https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211280299Now, I absolutely do not condone any of this. Never have and never will. But, this is an interesting thread I've been watching for a couple of days. I kind of thought it might grow and I didn't want to kill it. It's kind of fizzled out, but I can't help wondering why none of the DUmmies bring up that this is exactly how they act! Sarah Sanders trying to eat. Ted Cruz trying to eat. Vigils and protests in front of people's private homes. Kavanaugh's home vandalized and they had to go into hiding. This list is very long.
ehrnst (15,850 posts)
1st Black Female Legislator in Vermont Resigns after White Supremacist Threats.
BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Voters in this very liberal, very white state made Kiah Morris a pioneer when in 2014 they elected her as its first black female legislator. Two years later, another Vermont surfaced: racist threats that eventually forced her to leave office in fear and frustration.
After she won the Democratic primary for re-election to the state legislature in 2016, someone tweeted a cartoon caricature of a black person at her, along with a vulgar phrase rendered in ebonics. The tweeter threatened to come to rallies and stalk her, Morris said. She won a protective order against him but once that expired, the harassment continued, she said.
The harassment escalated into a break-in while the family was home, vandalism and death threats seen by her young son. Even after she announced she wouldn’t seek re-election, despite running unopposed, a group of youths pounded on her windows and doors at night, forcing her and her husband, convalescing after heart surgery, to leave town.
Finally, in late September, she resigned.
“There’s obviously online harassment that can happen, and that’s a part of our social media world right now, but then when things started happening in everyday life, that’s when it becomes really worrisome and terrifying,” she said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.
uponit7771 (49,961 posts)
1. Where are Vermont's law enforcement ?!?! This is beyond disgusting !!!
Hmmm ... maybe the town's mayor told them to 'pull back' and just let them get it out of their system? Ya think?
ehrnst (15,850 posts)
3. My understanding is that once white working class men are earning what they want to earn
All these other things "will be made right."
Just like things are in European countries with Socialist Democracies are for people of color, muslims and immigrants right now.
Uh ... What?
Ilsa (49,910 posts)
9. This is MOB terrorism, and the perps need to be arrested.
The FBI wouldn't put up with that with anyone in Congress. Why isn't the Vermont equivalent going after these thugs?
Again, Uh ... What?! Y'all have been harassing the ever loving shit out of everyone you can find in a public setting!
Wounded Bear (24,619 posts)
33. I really wasn't defending the RW assholes for their violent actions...
I was just pointing out that the State has a strong conservative (the traditional type) presence.
I'm pretty sure the RW violence is a new thing, and yes, law enforcement should take them down.
Well, they're fed up with sitting on the sidelines while the leftists run roughshod over the rest of the population.
Ferrets are Cool (3,542 posts)
30. This is America?
How long till journalist begin disappearing in THIS country?
I feel so sorry for Kiah Morris. This is not supposed to be allowed to happen.
You're damned right it shouldn't be allowed to happen. And I don't think the kindness of the right is going to last much longer. If the left would pull back you would have NO violence or scenes made in restaurants.
KC
