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Originally Posted by Red Ice Player
https://www.vox.com/2018/8/3/1764470...acklash-racism
Here is a better explanation of the context of Sarah Joeng's "racist" tweets. Good on the New York times for not falling for the usual alt right BS manufactured outrage. She was reacting to gamergate style harassment, which she receives ceaselessly, and she apologized. She was screaming at trolls. She is actually a pretty good journalist. As an old white guy, I am not threatened by Sarah's words in the least, knowing the context.
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The concept that you could only be offended by these tweets if you are a follower of the alt right is pretty asinine. It's a great way to deflect responsibility of those comments.
Even if you assume that these tweets were retaliations against alt right trolls, how does that justify these comments against an entire race?
There are hundreds of tweets from her over several years that target white people. I was willing to accept the possibility of this being satire before I saw how rampant this actually was on her account.
Defranco nails it as usual.