Since Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) was elected speaker of the House, the left has demonized him as a religious extremist. His Christian faith has put him at odds with the Democratic Party’s positions on abortion, LGBTQ issues, gender, and other matters, irking the left. The media and liberal figures just don’t know what to do with Christians who actually live out their faith, as seen with their reaction to former VP Mike Pence for refusing to dine alone with a woman who is not his wife. The attempt to mock him for it lasted until The New York Times conducted a survey and found Americans actually agree with him.
So we shouldn’t be surprised to see the latest attack on Johnson for trying to protect his son from pornography and its harmful effects on adolescents.
The story revisited a clip of Johnson telling an audience at the Cypress Baptist Church in Louisiana that he and his son use Covenant Eyes, a subscription-based software program to hold each other accountable for content they view on the internet.
In the piece misleadingly headlined, “Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other’s Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video,” Rolling Stone complains of the "creepy Big Brother-ness of it all," and claims to be concerned about how his devices could be "compromised" by the app. The author then goes on to criticize him as a "faith-obsessed, election-denying, far-right Christian nationalist."
Needless to say, X users blasted the story:
What he actually said is that he installed accountability software on his son's devices to keep his son from using porn, and he put the same software on his own devices to show his son he wasn't using porn either. But Rolling Stone is a dishonest publication. https://t.co/EhlzOD1UUh
— Daniel Friedman (@DanFriedman81) November 5, 2023
Story: “Good father discourages mortal sin, sets good example for his son, and proves he’s not a hypocrite”
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) November 6, 2023
Degenerates at @RollingStone: https://t.co/kjxLDZAh8Z
It is absolutely disgusting that Rolling Stone would characterize Speaker Johnson’s explanation of how he and his son have the software Covenant Eyes installed on their devices, which helps ensure they avoid porn, as something nefarious. Like @RobertDownen_’s reporting on… https://t.co/7mEuF6h5iX
— Megan Basham (@megbasham) November 5, 2023
In other words there WAS no "porn intake". This is exactly why America LOVES Speaker Johnson -- who is obviously an amazing father and will be an amazing Speaker. It's also why no one reads @Rollingstone anymore. https://t.co/joBqARASKN
— Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) November 6, 2023
Catty, petty BS from Rolling Stone.
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) November 6, 2023
Imagine mocking a father who actually wants to help his son navigate the internet when every algorithm is hell bent on pushing guys towards degeneracy. https://t.co/rl7y8AGwH8