A panel of Fox News contributors mocked the #BringBackOurGirls hashtag which has gone viral worldwide, slamming the Twitter phrase for being a useless “exercise in self-esteem.”
The #BringBackOurGirls was started on Twitter after 234 school girls were abducted by Boko Haram, Islamist extremist group, in Chibok, Borno state.
Celebrities, politicians and world leaders have united behind the cause in what is being called “hashtag activism” to bring the girls back to safety.
According to the Huffington Post , Fox News contributors got a laugh on “Fox News Sunday” in a conversation that began with Chris Wallace wondering if the hashtag could actually “make progress” or was rather simply a tool to make people “feel better about themselves.”
“Exactly that,” George Will said. “It’s an exercise in self-esteem. I do not know how adults stand there, facing a camera, and say, ‘Bring back our girls.’ Are these barbarians in the wilds of Nigeria supposed to check their Twitter accounts and say, ‘Uh oh, Michelle Obama is very cross with us, we better change our behavior’?”
“It’s trending! It’s trending on Twitter!” Brit Hume then exclaimed, which garnered a chuckle from the rest of the panel.
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