crowd than usual — David Hogg.
A survivor of the Parkland school shooting, Hogg quickly became a prominent face of the gun-control movement. He called the NRA “child murderers,” claimed to hang up the phone on the White House and even defended the sheriff’s deputies who failed to confront the school shooter.
Of course, the left and the mainstream media embraced him and have used Hogg and the tragedy as a political opportunity. Hogg has since made appearances on CNN, MSNBC, CBS and others. He even was featured in an exposé in People magazine.
So when Hogg and his sister Lauren decided to publish an especially naive tweet, Woods held them accountable.
In an effort to further push their gun-control cause, the siblings created “arm bands for change” and encouraged others to wear them as well.
“Inspired by the Supreme Court Landmark case Tinker vs Des Moines I’m starting #armbandsforchange. Make your own and wear it to school or work to protest gun violence,” Lauren tweeted.
See the (since deleted) tweet with photos of Hogg and Lauren wearing the bands below:
Woods was quick to point out the pair’s stunning ignorance, namely that the bands bear a stunning resemblance to arm bands from 75 years ago — in Nazi Germany.
“You might have a little trouble getting Jewish Americans to embrace this look. Do you have any shiny jackboots and brown shirts to go with it? Guessing you might’ve skipped history class while you were shilling for the @DNC,” Woods tweeted.
You might have a little trouble getting Jewish Americans to embrace this look. Do you have some shiny jackboots and brown shirts to go with it? Guessing maybe you skipped history class while you were shilling for the @DNC… pic.twitter.com/WfA4jL9y65
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) March 10, 2018
See the photo below to see exactly what Woods is talking about.
When I saw @davidhogg111 in that frightening arm band – he reminded me of the Hitler youth in @HighCastleTV.
Very disturbing symbol. pic.twitter.com/1y0tfJXWbW
— BigFry Social Media (@BigFryMedia) March 11, 2018
After a burn like that, Lauren didn’t have much choice but to apologize. She deleted the arm band tweet and tweeted the following:
I am so sorry if I offended anyone with my former tweet, I had no intention of bringing any bad connotation to what we are trying to do which is using our past as in the Tinker vs Des Moine case to create a better future for us all.
— Lauren Hogg (@lauren_hoggs) March 10, 2018
Woods, being the class act he is, commended her for it:
I commend you for correcting an image that could be mistaken for a hurtful one. We all want a better future. I respect your voice, regardless of any differences we may have. Please just beware of political hacks trying to commandeer your genuine aspirations for a better world. https://t.co/yBgpg19bJn
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) March 10, 2018
Hogg and students like him are perfectly free to have their opinions and express them — but when they’re held up by the left as the moral voices of our time, someone needs to challenge them when they say stupid things — and James Woods is always up to the challenge.
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