Muda69 Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 https://www.dailywire.com/news/49862/walsh-erica-thomas-matt-walsh Quote Hate crime hoaxes have become a tried and true American tradition. We can generally count on a spate of high profile hoaxes to mark each season, especially since President Trump was elected. This past fall, college hoaxers carried most of the load. A racist message posted to a dorm room door at Kansas State turned out to be written by the supposed victim. A student at Ohio University received anti-gay death threats that she had sent to herself. The winter featured two all-time great hoaxes with Jussie Smollett staging a racist assault on himself and the media turning a group of innocent high school kids into a roving gang of dangerous bigots. Neither of these quite rose to the level of, say, the infamous Clock Boy Hoax, but they came close. Spring was a slow time for hate hoax fans. Fortunately, Canada gave us a little something to snack on as we waited for the summer hoaxing season to begin. A Jewish-run restaurant in Winnipeg was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti which the Jewish owners had themselves applied. The summer is usually primetime for the classic "racist message left on restaurant receipt" hoax — my favorite genre, personally — but Democratic Representative Erica Thomas decided to stray from that script this week. Thomas claimed that a racist white man verbally assaulted her for bringing too many items into the express lane at the grocery store, calling her "lazy" and telling her to go back where she came from. Hate hoax connoisseurs could sense the phoniness immediately. Democrats had spent the previous week claiming that Trump's "go back" tweets were not only racist but symptomatic of a greater cultural trend. And then — what do you know — a Democratic politician goes to the grocery store and finds herself in a situation that proves exactly the point the Democrats has been making. Sadly, life is rarely so politically convenient — unless you engineer it that way. Sure enough. Erica Thomas engineered it. After being confronted by the alleged racist, Eric Sparkes — a Cuban Democrat, as it happens — she immediately began changing her story. The police report delivered the final blows to her credibility. The police were not able to find a single witness who could corroborate Thomas' version of events. In fact, one witness reported that Thomas was the one who said "go back where you came from." A description of the security camera footage indicates that Thomas was also the aggressor, coming toward Sparkes and wagging her finger while he backed away. If there was any racism in this exchange, it seems that Thomas is the one who supplied it. All of this hoaxing is peculiar. We are assured by the Left that America is a racist country where white supremacists roam free. Bigotry is endemic. Racism lies at the very foundation of all of our major societal institutions, they tell us. Strange, then, to see members of racial and ethnic minorities inventing fake occurrences of racism. Why should that be necessary, if racism is as rampant as they say? If there is such a surplus of bigotry, why was Erica Thomas stuck with the homemade variety? Why would someone who wishes to be the victim of racism have to conjure it out of thin air in a country where racism is allegedly so common? Indeed, how could anyone have that wish to begin with? How could they ever develop the desire to be victimized by racism if they live in a country where racism is an everyday reality? Real victims don't treat victimhood like a game. I'm not saying that racism doesn't exist in America. Of course there is racism here. There is racism everywhere. But America is one of the least racist nations in the history of the world, and people like Erica Thomas must know that or else they wouldn't go through this trouble. Maybe we should all try having a little gratitude for the great strides our country has made. This seems much healthier than Thomas and Smollett's approach. Good question by Mr. Walsh. And as one of the comments to his commentary states: If America Is A Racist Country: 1. why is there 900,000 at the border dying to get in ? 2. Why do people apply for visa's : In fiscal year 2017, the United States issued 9,681,913 non-immigrant visas and 559,536 immigrant visas. 3. Why aren't people leaving? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteEstonia Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Muda69 said: 3. Why aren't people leaving? Most countries won’t take Americans as immigrants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 53 minutes ago, DanteEstonia said: Most countries won’t take Americans as immigrants. Define "most". I have a relative who was born in America and is now also a citizen of a EU country. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzoron Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 18 minutes ago, Muda69 said: Define "most". I have a relative who was born in America and is now also a citizen of a EU country. There’s 1 who left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, gonzoron said: There’s 1 who left. It wasn't due to racism, rather love. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteEstonia Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 46 minutes ago, Muda69 said: Define "most". I have a relative who was born in America and is now also a citizen of a EU country. Which country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 23 minutes ago, DanteEstonia said: Which country? What does it matter to you? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzoron Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Muda69 said: It wasn't due to racism, rather love. Love of Socialism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted July 25, 2019 Author Share Posted July 25, 2019 1 minute ago, gonzoron said: Love of Socialism? No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial_Observer Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 2 hours ago, DanteEstonia said: Most countries won’t take Americans as immigrants. I'm calling BS. Can you at least name a few? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 20 hours ago, DanteEstonia said: Most countries won’t take Americans as immigrants. ROFLOL...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanteEstonia Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 1 hour ago, swordfish said: ROFLOL...... Have you ever seen the immigration visa requirements for Australia and New Zealand? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabash82 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 I love the "logic" of pieces like this: because some people falsely claimed they were victims of racism, that somehow indicates that actual acts of racism must not be occurring? I guess we can advise our wives and daughters and female friends to relax -- since some women have been caught lying about being raped, that must mean that real rapes don't actually happen much. And the thread deviates into a demand for statistical support for Dante's (admittedly inane) statement about other countries closing their doors to Americans, yet no one has questioned exactly what evidence this essay's author relies on when he makes the bald assertion that, "America is one of the least racist countries in the history of the world...." Measured how? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impartial_Observer Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 23 minutes ago, DanteEstonia said: Have you ever seen the immigration visa requirements for Australia and New Zealand? Australia+New Zealand=Most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 20 minutes ago, Wabash82 said: I love the "logic" of pieces like this: because some people falsely claimed they were victims of racism, that somehow indicates that actual acts of racism must not be occurring? I guess we can advise our wives and daughters and female friends to relax -- since some women have been caught lying about being raped, that must mean that real rapes don't actually happen much. And the thread deviates into a demand for statistical support for Dante's (admittedly inane) statement about other countries closing their doors to Americans, yet no one has questioned exactly what evidence this essay's author relies on when he makes the bald assertion that, "America is one of the least racist countries in the history of the world...." Measured how? Here is one methodology: http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/most-racist-countries/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARRYOSAMA Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Egypt - 85% unfavorable view of Americans Jordan - 85% unfavorable (9% more than 10 years ago) Turkey - 73% unfavorable Palestine - 72% Russia - 71% Belarus - 69% Iraq - 67% Mexico - 65% Pakistan - 65% Greece - 63% Iran - 61% Spain - 60% Netherlands - 59% Lebanon - 59% Argentina - 57% Austria - 55% Slovenia - 54% Tajikistan - 54% Sweden - 51% Canada - 51% China - 49% Australia - 48% Tunisia - 47% Germany 47% Chile - 47% 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muda69 Posted July 26, 2019 Author Share Posted July 26, 2019 1 hour ago, BARRYOSAMA said: Egypt - 85% unfavorable view of Americans Jordan - 85% unfavorable (9% more than 10 years ago) Turkey - 73% unfavorable Palestine - 72% Russia - 71% Belarus - 69% Iraq - 67% Mexico - 65% Pakistan - 65% Greece - 63% Iran - 61% Spain - 60% Netherlands - 59% Lebanon - 59% Argentina - 57% Austria - 55% Slovenia - 54% Tajikistan - 54% Sweden - 51% Canada - 51% China - 49% Australia - 48% Tunisia - 47% Germany 47% Chile - 47% Source please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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