Parkland Survivor Offers to Talk to Louis CK: 'Just Try to Keep It in Your Pants'

Parkland school-shooting survivor Aalayah Eastmond responded to Louis C.K.’s leaked stand-up comedy set in which he mocked the teenage students by saying she would agree to speak with C.K. — but only on a condition.

“Hey Louis CK – Since you like making fun of me and other Parkland survivors behind closed doors, I’m right here if you want to talk. Just try and keep it in your pants, OK,” Eastmond responded on Twitter, taking a swipe at the reports that the comedian masturbated in front of several women — accusations which he later admitted were true.

In audio footage circulating the web from a December stand-up comedy performance at the Comedy Cellar, C.K. could be heard joking about today’s youth, criticizing them as “boring” and calling out those who identify as gender non-binary.

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“You’re not interesting cause you went to a high school where kids got shot,” C.K. said in the leaked audio.

Eastmond testified in front of Congress about the effects of gun violence in America after she survived the Parkland shooting attack by hiding under the body of one of her slain classmates.

Eastmond is also one of two Parkland students who responded to C.K.’s latest attempt at a comeback, with Cameron Kasky defending C.K.’s right to tell jokes.

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“It’s not my job to tell a comedian they’re being offensive. I believe comedy exists to be offensive,” Kasky told TheWrap. “I don’t particularly like that Louis C.K. went after the idea of the movement we started, but comedy is comedy and I don’t think me being offended by it should dictate whether or not it should be allowed to exist.”

Fred Guttenberg, who lost his daughter Jaime in the Parkland shooting, also delivered a message on Twitter in response to C.K.’s routine.

“To anyone who knows Louis CK, please deliver this message for me. My daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting. My son ran from the bullets. My wife and I deal with loss everyday,” he said. “Why don’t you come to my house and try out your new pathetic jokes?”

See their tweets below:

Hey Louis CK – since you like making fun of me and other Parkland survivors behind closed doors, I’m right here if you want to talk. Just try to keep it in your pants, ok?

— Aalayah (@AalayahEastmond) December 31, 2018

To anyone who knows Louis CK, please deliver this message for me. My daughter was killed in the Parkland shooting. My son ran from the bullets. My wife and I deal with loss everyday. Why don't you come to my house and try out your new pathetic jokes? https://t.co/tZI9ThSciR

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) December 31, 2018

No, it’s not my job to police comedy just because I find it offensive. Comedy is supposed to be offensive. My feelings have no place in it.

Yes, Louis is an ass for the jokes he’s making which sucks cause he used to be really funny and not just a professional jerk.

— Cam Kasky (@cameron_kasky) December 31, 2018

To the “he was never funny in the first place” crowd in these comments, his TV show “Louis” had several brilliantly written episodes that split my sides. Seems now like he’s becoming more of a Milo-style provocateur as opposed to just a non-PC comedian

— Cam Kasky (@cameron_kasky) December 31, 2018

5 Times Parkland Shooting Survivors Were Falsely Criticized (Photos)

As the high school students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida, have increasingly pushed for change around gun control -- most recently in the March for Our Lives events around the country -- they've become the victims of attacks and conspiracy theories by those who wish to discredit them and their cause. Some of the most vocal figureheads of the movement, David Hogg, 17, and Emma Gonzalez, 18, have largely been the targets of these critiques. These five claims have been debunked as false, but it hasn't stopped them from widely circulating on social media.
David Hogg is NOT a "crisis actor"

On Feb. 21, a video claiming that David Hogg was a "crisis actor" briefly became the No. 1 Trending video on YouTube. The video included an old clip of Hogg being interviewed by a Los Angeles CBS affiliate, and it was falsely used as evidence that Hogg did not attend Stoneman Douglas as a student but was an actor. YouTube pulled the video later that day, but not before it received over 200,000 views. A separate meme also claimed that Hogg had attended and graduated from a high school in southern California. And other right-wing writers even claimed that Hogg's media appearances were suspect because his father previously worked for the FBI. Hogg explicitly denied these conspiracy theories.
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David Hogg WAS on campus at the time of the shooting

An article by Sara Rumpf in RedState questioned whether Hogg was on campus during the shooting. Rumpf noted that Hogg's comments in a CBS documentary and his quotes from a Vox article contradicted each other and called into question whether he was actually on campus. Hogg was on campus during the shooting and then returned several hours later with a camera to interview students. Rumpf later recanted the original report and apologized, but conservative media host Erick Erickson had latched onto the original story and stood by his criticism calling Hogg "a bully."
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Emma Gonzalez did NOT tear up a copy of the Constitution

An animated GIF went viral showing Emma Gonzalez tearing up a copy of the U.S. Constitution. But the image, which was tweeted out by the Twitter feed "Gab" and later by actor Adam Baldwin, was doctored. The original image came from a video from a Teen Vogue photoshoot in which Gonzalez tears up a firing range target.
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Emma Gonzalez did NOT "bully" the Parkland shooter

Two conservative blogs, LouderwithCrowder.com and The American Spectator, posted an abbreviated clip of Emma Gonzalez's remarks at a rally on Feb. 17, claiming that they were "a startling admission" that Gonzalez and others had bullied shooter Nikolas Cruz. "Those talking about how we should have not ostracized him? You didn’t know this kid! OK? We did," Gonzalez said. But in context, Gonzalez was referring to the fact that school officials were alerted to Cruz's behavior and mental instability. Another student, Isabelle Robinson, wrote a New York Times op-ed responding to the idea that students needed to be nicer to Cruz. "The idea that we are to blame, even implicitly, for the murders of our friends and teachers is a slap in the face to all Stoneman Douglas victims and survivors."
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David Hogg did NOT give the Nazi salute

Following his speech at the March for Our Lives rally, an image circulated juxtaposing David Hogg with his arm and fist outstretched with an image of Hitler giving the Nazi salute. "All in favor of gun control, raise your right arm," the meme reads. Several on social media also drew the comparison, but video shows that Hogg extended his closed fist into the air rather than an open palm facing downward.
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Students David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez have been the subject of conspiracy theories, misinformation and doctored images

As the high school students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, Florida, have increasingly pushed for change around gun control -- most recently in the March for Our Lives events around the country -- they've become the victims of attacks and conspiracy theories by those who wish to discredit them and their cause. Some of the most vocal figureheads of the movement, David Hogg, 17, and Emma Gonzalez, 18, have largely been the targets of these critiques. These five claims have been debunked as false, but it hasn't stopped them from widely circulating on social media.

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5 Times Parkland Shooting Survivors Were Falsely Criticized (Photos)

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