Matt Walsh, a Christian political columnist at The Blaze, was subjected to a veritable onslaught of hateful attacks via Twitter on Thursday, two days after the release of his book, The Unholy Trinity: Blocking the Left’s Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender.
His crime? Declaring that married men should not dine with other women alone.
Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s senior business and economics correspondent, blasted Walsh by tweeting, “It’s 2017, and some men are still literally incapable of conceiving of women as friends.” Walsh responded by stating, “Yes, I’m a straight, normal, married man so I don’t go out making friends with women, nor do I have any desire to.”
One twitter user called Walsh’s response, “a chillingly psychotic thing to say in public.” Walsh struck back by stating, “This person thinks it’s ‘chilling psychotic’ for a married man to refrain from making friends with women.”
This person thinks it’s “chillingly psychotic” for a married man to refrain from making friends with women. This country is truly insane. https://t.co/ekqIU7go6O
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 30, 2017
“This country is truly insane,” Walsh concluded.
However, other notables vehemently defended the columnist. Observing the ruckus, political commentator Steven Crowder declared, “Matt Walsh catching unbelievable #SJW hate for saying that married men shouldn’t do dinner dates with other women. What?”
This person thinks it’s “chillingly psychotic” for a married man to refrain from making friends with women. This country is truly insane. https://t.co/ekqIU7go6O
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 30, 2017
Gavin McInnes, co-founder of Vice Media and the host of The Gaving McInnes Show, mocked Walsh’s critics, stating, “If you think married men can be friends with chicks, tell your wife you’re going camping with Elizabeth for few days.”
If you think married men can be friends with chicks, tell your wife you’re going camping with Elizabeth for a couple of days. https://t.co/zYGGZkI2aI
— Gavin McInnes (@Gavin_McInnes) March 30, 2017
A barrage of one-star reviews were filed on Walsh’s book on Amazon in the wake of the criticism. The politically-charged criticism included, “Hateful garbage. Typical example of a man using his religion to hate things he doesn’t like or understand,” and “A laughable lump of far right paranoia, with a heaping dollop of schizophrenia.”
The vast majority of one-star reviews were not verified purchases, however.
Matt, for his part, wasn’t surprised by the criticism. “People get defensive when they hear about healthy, strong marriages. I think it forces them to look at their own inability to have a meaningful relationship,” he told Red Alert.
“I’d also say that many in my generation have never really seen a healthy marriage,” he continued. “They’ve developed some rather immature and ridiculous perceptions of it.”
