UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident Sparks Rave Amazon 'Reviews'

Megyn Kelly's insistence that pepper spray is "a food product, essentially" has spawned a petition to get the Fox personality to eat pepper spray on air, a Twitter hashtag and now Amazon.com "reviews" of pepper spray itself.

Talking Points Memo noted this recent phenomenon, which has sparked rave remarks such as, "Whenever I need to breezily inflict discipline on unruly citizens, I know I can trust Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream, 1.3% Red Band/1.3% Blue Band Pepper Spray to get the job done!"

Another review notes, "... it's also an amazing human arm de-linker. So if you have this gigantic public space and a dozen people are sitting there with their arms linked - this will really help in your effort to de-link those arms."

One thrilled "customer" notes, "I used to have to exert my gray matter or work my mouth to keep people from saying anything I didn't want to hear. Now I just shake and aim Defense Technology's 56895 MK-9 Stream Pepper Spray, and half the time I don't even need to depress the trigger! My teens and my dog all go silent when I merely lift the can--no more claims that I've suppressed free speech when they quake in fear and CHOOSE to be silent! Not just for intimidating students--it works on crabby old people, too!"

Kelly made her controversial comments after video of a police officer pepper spraying student protesters at UC Davis went viral. The incident has prompted calls for UC Davis chancellor Linda Katehi to resign.

Comments

[evolvedtg]

03:53 PM on 02/27/2012

I volunteer for personally doing a taste test of this peppery spray for the school chancellor, the facist piggie and the entire Faux 5 team. I will sit them down on the ground and have them link arms and chant nazi slogans whilst I spray their eyes, nose and mouth with this delectable and innocent food spray. This will make my day!

[Madbunny]

02:23 AM on 11/26/2011

Pepper spray, a light and gentle breeze of spice, according to conservatives.
If any gets in the eyes, then they can simply wash it out with waterboarding, which is also just some cool water splashed on the face.

Strangely though, I don't see them lining up to prove how harmless it is by trying it themselves.

[TheBlueCoyote]

12:14 AM on 11/26/2011

The republicans will soon designate pepper-spray as a vegetable.

[vandegrasse]

04:31 PM on 11/25/2011

Right wingers humor is always cruel!

[joyf1]

09:42 PM on 11/25/2011

I thought it was sarcasm to the inth degree!

[LightShadow62]

03:18 PM on 11/25/2011

To anyone who wants to get a mild taste of what it is like to be hit with pepper spray try washing your face and gargling with Tabasco and you will feel about 1% of the full effect.

[Joshua Delaney]

02:41 PM on 12/05/2011

Not even 1% of the effect. Tabasco is about 3000-5000 units of spice...pepper spray is about 5,000,000. It's more like 0.01% of the effect.

[Gonzo333]

02:32 PM on 11/25/2011

Megan Kelly is what happens after you eat food.

[pikethedog]

01:47 PM on 11/25/2011

Regarding the UC Davis Pepper Spray incidents, I read all the academic accolades of Chancellor Katehi. She came to the U.S. from Greece after college and earned doctoral degrees and such. Did she ever become a citizen of the United States?

[StinkyMoBub]

09:52 AM on 11/25/2011

You can also use it as breath freshener and if you're really retentive, it works well as a colonic...just shake, aim and pull the trigger on all the goodness inside.

[OneSlackMartian]

03:05 PM on 11/25/2011

I love it to clean my contact lenses.

[StinkyMoBub]

03:40 PM on 11/25/2011

Works really well as nasal spray too!

[vobox3343]

02:49 PM on 11/24/2011

Pepper spray, in these particular instances, are used by cowards who would actually use their weapons if they could get away with it. And you have Conservative Christians agreeing with this kind of behavior. Explain that to the Lord above.

[viking1969]

08:59 PM on 11/24/2011

They can't. God's on to them. FACT: Conservatism and Christianity is an oxymoron..

[Gonzo333]

02:33 PM on 11/25/2011

Wat would Jesus do?

[Boomerwoman]

02:31 PM on 11/25/2011

WWJD?

[Madbunny]

02:20 AM on 11/26/2011

Don't be silly he'd use Defense Technology 56895 MK-9 Stream, 1.3% Red Band/1.3% Blue Band Pepper Spray to get the job done!

Jesus was all about the establishment baby.

[FreedomHaawk]

11:34 AM on 11/24/2011

If this happen in Syria or Egypt the US government would be sounding the alarm! This is NO land of the free. We live in a secret police state.

[Rodger leMonde]

08:48 PM on 11/24/2011

Those countries use the tried and true tear gas that actually disperses crowds. We are high tech we inflict punishment since we know these protesters will get off with a slap on the wrist.

[Osusuki]

09:04 AM on 11/25/2011

With this comment, you truly show you know nothing of the principles on which this nation was founded. Policemen are not empowered to punish anyone, even more so when they are One Bullet Barney Campus Cops who love the uniform and the power but could never pass a POST test to become the real thing. It is for the justice system to inflict punishment, and that only after a fair trial including a jury of the defendant's peers in which the accused is innocent until proven guilty. If you don't like that system, go live somewhere else. Do it quickly, because when they're through "punishing" the protesters, they'll come for you.

[vandegrasse]

04:34 PM on 11/25/2011

What a moronic comment!

[TruEngineHearing]

10:40 AM on 11/24/2011

Megyn Kelly is one of the reasons Fox News enjoys the reputation it has today. Her thinking is so thin, you could read a newspaper through it.

[Reikoku Jaken]

08:31 PM on 11/23/2011

Rich in antioxidants, pepper spray is a natural food and will improve the taste of your meat, fish, soups, and even deserts.

[JessWonderin]

09:20 PM on 11/23/2011

. . TRY a Fresh spritz on a Caesar . . . salad that is.

[iLdoRight]

08:10 PM on 11/23/2011

Caption suggestion; " The Powers Are To Cowardly To Prosecute Us, Rank Has Its Privilege "

[mc53]

06:39 PM on 11/23/2011

Bad, fat cop. No donut.

[henrismom]

02:16 PM on 11/24/2011

How about this instead?: Bad, fat cop. No more job or bennies or pension or retirement; you're fired

[Osusuki]

09:07 AM on 11/25/2011

How about this? Bad fat rent-a-cop. No more jollies for your personal power trip. You're fired AND charged with assault.

[sirocknick]

05:36 PM on 11/23/2011

I don't always use pepper spray, but when I do, I use it on peaceful protestors.

[Slim Dude]

05:38 PM on 11/24/2011

....stay thirsty my friend..........

[evolvedtg]

03:57 PM on 02/27/2012

I want to go to his house and spray his whole family in front of him.