Piers Morgan was in rare form this weekend, drawing attention to himself in the wake of Muhammad Ali’s death by saying, and repeating, that:
Muhammad Ali said far more inflammatory/racist things about white people than Donald Trump ever has about Muslims. #fact
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Why sugar-coat what Ali said or stood for? He never did that to himself, or when speaking of others.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Why would stating that Muhammad Ali made a lot of inflammatory, race-charged statements in his life be remotely controversial? He did.
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
I'm sorry for 'saying inflammatory things for attention'.
That's the last thing Muhammad Ali would have condoned.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
His fellows on Twitter pointed out his ulterior motive:
Absolute nonsense. > RT @AcUhuru: @piersmorgan because you have made a career of trolling blackfolks
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Which criticism he took with characteristic grace and charm:
Oh Chris, with you still slithering around like a gormless, gun-slathering imbecile, that's never going to be true. https://t.co/6lVzWhXi3a
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
FYI:
The more the howling PC-bonkers Twitter mob bark at me to rescind an entirely accurate comment, the less likely it is to ever happen.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Roland, YOU can't call ME a dumb ass. That would be too ironic. https://t.co/4Kvg0ehCnm
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
You are, and remain, someone I have never heard of…
https://t.co/4a3U917urd— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
Maybe I should take up a proper job, like modelling? > RT @chrissyteigen: @johnlegend from what? trolling isn't a job (I've tried)
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
Scott, I have 4,996,364 more followers than you.
I'm relaxed about my unpopularity. https://t.co/ZxPMUHpKbj— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 6, 2016
Well, at least he doesn’t have to worry about this ever happening:
I hope people don't make me sound too perfect when I die.
No coats of sugar please.— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016
