Social Justice Journalist Melts Down When Obliterated by Ben Ferguson After Being Confronted with Who Is Really Behind the Riots in France(Video) by Margaret Flavin Oct. 20, 2026 1:20 pm
Social justice journalist Lisa Durden did not take well to getting a lesson on the reality of who is really behind the riots in France during an appearance on Katie Pavlich’s show on News Nation.
When confronted by Ben Ferguson’s attempt to set the record straight, Durden’s tantrum, short on facts but heavy on juvenile attacks, began.
Parroting the gaslighting of legacy media,Durden began, “First of all, the protests in France are students. This protest began very, very peaceful until sadly agitators jumped in and began the violence. This happens all the time when we have protests, and these protests happen because people are unhappy.”
Ferguson cut in and injected some reality and common sense into the conversation,“Yeah, you either have to be incredibly incompetent or totally blind to look at the images and think that this is students that are doing this.”
“I posted picture after picture on my social media of the people throwing up signs and smiling as they were burning down these buildings. They’re not students. They look like they’re my age. I’m 45. There are people that are 30. They’re not 17.”
“So you’re either a pathological liar to continue with this narrative that this is students when it’s clearly radical extremists and Muslim Brotherhood-inspired individuals.”
“By the way, you can also just follow the money. You have to either just be a pathological liar, or you look at the data, more than 70% of the groups that are involved in the original protests had nothing to do with student protests or education. They’re the same groups around the world that have also started this type of anarchy.”
“So you either are sitting here on national TV lying to everyone because the data says that you are absolutely wrong. And look at those men on TV. Those are not students. Those are violent criminals who are trying to kill people, who are looting Louis Vuitton stores, Rolex stores, and going after and stealing anything they can because they hate the country.”
“They have no allegiance to that country. They wanna burn that country down. They wanna then remake it into their own country. Not because I say so. It’s what they’re saying online when they’re talking about burning down France.
And France let this happen because they were kumbaya for far too long. And this is what you get when you have no borders.”
Pavlich asked, “Lisa, do you wanna give a quick response?”
An irate Durden, who chose to focus on name-calling rather than actually debating or dismantling any element of Ferguson’s arguments, fumed, “What you’re not gonna do is call me a pathological liar.”
“You don’t know me from a can of Coke. That’s a slick statement. No, I’m talking now. You’re not gonna call me a pathological liar because you don’t know me. So stop that right now. Next, you can’t tell me—”
Ferguson jumped in, “I know you had meetings where you say white people aren’t allowed. I know that.”
Durden fumed, “Excuse you. You’re cutting me off. You are very disrespectful. Next, My point is you are not looking at anybody’s ID to know who’s 45. You look 45 though.”
“They’re not 16, they’re not 17, “Ferguson countered.
And, showing no actual factual arguments, Durden turned to insults, “Get some wrinkle cream. You look wrinkled.”
The Gateway Pundit readers may remember when Durden, an adjunct professor at Essex County College in Newark NJ, at the time,was suspended from her teaching position for her racist comments mocking white people on Fox News.
Durden appeared on Tucker Carlson supporting the segregation of whites and blacks at a Memorial Day ceremony: “What I say to that is boo-hoo-hoo, you white people are angry because you couldn’t use your ‘white privilege’ card to get invited to the Black Lives Matter’s all-black Memorial Day celebration! Wow!”
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