Gutfeld Absolutely Destroys ‘Both Sides’ Argument On Political Violence

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld dismantled the “both sides” argument on political violence during a Wednesday broadcast of the panel discussion show “The Five,” arguing that the people who carry out violent acts are more often driven by leftist ideology.

Gutfeld was responding to fellow panelist Jessica Tarlov, who referenced a study that found a predominance of political violence had come from the Right, and he made it clear that he was not buying it.

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“Your rationalization of both sides —” Gutfeld began, but Tarlov interrupted.

“I’m not rationalizing anything!” she protested.

“You have to understand,” Gutfeld pushed back. “Since Kirk’s death, there is no ‘both sides’ anymore.”

“Why did the DOJ take down the study that showed how much right-wing extremism —” Tarlov said.

“What study was that? Which one? The one in The Economist that was sponsored by a group run by a guy in Antifa!? … You’re walking down a really bad alley right now,” Gutfeld said. He went on to argue that left-leaning media was doing some of the heavy lifting when it came to pushing people toward violent actions.

“You label someone a fascist or a racist or a Nazi. It makes you free to attack them. And that has been the ideology from the start,” Gutfeld continued.

Tarlov asked about President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, claiming that he was just as bad.

“The Left calls Trump a hate monger. They’ve called me a hate monger because I ridicule the Left. I ridicule protesters. I ridicule academia, Hollywood, the news media. I make fun of the view every day. I make fun of the UN. Guess what? No one acts on the things that I say because my side doesn’t do that!” Gutfeld added, going on to note that a lot of people involved in politically motivated violence might have some mental health issues, but that the ideology pushing them to act was more likely to be from the Left.

“You come and you say, ‘This is a mentally ill loner.’ Well, who do you think does this stuff? It’s not Ben Affleck, it’s not Tom Brady. People who do this stuff are always that way. The question is, who points them in that direction?” Gutfeld asked. “Why pick ICE? Why pick Charlie Kirk? Why put bombs under Fox trucks? Why vandalize memorials? Why kill kids in Catholic schools?”

“Two things can be true. A person can be mentally ill, and you can be guiding him to that place in his life. That is how brainwashing works,” Gutfeld concluded.