You can see why colleges were so eager to accept this kid. Liberal boy wonder David Hogg has been a veritable fountain of ideas on how to end senseless school shootings or, in his vernacular, “change the world.” First, he tried boycotting two major investment firms whose portfolios include gun manufacturers, but unlike E.F. Hutton, no one listened. He had similar luck going after FedEx, whose value rose $640 million a day after Hogg declared war on it. Hogg needn’t have felt bad about that paradoxical effect: On the radar of real adult-world comings and goings, his actions fail to register as so much as a speck.
On Wednesday Hogg tried channeling the 1970s with a “die-in” at Florida supermarket chain Publix because of its support for conservative gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam, who is pro-NRA. Here is a video of the protesters in action … er, in inaction:
Video of protestors lying on the floor in an Orlando Publix protesting the @NRA @Publix pic.twitter.com/rEwXfbv7Tu
— Paola Perez (@pdesiperez) May 25, 2018
The company responded by paying lip service to the protest. “We regret that some of our political contributions have led to an unintentional customer divide, instead of our desire to support a growing economy in Florida,” Public said in a statement to the NBC affiliate in Miami. “As a result of this situation, we are evaluating our processes to ensure that our giving better reflects our intended desire to support a strong economy and a healthy community.”
The public reaction to the demonstration was less coddling:
They should all get jobs at @PublixJobs and stfu
— Toe Knee (@Fallout911) May 25, 2018
I hope they send him the bill for the cleanup
— Shaun Cee (@frogandpelican) May 25, 2018
Charge them with vandalism- if it costs more than $1000, charge as a felony.
— TR (@triton368) May 25, 2018
Young Hogg’s head may be bloodied but it remains unbowed. Yesterday he was back on the front lines with a new campaign:
RT if you wish to enlist in the meme war against hate and misinformation from the alt-right
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) May 25, 2018
Twitchy was unable to restrain itself:
Meme war? Is he joking? He doesn’t really seem self-aware enough to be joking, but who knows? Everything has gotten so stupid, it’s hard to keep up.
What’s clear is that, trolling or not, a “meme war” totally seems like something Hogg would advocate.
Once again, the online reaction was less than kind:
hahahah the meme war? “back in my day we fought with gifs, jpegs & even bitmaps if we had to”
— tj phippen (@siforek) May 25, 2018
Meme war? Dear God the country is doomed if a significant portion of our youth thinks this is meaningful.
— Edward M Dunne (@dunne_ed) May 25, 2018
If this is going to be anything like Hilary’s attempt at humor via the Russian Hat or being relatable via the hot sauce, this is going to be a looonnngg war. pic.twitter.com/54psADRd6H
— April Hjort (@april_hjort) May 25, 2018
Just can’t let the 15 minutes expire gracefully lmao
— Beiny ???? (@BeinyShep) May 25, 2018
— Joel Aceves (@trendy_joel) May 26, 2018
So did young Hogg know enough to pick his marbles and go home? Are you kidding?
.@Publix I’m shaking in my boots awaiting your DM.
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) May 25, 2018
