Staff Reports
The internet spectacle around TikTok influencer Harry Sisson exploded this week when a “Deport Harry Sisson” campaign trended on social media, prompting outrage and mockery across the political divide. What began as a trolling stunt quickly exposed the rot of online outrage culture and the way political mobs try to weaponize immigration as a political cudgel. Conservatives smell the hypocrisy a mile away: when an influencer on the left becomes unpopular, the same people who scream about due process suddenly cheer for a virtual lynch mob to settle scores.
For context, Sisson is a high-profile liberal content creator with millions of followers who has made a career out of pushing Democratic talking points and championing the DNC’s messaging to Gen Z. He was born overseas but has confirmed he is an American citizen by birth, making any serious talk of deportation legally and factually ridiculous. This episode shows how easily facts are tossed aside when tribal anger kicks in, and how the left’s infotainment pipeline produces celebrities who are immune from real accountability.
The social-media pile-on didn’t arise in a vacuum; there’s real online frustration with influencers who lecture Americans from high rooftops while raking in brand deals and party cash. Threads and message boards lit up with calls for him to be banned or sent packing — a predictable, performative response from people who don’t want to deal with inconvenient facts and prefer the cheap thrill of mass-shaming. Conservatives should be skeptical of public campaigns that substitute virtue signaling for civic engagement and that weaponize immigration policy for partisan point-scoring.
None of that excuses the more serious allegations that have swirled around Sisson in recent months, claims that have been reported in the press and deserve thorough, impartial investigation rather than partisan cover-ups. If the accusations are true, they speak to a broader moral failure in the influencer class that the left seems determined to protect when it suits them. Accountability must be blind to political affiliation, and the right should demand investigations that follow evidence rather than social media momentum.
What this moment really exposes is the double standard of outrage: Democrats and their online armies gift-wrap immunity to friendly cultural stars while gleefully trying to destroy anyone on the other side at the first hint of scandal. That’s not justice; it’s the corruption of our civic norms, where loyalty to a political brand outranks basic decency and the rule of law. Americans who love liberty and fair play should reject both the worship of celebrity and the weaponization of immigration for partisan ends.
At the end of the day, the Sisson circus is a cautionary tale for hardworking Americans who watch elites manufacture controversy and turn it into clicks and donations. Real patriots want facts, fairness, and enforcement of the law, not viral stunts or manufactured deportation fantasies. If conservatives keep pointing out the hypocrisy, demand due process, and hold both sides to the same standard, we’ll keep the country grounded in common sense instead of surrendering it to the mob.
