Hannity Destroys Occupy Organizer In Fiery Segment About Movement’s Violence

On Thursday night, Sean Hannity sat down with Harrison Schultz, an Occupy Wall Street organizer. The segment was confrontational right off-the-bat — with Hannity questioning Schultz about the violence in the movement, and eventually leaving nothing unsaid, offering a fiery “suggestion” to Schultz.

Schultz started off the segment by thanking Hannity for letting a “dirty hippie” come in and express his views, which didn’t sit well the the host, who pointed out he never said anything about being dirty or a hippie. From there, they moved on to Schultz saying Hannity made fun of his “friends.”

Hannity asked, “The ones having sex in public, doing drugs and defecating on cars and breaking store windows, cursing out police approximately all of that? You mean those guys?” The following conversation consisted of Hannity asking questions and not quite getting answers.

He asked Schultz why “a special, protective rape-free zone tent” was set up following the rape that occurred. Hannity asked Schultz for evidence, to which Schultz said The New York Times had reported that the NYPD sent rapists to the park. Schultz said it was a cynical, effective tactic by the authorities. Hannity further asked whether all the violence was a police conspiracy.

We then learned that Schultz is 29, and formerly worked as a a business intelligence analyst, but was laid off. He is currently in graduate school, paid for by student loans. Eventually, the segment came back to a point where Hannity began: what Schultz’s issue is with capitalism. He noted that he saw many protestors with Macs and iPhones. This is capitalism, he said, “You create goods or services that people want, need and desire. Right?” The Occupy movement fits the model, he said.

Schultz said the model is broken. Asked why, he said, “it is failing people, such as myself.” Hannity then told him: “Maybe if you weren’t spending your time with the quote, homeless people who were brought in by the police to rape people, maybe you could have been out looking for a job?”

Hannity pursued his point about Schultz, and those like him, wanting things for free. “Who is going to pay for your house, car, dental care, health care, education, who pays for that?” he asked. Schultz replied, “Nobody! It’s free.”

“You don’t work, you get free money for school, and you’re f***ing complaining and whining,” Hannity started, before finally exploding, offering Schultz a “suggestion”:

You are 29 years old. Stop wasting your time at Occupy Wall Street. Here’s a novel concept, get up at 6:00 a.m., shovel coffee down your throat. Hit the pavement, find a job, stop whining, stop complaining, stop blaming and get your ass out of bed, like everybody else in America, and get to work. How does that sound?

Schultz said to give him a job and he’d go to work. About jobs like a dishwasher or cook being beneath Schultz, Hannity asked, “Hanging out with with rapists, people having sex in public is more fun?”

“It’s more dignity in that than hanging out on a show like this with you,” he replied.

I head Hannity talk to the guy on his Friday radio show. Not only did Hannity lie about the guy (said he supported the rapes just after the guy denounced them) Hannity would not let the guy talk. The OWS guy came off as angry and ignorant, but Hannity didn’t shine either. He also took away his job offer.

Yeah, there's another scenario I wish would play out with the interviewer and the OWies.
1. Establish that the OWies really do trespass and occupy banks and other institutions. And after wards leave large amounts of vandalism. If the OWie tries to get out of it , simply say that means "99%" must mean the number of provocateurs in the group so why should anyone else join.
2. Establish that the OWies would also hit other capitalistic business such as high end jewelry stores and SUV dealerships.
Then the fun can begin:

Hannity: So you OWies would also hit small businesses and food cart vendors wouldn't you?
Hippie: No, way. What kind of group do you think we are?
Hannity: Like the rich old coot said to the hot babe who he had just propositioned successfully when he offered her a million bucks but got the same response you just gave when he offered her a dollar. "We've already established what you are , now we are negotiating a dollar amount."

I know it was long but I hope it gave you a chuckle.

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