A reader with the noble but gaseous name of Argon berated a column quoted here which called into question the loyalty and patriotism of Ilhan Omar, but berated the act of quoting it moreso, saying that it would be better to discuss issues rather than personalities, and not to accuse politicians of being bigots, antisemites, or disloyal to the nation.
Hold that thought for a moment while we discuss an issue currently raging in today’s headlines.
Erica Thomas, a Democratic state representative for Georgia’s 39th district, tearfully described in a Facebook video how she was insulted and browbeaten by a white man for using the express checkout line with too many items in her cart, and told to “go back where you came from!” Mrs Thomas claimed tearfully that this was an example of white privilege. In exactly these terms, so the absurdly minor incident was reported in the nationwide mainstream media as a legitimate story.
The man, Eric Sparkes, admitted that he had called her a lazy S.O.B. but that had been the “worst” of his verbal attack. “This woman, Ms. Thomas, is playing the victim for political purposes because she is a state legislator,” Sparkes told WSB-TV. “I’m a Democrat and will vote Democrat for the rest of my life, so call me whatever you want to believe. For her political purposes, make it black, white, brown, whatever. It’s untrue.”
Here is a list of over 300 fake hate crimes:
Here is a TLDNR list, mentioning only those receiving immense publicity recently from several networks, with repeated stories over more than one day.
It is worth quoting in full.
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