.@MrAndyNgo is an openly gay journalist. He was savagely beaten in the streets of a major American city, in broad daylight, by a mob. Have any mainstream LGBT groups spoken up for him?
— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 2, 2019
"Quite the contrary…I'm not the 'right' type of victim."https://t.co/McvgZYWiK9
I've heard that Ngo deserved what he got b/c he wrote pieces debunking false hate crimes, thus making ppl feel "unsafe." (Shouldn't it have the opposite effect?) Anyway, if journalism on that topic is to become physically unsafe, let's share while we can https://t.co/7i2WGhdbNL
— Walter Olson (@walterolson) July 2, 2019
Mike, Andy Ngo was brutally assaulted by a terrifying mob—but you seem to see it as a joke—or something he brought on himself. Very distressing to see such biased reporting in @nytimes. This sort of reporting fuels skepticism about the press. @ByMikeBaker https://t.co/c5LAnYebCV
— Christina Sommers (@CHSommers) July 2, 2019
Log Cabin Republicans denounces attack on gay journalist @MrAndyNgo and the silence from Gay, Inc. – thanks to @RichardGrenell and @tedcruz for calling for a federal investigation into this act of violence. https://t.co/L5JBCXM8UZ
— LogCabinRepublicans (@LogCabinGOP) July 1, 2019
If you’re wondering why so few Democrats condemned Antifa’s Saturday attack on journalist Andy Ngo in Portland, in January of last year, the Washington Free Beacon reported “[Democratic Deputy Chair Keith] Ellison Posts Photo of Himself Posing With ‘Antifa’ Handbook, Says It Will ‘Strike Fear’ in Trump.”
Update:
This should NOT have taken this long. They issued a statement after major criticism for ignoring violence on an Asian conservative; and calls for the @IRStaxpros to take away their tax exempt status for being totally partisan. https://t.co/tjEfDx0HWC
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) July 7, 2019
4 Comments for “When Political Violence Gets a Pass”
posted by Jorge on
Someday I’m going to have to figure out how to covertly carry a weapon that’s not going to make me homeless if I get disarmed of it.
How come Antifa seems to get away with it?
(They’re not weapons.)
Oh, well that explains everything. A flashlight, then.
posted by Jorge on
From the Commentary article:
“The wonder is that, very much to the credit of the American people, these fake hate crimes have not (yet) fomented more real hate crimes.”
I find that hard to believe.
I suppose the national sentiment is moved by more prominent things than hate crimes.
posted by Mike King & David "TJ" Bauler on
If you want less attention paid to fake hate crimes, then you gotta give groups like the HRC sufficient time to determine whether or not a particular incident is legit or not.
posted by Mike King & David "TJ" Bauler on
Also hate crime laws — at least federally — do not address beating someone up because of their politics. I can argue that they should, and maybe state laws differ.