Spare me the case of the vapors leftists are getting over what Patrick Knowles said last night

I saw it live. Patrick Knowles was spot-on.

I did something I rarely do anymore when Chris Hahn tried to preen and assume the moral upper hand. I flat-out screamed at the television, spewing a barrage of vulgar epithets. It was the most disgusting display I'd seen in some time:

A Fox News segment about climate change grew heated after a conservative commentator called teen climate activist Greta Thunberg a "mentally ill Swedish child" who is being exploited globally by the Left.

Discussing how the idea of having "Meatless Mondays" was not helpful to the environment, the Daily Wire's Michael Knowles said, "If it were about science it would be led by scientists rather than by politicians and a mentally ill Swedish child, who is being exploited by her parents and by the international Left."

Chris Hahn, a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, issued an immediate angry response, saying, "You're a grown man and you're attacking a child. Shame on you."

When Knowles tried to respond, Hahn continued, "Relax, skinny boy! I got this. Okay? You’re attacking a child, you’re a grown man. Have some couth. Maybe on your podcast you can get away and say whatever you want because nobody is listening. You're on national television, be a grown-up when you’re talking about children. 

"She’s trying to save the planet because your president doesn’t believe in climate change; and kids need to take to the streets to worry about their future. You are despicable for talking about her like that, and you should apologize on national television right now," Hahn continued.

"I think the international Left and her parents, who are exploiting a girl with many mental illnesses ..." Knowles began.

"You call her mentally ill! Take it back now! Take it back now!" Hahn interjected, again calling Knowles "despicable."

What really saddens and disappoints me is that Fox News apologized for what Knowles said.

Thunberg has been diagnosed with Asperger's, obsessive-compulsive disorder and autism. She is mentally ill.  And Hahn knows that, and so does the network. And they know that Knowles made his point as soon as he started talking: she's been exploited.

Her problems started around the age of eight, and it's because the adults in her life filled her head with the prospect of apocalyptic doom.

I'm also pretty disgusted with the rumblings of preening I'm detecting regarding the Children of the Corn comparison, It's spot on as well.

I'm not the first to point out that she's the same age as Covington High School's Nick Sandmann, and the advancement-freedom-and-basic-decency-haters had no qualms about unloading on him.

The Left will stoop to any level of low to wage its war on our civilization,.