Right Wingers Seize on Horrific Torture Story to Smear Black Lives Matter
In a terrible story from Chicago, four African Americans are now in custody for allegedly kidnapped a mentally disabled man and torturing him, broadcasting it live on Facebook.
Right wing blogs and Twitter demagogues immediately seized on the story, of course, doing their best to spread the absolutely false meme that the perpetrators are connected to Black Lives Matter, using the hashtag #BLMKidnapping. In the half-hour video, none of the suspects mention Black Lives Matter, and BLMChicago tweeted a condemnation and disavowal after the smears started.
Some people are disgusting. Your making jokes!?What happened to the teenager is terrible & tragic. However it has nothing to do with BLM. pic.twitter.com/f7qit5Ym6z
— BLMChicago (@BLMChi) January 5, 2017
@Buckingshitup how about we haven’t had the opportunity since we’re been tagged and directly associated with it. Of course we condemn it!
— BLMChicago (@BLMChi) January 5, 2017
Note that the right wingers spreading this disgusting (and racist) fake story are the exact same people who pitched a gigantic fit about the accusations that they regularly circulate fake news, throwing the label at every major news site (and at LGF too!). But here they are, right back at the fake news game at the first opportunity.
Two of the most vicious and relentless purveyors of the #BLMKidnapping lies are Alex Jones crony and chemtrails aficionado Paul Joseph Watson and mouth-breathing rape apologist Mike Cernovich. Notice that Cernovich is yelling about “fake news” in the same tweets that push this fake story. These are truly two of the worst people on the Internet.
#BLMKidnapping is the hashtag to get this story trending. https://t.co/gNaBrifiLm
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 5, 2017
When anti-white racism is so entrenched that it becomes a BuzzFeed/MTV meme, yes it’s obviously going to lead to hate crimes. #BLMKidnapping
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 5, 2017
#BlackLivesMatter is an ideology, not a single group. BLM ideology is based on anti-white race hatred.
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 5, 2017
99% of the fake news media is using the #BLMKidnapping video as pornography. That is how much they hate, how sickening they are.
— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) January 5, 2017
#BLMKidnapping is Barack Obama’s legacy. Racial hatred is what he brought to America. He is America’s first terrorist-President.
— Mike Cernovich 🇺🇸 (@Cernovich) January 5, 2017
