Fox News Megyn Kelly’s pepper spray comments spark backlash

Source: The Upshot News Blog

Following the protests at UC Davis, during which Occupy protesters were sprayed with pepper spray by a campus police officer, Fox News commentator Megyn Kelly went on the Bill O'Reilly show.

Kelly appeared to downplay the physical effects of pepper spray. Kelly said pepper spray is "like a derivative of real pepper. It's a food product essentially."

Maybe so, but her comments have sparked a spicy backlash. A petition is circulating on the Internet that suggests Kelly should put her eyeballs where her mouth is by getting sprayed with the substance on live television. Currently, more than 16,000 people have signed the pledge. Kelly herself notes in the interview that the spray is "obviously invasive and obtrusive and several went to the hospital."

Over the past 24 hours, Web searches for "megyn kelly" and "megyn kelly pepper spray" soared more than 1,000%.





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You can sign the petition asking Megyn Kelley to try a blast of "a food product" here:

http://www.change.org/petitions/fox-news-anchor-eat-or-drink-a-full-dose-of-pepper-spray-on-national-television

the "best friends" story of Kelly is a scream to read!

... Valley Girl... I loved it.

I read about 10 comments about "libturds" and "do whatever the police tell you" before I gave up...

Yahoo is notoriously full of right wing trolls.

and an expert brought out a graph indicating the "heat" of all peppers, and pepper spray is 1,000,000 times "hotter" and more caustic than the hottest pepper. So it's like comparing a bunkerbuster bomb to a fire cracker.

I double dog dare her!

A graphic representation would be most appropriate.

your hands after handling a hot pepper so that you don't get any on yourself, especially your eyes.

Trust me. Wash your hands. :evilgrin:

trust me, like you, I learned the... well, I can't say "hard" way. Gawdamighty ow!

Really hot peppers will make your hands sore for days if you don't wear gloves, and I shudder to think what would happen if you went to the bathroom with those oils on your hands.

I have to wear gloves because the pepper burns big time. Additionally when you lift that blender cover, it burns your eyes, nose etc. big time.
I remember not bothering with gloves once - my hands burned for three days.

What kind of peppers do you use?

and had their hottest pepper. seriously good way to make sure you have something to drink. think it was Cayene Pepper salsa , dumb. even after a bottle of Route 66 root beer, an hour later I still had problems breathing. :(

it was something similar to this http://www.galenacanning.com/index.php?productID=839

maybe she should drink that... mix it with some everclear and drink the whole bottle. hey both are made from food.. bit of grain and pepper.

This looks like one-stop shopping for all hot sauces.

can irritate skin for hours.

I don't know if the milk helps.

I picked some of my cayenne peppers after they had turned red. I set them on the edge of the deck to go look around the yard a little bit more before going in the house to put the cayenne peppers up.

A gnat landed in my eye and my hand instinctively went to rub my eye. I never knew I could open my eyes under a garden hose sprayer until that day. It didn't help. I did not know what to do. I thought I had blinded myself forever and the pain would never end. I freaked and ran in the house.

My mother told me to open my eyes under the faucet inside for a while. I did that, even though our tap water in the city here has about 48 times more Chlorine than the rest of the state (according to the latest water reports I received). That didn't help either.

It eventually quit hurting, but not before I went back outside, got my peppers, brought them in, and put them up. I wasn't giving up my hard earned cayenne peppers. I just remember not to rub my eyes after touching them from then on. I haven't forgotten since that day. :wow: that white hot burning sensation to the eyes, I'll never forget it.

It's basically canned velveeta (which is made out of latex).

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Velveeta

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by her superb channeling of Sean Hannity. She practically out-Hannitys Sean Hannity. She's no dummy.

Which makes her scarier than your average Fox a'hole.

Like, why don't you try it on toilet paper? Oh my GOD! You'd be SOOOOOOOO HOT!

for their school lunches.

or extract cyanide from bitter almonds, but I wouldn't want to be sprayed with either of those 'food products.'

I guess this particular poison has the Fox seal of approval.

Perhaps that's what Kelly was snorting. Otherwise the only real excuse for her statement is garden variety stupidity.

This proves without doubt bleach can seep into the brain through
hair follicles and cause serious irreversible brain damage.

There was nothing else you could have thought of to insult her without also insulting everyone that bleaches their hair? You do realize that there are a number of women (and maybe men, too) right here that bleach their hair - like ME?

Enough of the blonde=stupid "jokes" already. They're bigoted and usually a gender specific insult toward women who are blonde whether naturally or not.

Overreact much?

:rofl:

That seems like quite a stretch, if you`re as insecure about your bleached hair as you seem to be, why do it? At least if you do do it, realize where it sits in the cultural zeitgeist. Nobody here was insulting you personally.

Blonde is blonde and bleached is bleached, they are not the same IMO.

No, I'm not insecure about bleaching my hair, I'm pissed off that people think that bleaching one's hair means they are stupid. I'm also pissed that people think that being blonde naturally means they are stupid. I'm also pissed off that these sort of comments made as insults are always against women whether they are a natural blonde or not and not having any idea whether or not their blonde hair is natural or bleached.

Like it or not, making comments that being blonde or bleaching one's hair = stupid particularly if you are a women is bigoted and misogynist because it is always used against women. It's the same kind of bigoted idiotic fat comments intended to insult Rush Limbaugh because he is overweight.

There are PLENTY of comments that could be made to insult Megan Kelly without also being bigoted, misogynist and also insulting all other women that bleach there hair just as there are PLENTY of comments that could be made to insult Rush Limbaugh without being bigoted and also insulting all other overweight people.

Oh yes, I WAS INDEED insulted personally by someone saying that bleaching one's hair makes them stupid because I do bleach my hair. How the fuck is that NOT personally insulting to me or to anyone else that also bleaches their hair? How is that not personally insulting to me as a women since these blonde and bleached blonde insults are ALWAYS used against women? When is the last time you heard such insults about being blonde or having bleached hair used against a man? When have you EVER heard such an insult made against a man? So, go ahead and tell me how such insults are not only bigoted but also misogynist.

Wasn't challenged that most people enjoy pepper on their food not in the eyes. The only criticism on fox no doubt was megyn "daaaaarling you were fabbbbblous"

"Let me tell you dwwsdsdsasomething about Megyn Kelly. We were best friends in middle school. I know right, it's soooo embarrassing. I don’t even…whatever. So then in eighth grade I started going out with my first boyfriend Kyle, who was totally into spicy food but then he moved to Indiana--and Megyn was like, weirdly jealous of him. Like if I would blow her off to hang out with Kyle, she'd be like "Why didn't you call me back?!" and I'd be like, "Uh, why are you so obsessed with me?" So then for my birthday party, which was an all-spice pool party, I was like, "Megyn, I can't invite you because I think you hate spicy food." I mean, I couldn't have a spice-hater at my party! There were going to be tacos there with jalapeño peppers! I mean right, she was a spice-hater! So then her mom called my mom and started yelling at her and it was so demented and then she dropped out of school cuz no one would talk to her and she came back in the fall for high school and her hair was all cut off and she was totally weird and now I guess she's on crack."

:evilgrin:

She's smart, and uses her brains for evil. For that I will always despise her. Even her "good looks" are gradually morphing into the Hate Mask that right-wing extremists all end up wearing. I don't even want to look at her ever again!

it is only a matter of time before the pepper spray, mace, and rubber bullets are put aside and the cops start shooting people with real weapons/bullets?

...after all, electricity and peppers are both essentially natural.

She'd probably be fine. Or it might bounce of and hit the sprayer.

including mine.




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Why does anyone ever expect to find intelligence from a Foxnews correspondent? They are resepticles for their masters, empty vessels filled with GOP talking points 3 seconds before airtime. With the exeption being Billy O'...he plays by his own rules that maverikk! :rofl:

It's a real hazard if you attempt to make your own mustard and overcook it.

tweet by Kelly Oxford:
GOP debate looks like a line-up of pervy pilots and one flight attendant.

That would be sexist. I am sure she is as good a perv as the men, except maybe Mr. 999. He wins in that category hands down.

Yes, I have a dirty mind. :rofl:

O8)

people on the planet. More misinformed than people who never watch the news anywhere.

reviews:

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I laughed so hard yesterday, I almost pissed myself. Both the 5-star, the 1-star and all in between are awesome examples of modern satire.

299 product reviews as of this writing.

I had to stop.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Limited effectiveness at deterring hippies, November 22, 2011
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This review is from: Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream, 1.3% Red Band/1.3% Blue Band Pepper Spray (Misc.)
I had a hippy infestation on my front lawn. I bought several cans of MK-9 on a recommendation from a police officer friend of mine. Although the product did appear to cause some pain, the hippies only dispersed for a short time. I came home from work, AND THEY WERE BACK! Not only that, word had gotten out, and there were more of them. Deploying additional MK-9 only prompted the hippies to open a taco stand. Now, after using MK-9, I have more hippies than I started with, and they have created a huge litter problem with their taco leavings. The worst part was, after their second dousing with the MK-9, they starting SINGING! Let me tell you, as a hard working landowner, the last thing you want is the unwashed masses sitting on your lawn, eating tacos and singing "We Shall Overcome." Not recommended.

Pros: High capscaisin content
Fashionable red coloration
Adds a real zing to tacos, burritos, poultry and pork

Cons: Limit hippy deterrence
May ultimately result in an increased concentration of hippies
Hard to find a matching red billy club for the fashion conscious riot control officer

I'm faced with a lot of dangerous situations at the nursing home. I give an order to move from the TV room to the cafeteria for a performance of the Tremonton 2nd Ward Primary Childrens' Chorus and the codgers immediately surround me, leaning threateningly on their walkers. It's a frightening situation to be in, one that always sends me scurrying to the crafts area, seeking the illusory protection of a pair of Fiskars 94917097 No. 5 Blunt Tip Scissors.

That was until I saw Lt. John Pike use this product to defang the threat of sprawling hippies at UC Davis. I immediately purchased a dozen cans. Now, not even the possibility of missing a Matlock rerun can prompt the residents to "go to the walkers."

As for mealtime, grandma no longer menaces me by shaking her mush spoon. Rather, she quickly wolfs her gruel down like a marriage defender getting the most out of a luggage handler, leaving me plenty of time for a long Postum break.

The best thing about this product is that, unlike a cattle prod, it's easy to hide when Uncle Orville's relatives drop in for a visit. No more arguments about what actually constitutes a threat.

Sure, the orange skin stains can be a problem, but that's easily explained away as a sleeping accident in the fingerpainting room.

I recommend it wholeheartedly. Heck, I'm even going to buy stock in the company. Lord knows that after Newt is elected, this product is going to be a godsend to any company faced with potentially violent labor actions launched by our new pre-pubescent workforce.

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At the college I work at there's this huge problem with students expressing their opinions. We thought this spray would put a stop to it, but it while it caused some discomfort and medical problems it hasn't silenced them. It looks like we're going to have to go back to plan A -- making college so expensive no one can come to begin with. It's a shame too, because we spent more on this spray than we pay most of our faculty.

I went to the demonstration because I had lost hope for the future. Then the riot police showed up to spray the rest of the protesters and me. You can imagine my excitement! We were about to be pacified and returned to normal society! That's what we wanted in the first place! But the product merely caused me blinding pain. I'm even less confident in our future and institutions now than I was when I arrived at the rally. Instead of believing that my social and financial betters don't care about me, I now believe they really don't like me and want me to be in pain. NOT the order-restoring effect the manufacturers promised. I want my money back and I never even paid for the stuff!

:rofl:

Ask any bear that's every sprayed it on a hiker before eating him.

In case anyone is wondering that was a joke.

Being pepper sprayed OTOH is not. I've been sprayed that shit hurts

we both signed the petition. thanks for the link

what a hard-hearted greedhead maroon

Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

If I remember right it was Sean Hannity who said that being water boarded wasn't torture and to prove it he would allow someone to water board him. Anyone remember that? Maybe someone said they would do it to him to show him it was indeed torture. Either way he never did it.

...on his radio show (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE2Nxjv6gwM

I mean, water is life and is essential to survival. The waterboarders would just be giving her something essential to living.

I have some here, mixed in vegetable oil for adding to food. Pepper spray is the same thing, just with a bit of the common food additive propylene glycol.

Just like Republicans, often *technically* correct, but has no bearing on the real world.

She'd run screaming from the room if she got one spray's worth of capsaicin in a bowl of chili since that stuff's four times as hot as a habanero pepper.

Similar to the way coca leaves which produce a relatively mild effect are concentrated to make cocaine.

I don`t think that you`d want to put pepper spray on your food.

One short spray would make a whole pot of chili inedible for most people.

I want her to pepper-spray another person.

Maybe her mom.

We need a "Megan Pepper-sprays her way through history" series.