‘Queer Eye’ fans attacking Jonathan Van Ness miss the show’s central message

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The left-wing Twitter mob is once again raising their pitchforks in outrage, and their latest target is Jonathan Van Ness, a star on the show “Queer Eye,” who is facing backlash over a tweet in which he said that “not all republicans are racist. Just like not all [democrats] are evil, we have to stop demonizing each other.” Van Ness went on to suggest that while he thinks President Trump is racist, “not all his voters are necessarily we gotta remember we are all in this together.”

This wasn’t exactly a glowing endorsement of the Republican Party, but Van Ness was quickly reminded by his liberal fan base that even these types of consensus-friendly statements are not welcome — anything short of condemning all Republicans is unacceptable. Many of his followers flat-out disagreed with even his mildly open-minded suggestion, arguing instead that all Republicans are in fact racist.

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