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Trumpland, MA: Attorney general reports 400 calls to hate line in first week
By adamg on Mon, 11/21/2016 - 10:58pm
WGBH reports:
In Springfield, a Puerto Rican couple woke up to have their door keyed, ‘go home.’ In Attleboro, we saw graffiti in the schools, the N-word and the KKK. Last week, there were Ku Klux Klan newspapers dropped on doorsteps in the town of Milford. We had reports of a black woman and her daughter who claimed to have been run off the road - literally, they were in their car.
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okay deniers please step forward
let's see the people who were in denial about there being a wave of hate crimes
i will wait right here for you to out yourself and try to explain how there are so many people simultaneously lying
Do you have proof all 400 of
Do you have proof all 400 of these calls are legitimate?
interesting...
your reaction is to delegitimize the story, not "damn. that is fuked up. that is not american values".
stay classy.
Do you think Americans aren't
Do you think Americans aren't racist?
Could be a good way for the snowflakes to protest....
It's getting cold out there... sit home with shades drawn, lights off, and blankets over the head...call the number with BS stories and nothing happens if you're lying anyway....
plus, Adam doesn't label the "Trumpland" retractions accordingly so that factors in somewhere...
TrumpLand, MA fake-out
A single instance out of 400 would be abhorrent. An equally disgusting mindset is creating racial discord under the guise to 'bring attention to the effects of the presidential election on many within our community'. Unfortunately stories such as this incident at Williams College in Williamstown MA are routinely ignored as it does not fit with the greater narrative of white nationalism running wild due to a Trump presidency.
http://williamsrecord.com/2016/11/16/two-students-admit-to-vandalizing-g...
Dear college students
Stop being such fucking morons, mkay? There are enough actual incidents without you making shit up.
The fact that these people
The fact that these people don't know that Puerto Rico is a U.S. territory and that Puerto Rican's are natural born U.S. citizens shows the kind of ignorance and stupidity we're dealing with here.
Isn't it the job of the
Isn't it the job of the police to record and investigate these matters? The AG is overstepping her jurisdiction for political reasons. Each incident should be reported to the police first. Not to some intern staffer on a hotline.
The Attorney General? Responding to CRIMES?!?!!?
I get the vapors just thinking about it!!!
Sometimes yes, sometimes no
Keying someone's door is a matter for the police. Being an obnoxious ignorant cousin-marrying racist shithead in public and yelling a racist insult at someone isn't, but it is a bias incident that's worth recording and tracking.
Yelling stuff at people in
Yelling stuff at people in public is, in fact, disturbing the peace at the very least, regardless of the racial content.
Healy KEEPS overstepping her role for political gain
Voters screwed up worse electing her authoritarianism than electing Trump.
Her interpretation of gun laws was just the beginning.
Now that she joined the witch hunt against Exxon-Mobil, she doesn't want to have to obey laws and judges when it comes to testifying in what she co-started. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2016/11/ag_healey_vows_t...
When they came for the oil companies...
I was silent.
Actions speak louder than words
Lets get started prosecuting the hate mongers. So far the only one who has done anything is DA Dan Connolly who had the three haters arrested and charged with civil rights violation when they brutally beat a female immigrant on a red line train.
Does anyone know if a go fund me page has been set up to help the poor immigrant woman I would like to contribute.
Due to the protected class
Due to the protected class status of the offenders versus the victim, the offenders are more likely to have a Go Fund Me page. I admit I am not up to date with the entitlements of protected classes, such as the extra protections for illegal immigrants and extra protections for legal immigrants that immigrants with citizenship are not entitled to. I now know that illegal immigrants who get their section-8 door paint scratched up get to contact the DA directly while most citizens have to call the non-emergency police number.
Lets add to what you "now
Lets add to what you "now know", and that is Puerto Ricans aren't illegal immigrants.
Mensa candidate
You have heard of Puerto Rico right? You know it's part of the United States right?
Oh, waitaminute, you're an ignorant racist asshole. I'm sorry. I thought you were an actual rational person there for a minute. Go on with your bad self. Wouldn't want to get in the way of a good froth-fest.
you're an ignorant racist
Such hatred for admitting that I do not know exactly how you prefer your race and immigrant classes put in proper order of societal and governmental entitlement.
Jesus. Is there a victim mentality website that keeps up to date with these things? I know that Puerto Ricans lost a few victim points with the US Territory thing, but unless something has changed since Chico and the Man, I think that Puerto Ricans get to call the DA directly for quality of life problems.
Victim mentality
Thanks for demonstrating yours.
Won't someone speak up for the poor put-upon majority who just can't be expected to behave themselves appropriately in public? JUST SO UNFAIIIIRRRR!
-- Won't someone speak up for
-- Won't someone speak up for the poor put-upon majority who just can't be expected to behave themselves appropriately in public? --
When VCR's came out for consumer use, I bet you were wicked jazzed to be able to replay video to the exact point when Bugs Bunny switches the back-and-forth argument around and then you would proudly announce that you figured out his trickery.
No, wait. You are clearly not capable of grasping that concept. It seems I have a few more back and forths before Elmer konks you.
Um... Harrumph, good sir. Oh a -bope-a-dope-o-bobo. I certainly can be expected to behave myself appropriately in public.
VCR? Chico and the Man? Your time machine needs a tuneup!
Are you really basing your beliefs about civil rights procedures on a 42 year old sitcom?!
You misjudge him
It's not the 42-year-old sitcom, it"s the 60-year-old cartoon. That's where the truly deep wisdom is found.
I do have to give you credit
Not many people are tenacious enough to keep their "I'm too much of a bumbling fool to understand what words mean" schtick going this long. You've got staying power, kid.
I understand words good. I
I understand words good. I understand people more gooder.
Rick: Your sister's boss gave me a microscope that would have made me retarded.
Morty: Ooo, oh boy Rick, I-I don't think you're allowed to say that word. Ya know?
Rick: Uh Morty, I'm not disparaging the differently abled. I'm stating the fact that if I had used this microscope it would have made me mentally retarded.
Morty: Ok but yeah, I don't think it's about logic, Rick. I-I think the word has just become a symbolic issue for powerful groups that feel like they're doing the right thing.
Rick: Well that's retarded.
That's absolutely disgusting.
We now have President-elect Donald J. Trump, who will allow the haters among the general population(s) here in the United States, generally, to run amok, and call all the shots, and do whatever the hell they please to whomever they please1 It's downright disgusting. What were the American people really thinking when they voted this bigoted, arrogant, bloviating shenanigan into the White House in the first place?
Not all Americans
The majority of Americans who voted voted against him; it's only a quirk of American history that he will be taking the oath of office.
Adam - thanks for posting these things
People are trying to pretend these are isolated incidents, not real, not reflective of the incoming administration, etc. When Neo Nazis think they are now establishment and descend on DC shouting Heil Trump, it's more than just a few incidents. When I read about Trump complaining that the NY Times "making" him look like he has a double chin (similar to complaining they made it look like he has a nose btw), my first thought was Kim Jong Trump - stop acting like a dictator if you don't like the comparisons. (my new fave after Trumpilstiltskin - also Trumpilthinskin.)
Good point, adamg.
This:
is undoubtedly correct. FBI Agt. Comey (who, btw, was appointed by President Barack Obama.), threw a monkey wrench into this year's POTUS Election, which isn't surprising, given Comey's record of dirty work. Hillary Clinton may not have been the best Candidate for POTUS, but she would've been far better than Donald Trump, I'm sure.
This is what really bugs me
This is what really bugs me about Trump voters screaming "He won! We voted for him! Why should New York and California decide for us?"
Maybe because what he does directly and indirectly will affect way more people in New York and California? Why does your vote count more just because you live in cow country? Voting should be by population count, regardless of whether a republican or a democrat wins.
Not a quirk
How is it a quirk that Trump will be taking office having "the majority of Americans voting against him"? The majority of Americans also voted against Clinton. In fact, the majority of Americans voted against Bill Clinton in both 1992 and 1996. Nobody named Clinton has ever "won" the popular vote. In all three elections, enough voters threw away their votes with third party candidates that it kept anyone from winning (or losing) with an absolute majority of the popular vote.
Not sure why I bother to
Not sure why any of this matters, but anyway..
Clinton had more votes in 1996 than Dole and Perot, combined. I suppose you're counting all other candidates as well.
Can't understand the Trump
Can't understand the Trump inclined voters knee-jerk reaction to deny that Americans are seething with racism and that these incidents are 100% true.
Why is it so hard to say, I find racism abhorent, but I voted for Trump based on his ____policy?
Speak up, Trumpkins!