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| How the Left Turned Words Into ‘Violence,' and Violence Into ‘Justice' |
| 2019-07-22 |
| [Quillette] Responding to news that journalist Andy Ngo had been beaten by antifa protestors in Portland last month, a woman named Charlotte Clymer tweeted that "Ngo intentionally provokes people on the left to drive his content. Being attacked today on video taken by an actual journalist (because Ngo is definitely not) is the greatest thing that could have happened to his career. You know it. I know it. He knows it. We all know it. Violence is completely wrong, and I find it sad and weak to allow a sniveling weasel like Andy Ngo to get under one’s skin like this, but I’m also not going to pretend this wasn’t Ngo’s goal from the start. I mean, let’s cut the shit here. This is what they do." One sees this all over the place on the left. They put words or thoughts into other people and then blame them for the things they imagined. Who is Charlotte Clymer? She is an activist who works at the Human Rights Campaign, America’s "largest LGBTQ civil rights organization," which supposedly "envision[s] a world where LGBTQ people are ensured equality at home, at work [and] in every community." Andy Ngo, who has written for Quillette, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post and other publications, happens to be gay. So this is where we are right now: A staffer for a human-rights organization dedicated to helping gay people is publicly cheering the beating of a gay man. This should raise an eyebrow. The idea that one’s disagreement with Ngo’s point of view disqualifies him from the physical protection granted to other ordinary citizens proved to be quite common in the aftermath of Ngo’s beating. Aymann Ismall, a staff writer at Slate, for example, tweeted: "I’d argue what the fear mongering he’s done against Muslims plus the work he’s done to discredit hate crimes, helped create an atmosphere of violence that vulnerable people all have to live through just for being who they are. This is bad, but he’s guilty of worse." Writer Jesse Singal, responding to this spate of violence apologism among Social Justice progressives, put it best with four words: "awful, awful, awful, awful." It goes on and dissects how leftist intellectuals and academics have redefined words so that any speech they don't like is violence, which justifies their violence as righteous self-defense. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy |
| #2 Reply if it is also true that women in short skirts are "asking for it and they want to be raped"? It seems victim blaming may be more selective once the pink haired once preferred groups are treated the same. But then of course the left is all about treating people differently based on what group they say they belong to. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-07-22 08:06 |
| #1 Yes, yes. And eggs VS omelets. Commie assh*les... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-07-22 07:12 |