Don’t forget for a moment what they are.

Don't forget for a moment who they are.

I recognize the standard response is "well, these are provocateurs." In fact, they are prominent in part because they are promoted by the mainstream. Schlichter is a common guest host for @hughhewitt, who, despite having gone Full Renfield, is mainstream conservative. /3

/4 And Kelly is a Federalist writer who gets treated seriously on CNN ( @secupp) and gets treated like a serious conservative commentator when he successfully trolls Twitter into banning him.

/5 There will be more Kyle Rittenhouses. That's what people like Jesse Kelly and Kurt Schlichter clearly want. It's what the kind of people who admire them want.

And as for the segments of the media that promote and mainstream them? Well, I guess it's not a deal-breaker.