Petition to deport Piers Morgan from the US over gun-control comments.

MakeEmLaugh

More than 31,400 people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun-control views.

A petition created Dec. 21 on the White House e-petition website by a user in Texas accuses Morgan of engaging in a “hostile attack against the U.S. Constitution” by targeting the Second Amendment and demands he be deported immediately.

I am not a fan of Morgan, but I find this petition to be an absolute disgrace. The idiot who started the petition obviously isn't that well-versed on the US constitution. The First Amendment states

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

As far as I am concerned, the desire to deport a person working legally in American because he is critical of one of the country's aspects is xenophobia, pure and simple.

danniemcq

defend their freedoms on gun contriol by gunning for freedom of speech?

mikemac1

When the German ambassador lectured us a few years back he was forced to apologize.

Nobody wanted to be corrected by a guest

Defensiveness maybe

The Aussie

So they want to deport someone using the First Amendment who is talking about the Second Amendment.....
Those crazy Americans.

suicide_circus

stupid people in signing stupid petition shocker

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

people living in a country where blasphemy is against the law giving out about americans and freedom of speech

delicious

Shryke

It's piers Morgan. I could care less. Can't any old idiot start those petitions? There's one to build a death star.
I think this thread is giving stupidity a platform. I'm a bit tired of the finger pointing and frantic fan waving "scandalous" type topics on America.

Sky King

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

As far as I am concerned, the desire to deport a person working legally in American because he is critical of one of the country's aspects is xenophobia, pure and simple.

But you referred to the second amendment - the right to bear arms.

MakeEmLaugh

Shryke wrote: »

I could care less.

So you do care to an extent?

mcwinning

If a vile piece of work like him was living in my country I'd sign any petition to get him deported no matter how stupid the reason.

Ava_e

Deport him from Earth

hatrickpatrick

The people who signed the petition are complete muppets, but they have a right to freedom of speech just like everyone else. Screw their ideals, but let them air them if they want to.

Biggins

Its America - enough said!

mikemac1

Maybe now he can get back to his twitter feud with Alan Sugar

tricky D

Interesting read: So You Think You Know the Second Amendment?

Shryke

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

So you do care to an extent?

About a nano semi quantum. I care enough so that if a psychic were monitoring me they would know I wasn't dead.
I care with the least amount one can after having had to process and assimilate the OP into my psyche, and have the oozing, lying, tasteless toady face of Morgan inflicted on my minds eye.

Gingernuts31

Bear in mind americans also sent a petition to congress for approval to build a "death star" that would cost trillions to deter other countries from launching a nuclear attack america. Now there was a few hundred thousand of them that signed this so they are obsivously really stupid nation.

Best username ever

Gingernuts31 wrote: »

Bear in mind americans also sent a petition to congress for approval to build a "death star" that would cost trillions to deter other countries from launching a nuclear attack america. Now there was a few hundred thousand of them that signed this so they are obsivously really stupid nation.

I was listening to a gun owner on the TV in the states, and his whole argument was that they needed more guns instead of less.

He said the sandy hook shooting would not have happened if everyone was armed to the teeth. If the teachers at the school were armed to the teeth, they would have been able to stop the gunman in his tracks.

Ya, their a bunch of nutters alright.

Killer Wench

31,000 people may be a significant population in Ireland, but it ain't nothin' in the US.


Next "Let's lump 300+ million people into one barrel" topic.

Richard Hillman

The Aussie wrote: »

So they want to deport someone using the First Amendment who is talking about the Second Amendment.....
Those crazy Americans.

Yeah but if they shoot the first amendment it wont matter anymore

squod

Three red Xs for Piers?

dd972

I've heard the Brits have a petition going, not to have him deported

tdv123

Piers Morgan is an arsehole - that is all.

Biggins

I object to the petition simply on the grounds that the further he is away from this side of the water, the better.
Anything that might bring/force him closer to this island, is never a good thing!

Manic Moran

The video of him interviewing the head of a gun owners association last week was a disgrace to journalism, if he considers himself a journalist. Probably has something to do with it. Interviewers do not normally yell over their guests, telling them they "are an incredibly stupid man" when the guest is calmly stating his position.

If he's an entertainer, then fine, but in that case CNN loses a little respect for their programming. The petition will not have any effect on his lack of deportation, of course, but it will be interesting tosee if it has an effect in the CNN board room if the signatures get numerous enough

mckenzie84

They truly seem to think that their constitution was handed down by god don't they.

gurramok

They should ask their police forces about gun control, ya know the guys and gals that have to face armed civilians every day in their job to protect Americans domestically.

tdv123

Manic Moran wrote: »

The video of him interviewing the head of a gun owners association last week was a disgrace to journalism, if he considers himself a journalist. Probably has something to do with it. Interviewers do not normally yell over their guests, telling them they "are an incredibly stupid man" when the guest is calmly stating his position.

If he's an entertainer, then fine, but in that case CNN loses a little respect for their programming. The petition will not have any effect on his lack of deportation, of course, but it will be interesting tosee if it has an effect in the CNN board room if the signatures get numerous enough

From that statement alone I can tell you definitely don't watch fox news much.

thomasj

Interviewers do not normally yell over their guests, telling them they "are an incredibly stupid man" when the guest is calmly stating his position.

As was said earlier

it's america - enough said!

juan.kerr

I thought the US was paid billions to take Piers Morgan. Will they have to refund the money if they send him back?

Thrill

It's a clever attack on the guys nationality to deflect from the issue.

It appears to be working.

Dotsie~tmp

We're not fu*king American you tits. Stop posting this shït.

deisedave

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

people living in a country where blasphemy is against the law giving out about americans and freedom of speech

delicious

Seriously show me someone who has been charged on those stupid blasphemy laws?

Ireland is one of the best countries in the world for freedom of speech, you don't see people getting jail for twitter comments here like England.

WoollyRedHat

PMSL
Piers Morgan should leave.

karma_

Manic Moran wrote: »

The video of him interviewing the head of a gun owners association last week was a disgrace to journalism, if he considers himself a journalist. Probably has something to do with it. Interviewers do not normally yell over their guests, telling them they "are an incredibly stupid man" when the guest is calmly stating his position.

If he's an entertainer, then fine, but in that case CNN loses a little respect for their programming. The petition will not have any effect on his lack of deportation, of course, but it will be interesting tosee if it has an effect in the CNN board room if the signatures get numerous enough

Morgan is a disgrace to journalism, he is also not an entertainer. That's besides the point though.

scwazrh

So long as we don't get stuck with him who cares

Sound of Silence

mikemac1 wrote: »

The Hunky Dory ads were banned

http://www.irishfeministnetwork.org/1/category/gaa/1.html

Lots of outrage with horrified individuals and groups.
Over 300 complaints

Not blasphemous but sort of similar

I'm not sure how a picture of an admittedly attractive Woman bending over constitutes freedom of speech, let alone what it has to do with Blasphemy.

Was the Irish Government colluding with the Catholic Church to suppress that eternal and tantalizing question posed by Hunky Dory: "are you staring at my Crisps?".

Dave147

Sound of Silence wrote: »

I'm not sure how a picture of an admittedly attractive Woman bending over constitutes freedom of speech, let alone what it has to do with Blasphemy.

Was the Irish Government colluding with the Catholic Church to suppress that eternal and tantalizing question posed by Hunky Dory: "are you staring at my Crisps?".

Also worth noting that they go on and on about Gaelic football in the article, that ball doesn't look like a Gaelic football to me...

Shryke

A funny enough update. A second petition has been set-up to keep Piers in the US.

"...it appears that others of a similar mind believe Morgan should remain in the US. Someone using the name "Janusz J" created the latest petition to keep him on the American side of the Atlantic.

The petition is worded less passionately than the one calling for the Briton's deportation, reading: "We want to keep Piers Morgan in the USA. There are two very good reasons for this. Firstly, the first amendment. Second and the more important point. No one in the UK wants him back. Actually there is a third. It will be hilarious to see how loads of angry Americans react."

Based loosely on a Downing Street equivalent, the White House petition site has been inundated by requests since its launch, with officials pledging that they will respond to petitions that pass the 25,000 signature threshold. The site does not say that users must be US citizens, meaning that if 25,000 Britons sign the petition to keep Morgan in the US, the White House is obliged to comment."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/dec/26/petition-us-piers-morgan-uk

admiralofthefleet

america, land of free speech.....as long as your view agrees with ours

MadsL

Oh look, Americans finally figured out Piers Morgan is an ass. Should he be deported? No. Should people stop tuning in to his idiocy. Yes.
Hopefully, lack of a job will see him leaving.

Gingernuts31 wrote: »

Bear in mind americans also sent a petition to congress for approval to build a "death star" that would cost trillions to deter other countries from launching a nuclear attack america. Now there was a few hundred thousand of them that signed this so they are obsivously really stupid nation.

Yes, the 32,548 Americans who signed this as a joke is a "few hundred thousand" and you are clearly much smarter, more numerate and literate than that "really stupid nation". Obsivously.

mckenzie84 wrote: »

They truly seem to think that their constitution was handed down by god don't they.

You have no respect for the Irish one that was handed down by God?

Article 6
All powers of government, legislative, executive and judicial, derive, under God, from the people, whose right it is to designate the rulers of the State and, in final appeal, to decide all questions of national policy, according to the requirements of the common good.

dark crystal

Morgan has come face to face with the one of the guys who set up the petition to get him deported for his views on gun control.

He invited Alex Jones onto his show yesterday and what followed was a crazy rant-fest, including Jones shouting about 9/11 conspiracies and suicide pills and at one point, bizarrely mimicking Morgan's British accent :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQPZ-taYBs

If this is the face of America's gun lobby, it's a scary one!

derfderf

deisedave wrote: »

Seriously show me someone who has been charged on those stupid blasphemy laws?

Ireland is one of the best countries in the world for freedom of speech, you don't see people getting jail for twitter comments here like England.

Or hundreds of people signing a petition to enforce it. That was only brought in after the danish muhammed cartoons, our way of burying our heads in the sand.

MakeEmLaugh

dark crystal wrote: »

Morgan has come face to face with the one of the guys who set up the petition to get him deported for his views on gun control.

He invited Alex Jones onto his show yesterday and what followed was a crazy rant-fest, including Jones shouting about 9/11 conspiracies and suicide pills and at one point, bizarrely mimicking Morgan's British accent :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQPZ-taYBs

If this is the face of America's gun lobby, it's a scary one!

Alex Jones is a fucking nut. I have newfound respect for Piers Morgan having watched that interview. How he kept his cool I'll never know.

Madam_X

Deportation for a view is beyond a joke. So ****ing what if it's their "freedom of speech" to demand it? It's others' freedom of speech to say it's retarded, and it's Morgan's freedom of speech to express his view.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

people living in a country where blasphemy is against the law giving out about americans and freedom of speech

delicious

The irony you're pretending to find (merely just for the sake of posting a view that goes against the grain) isn't there. People here are opposed to the blasphemy law. The thing about not being able to criticise other countries if your own country isn't perfect is just bollocks dreamed up by people thinking it makes them seem real intellectual and enlightened and stuff. A person isn't a country, they are an individual who can criticise vile sh1t going on in other countries if they bloody well like.

Biggins wrote: »

Its America - enough said!

This and "Only in Ireland" should be infractable.

dark crystal

MakeEmLaugh wrote: »

Alex Jones is a fucking nut. I have newfound respect for Piers Morgan having watched that interview. How he kept his cool I'll never know.

I actually always rather liked Piers. Unpopular opinion, I know, but I admire his honesty and forthrightness.

As for Alex Jones, I would have hoped his ridiculous ranting helped to show up this stupid petition for what it is - An attempt to silence anyone who dares to challenge the powerful American gun lobby.
Morgan doesn't want to ban all guns at all, just tighten up the laws pertaining to the semi-automatic weapons that seem to go hand in hand with all these massacres. It's a shame Jones wouldn't let him speak long enough to fully get that point across (not that it would have made a blind bit of difference to the raving loony I suspect...)

Headshot

Man I lolled big time at that video

What a nutter

LiamMc

dark crystal wrote: »

Morgan has come face to face with the one of the guys who set up the petition to get him deported for his views on gun control.

He invited Alex Jones onto his show yesterday and what followed was a crazy rant-fest, including Jones shouting about 9/11 conspiracies and suicide pills and at one point, bizarrely mimicking Morgan's British accent :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQPZ-taYBs

If this is the face of America's gun lobby, it's a scary one!

Just a case of Media-types promoting each other. Bloggers can feed off it continuing the Media-Whoring.

mckenzie84 wrote: »

They truly seem to think that their constitution was handed down by god don't they.

Post of The Year.

Duggy747

Alex Jones is a piece of shìt.

No wait, that's offensive to shìt.

dollypet

'MERICA FACK YEAH!

smurgen

my god,that Alex Jones is the exact type of person who should have no access to guns.He's like a paranoid psychophrenic.