John Hawkins

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''Not {{wpl|John_Hawkins_(naval_commander)|the pioneer of the African slave trade|,}} though we can see how you would be confused.''

{{cquote|It’s generally considered over-the-top to compare modern [[liberal]]s with [[communist]]s, [[red-baiting|but that’s because it’s painful to accept such a harsh truth about fellow Americans]], not because they aren’t nearly identical.|||John Hawkins<ref>[http://www.rightwingnews.com/uncategorized/communists-liberals-whats-the-difference-supposed-to-be-at-this-point/ We're sorry for having so many links to his website.]</ref>}} 

'''John Hawkins''' is a batshit-crazy [[wingnut]] who runs the website Right Wing News and regularly contributes articles to the [[radical]] right side of the clogosphere. He likes to make [[clickbait|listicles]] of "[[bullshit|facts]]" [[Proll|that cater to his fringy audience]] who, in turn, adore him for being [[politically incorrect]]. He writes columns for both [[Townhall.com]] and [[Pajamas Media|PJ Media]], and has made a name for himself as the poor man's [[Erick Erickson]] if you thought that was even possible.

==Lists==
Perhaps the best way to discredit Hawkins is to simply quote just one of the lists he's made.<ref>Hawkins, John. [http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/06/08/20-basic-truths-youre-not-supposed-to-talk-about-in-america-anymore-n1615722/page/full 20 Basic Truths You Can’t Talk About in America Anymore]</ref>

"1) [[transphobia|"People who want to change sexes should be treated by a psychologist, not deformed through surgery, given hormone treatments, and falsely told that they can change sexes."]]

"8) Most liberals aren't [[patriotic]] and they don't love their country."

"9) Our soldiers should make every effort to avoid civilian casualties, but when it comes right down to it, the life of an American soldier should be treated as more important than the life of a foreign civilian."

"11) The only practical way to make peace between the [[Israel|Israelis]] and [[Palestinians]] is for the Israelis to transfer the Palestinians and take their land."

"19) If you have good character, you should feel ashamed of taking food stamps, taking [[welfare]], or being on a school lunch program."

Yes, you read that right, a ''school lunch program.''

"20) We would be much better off as a nation if most of the immigrants to this country were well educated people from nations in Europe that shared our Western values as opposed to our current policy which brings in mostly less educated people from Third World nations."

Because well-to-do immigrants would do the backbreaking labor that keeps our economy going.

In his list "25 Reasons To Dislike Liberals" he gives us some more delicious quotes because there is so much [[strawman]] everywhere.<ref>Hawkins, John. [http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/05/11/25-reasons-to-dislike-liberals-n1592873/page/full 25 Reasons To Dislike Liberals]. The full list is even crazier</ref>

"2) Because the closest thing to [[Sodom and Gomorrah]] in the modern world is [[San Francisco]] and Berkeley." 

"3) Whether you're talking about cop killers, [[terrorists]], [[radical]] [[Islamism|Islamists]] or [[dictator|dictators]], all you have to do is say, "I hate [[America]]," and liberals start to sympathize with you."

"4) Liberals are actually bothered by people who do love America. On the rare occasion when you do see a liberal waving a flag, look for a camera."

"5) The same people who voted [[Jimmy Carter]] and [[Barack Obama]] into office think they're smarter than tradition, the [[Founding Fathers]] and [[God]] Himself."

"11) [[Psychological projection|The dumbest, most close-minded and mean spirited people in all of politics are inevitably liberals]] who are convinced they're brilliant, open-minded and compassionate because they call themselves liberals."

"18) Liberals have been big supporters of [[slavery]], Indian massacres, the [[KKK]], [[eugenics]], fascism, [[communism]] and [[Jim Crow laws]]. Then, down the road, after liberals finally join everyone else, they try to claim that [[conservatives]] still support all the practices that we fought liberals on from the beginning." 

Like most wingnuts, Hawkins thinks that the [[Republican Party]] was always conservative and the [[Democratic Party]] was always liberal. Calling them commie sympathizers is the oddest accusation, since liberals like [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and Hubert Humphrey were thought of as the hawks during [[World War II]] and the early stages of the [[Cold War]] (before the rise of the [[New Left]]), while the [[Paleoconservative#The Old Right|Old Right]] of the 1940s and '50s, led by the likes of [[Robert A. Taft]], was more [[isolationist]] and opposed confronting the Nazis or the Soviets.

"19) Liberals think black Americans are inferior to whites, which is why the worst, most crime-ridden places to live in America are inevitably run by liberals. That's acceptable to liberals because they don't think black Americans deserve any better."

"25) Even "liberal [[Christians]]" are generally supportive of other liberals who attack Christianity, [[No True Scotsman|which is why "liberal Christians" is in quotes."]]

As ridiculous as it may seem, these lists make wingnuts ''fawn'' over Hawkins despite (or maybe because of) their [[PIDOOMA|intellectual laziness]], despite the fact that one could make a true statement just by repeating Hawkins's lists, but switching the words "liberal" and "conservative". Many of them believe he is pushing true Christian values. [[Crank magnetism|As if that's not enough]], he also pushes [[global warming denialism]],<ref>Hawkins, John. [http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2013/04/20/20-questions-liberals-cant-answer-n1573545/page/full 20 Questions Liberals Can't Answer]</ref> claiming that "Liberal luddites [[Strawman|who hate capitalism and industry]] [[Poisoning the well|have spent billions to spread global warming propaganda]], despite the fact that it looks more like a fraud, a scam, and a hustle every year."<ref>Hawkins, John. [http://www.rightwingnews.com/john-hawkins/15-quotes-from-conservatives-on-the-global-warming-hoax/ 15 Quotes From Conservatives On The Global Warming Hoax]</ref> Not surprisingly, he's also pretty sexist and once claimed that no woman deserves to be regarded as among the greatest Americans because no woman has ever made a great contribution to this country's history.<ref>[http://www.rightwingnews.com/uncategorized/is-history-sexist/ Is History Sexist?]</ref>

==Hypocrisy==
Despite Hawkins' self-proclaimed dislike for liberals because he thinks they play the "[[race card]]" and/or the "[[professional victim|victim]]", Hawkins himself got in trouble when he sent out a tweet saying "a white woman voting for Barack Obama is like a black woman voting for the KKK".<ref>Blue Texan. [http://crooksandliars.com/blue-texan/stupid-right-wing-tweets-john-hawkins-e Stupid Right-Wing Tweets: John Hawkins Edition]</ref> Hawkins is also great at playing the victim, believing that homeschooled kids are better off because [[Conspiracy theory|liberals indoctrinate students at public schools]].

==Stopped clock==
To [[stopped clock|give credit where it is due]], in a 2007 article for ''Human Events'', Hawkins did push back against the [[North American Union]] conspiracy theory advocated by [[WorldNetDaily]] writer [[Jerome Corsi]]: "Sure, lots of people saw planes hit the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, but let's ignore that and talk about the temperature that steel melts at and the size of the hole in the building at the Pentagon. That’s how [conspiracy theorists] trick people in missing the big picture."<ref>{{cite web|last=Hawkins|first=John|url=http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18859|title=There Isn't Going to Be a North American Union|work=Human Events|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214113743/http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18859|date=January 10, 2007|archivedate=February 14, 2007|url-status=dead|accessdate=July 3, 2022}}</reF> 

Another slightly decent thing of him is that in contrast to a lot of his right-wing peers, John is very opposed to Putin's Russia. Still not opposed enough to be willing to help Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web|https://www.culturcidal.com/p/7-questions-everyone-should-be-asking<ref>

==See also==
*[[Gish Gallop]]
*[[Jonanism]]
*[[Wingnut welfare]]: He's arguably one of the best examples out there. The only other job he could get from writing half-assed lists that may repeat past claims (ie. liberals aren't patriotic,<ref>Hawkins, John. [http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/07/31/10_concepts_liberals_talk_about_incessantly_but_dont_understand/page/full 10 Concepts Liberals Talk About Incessantly But Don't Understand]</ref> the Democrats used to support the KKK<ref>Hawkins, John. [http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/09/07/5_reasons_there_are_so_few_black_americans_in_the_republican_party 5 Reasons There Are So Few Black Americans In The Republican Party]</ref><ref>Hawkins, John. [http://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2012/09/04/25_questions_about_what_the_hell_has_happened_to_america/page/full 25 Questions about What the Hell has Happened to America]</ref>) with usually little to no evidence to back them up would be as [http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-hilarious-self-help-books-crazy-old-people/ a bad self help writer.]

==References==
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