{"id":125096,"date":"2018-12-11T08:43:35","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=125096"},"modified":"2018-12-11T08:44:25","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:44:25","slug":"wp-were-white-men-we-did-everything-columbia-condemns-students-tirade-targeting-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=125096","title":{"rendered":"WP: \u2018We\u2019re white men. We did everything\u2019: Columbia condemns student\u2019s tirade targeting minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the epic rant, there&#8217;s not one negative word about minorities, but that doesn&#8217;t stop the Washington Post from lying. Why does the Post lie so often? Because it can.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disappointed, but not surprised. Twitter, do your thing<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CC_Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CC_Columbia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ColumbiaWhiteExcellence?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ColumbiaWhiteExcellence<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UCcyv4aII5\">pic.twitter.com\/UCcyv4aII5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aala (@aalanasir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aalanasir\/status\/1071689527943720960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Left&#8217;s basic instincts are totalitarian.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2018\/12\/11\/were-white-men-we-did-everything-columbia-condemns-students-tirade-targeting-minorities\/?utm_term=.e0ed733c911f\">From the Washington Post<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThrusting his arms into the frigid December air and waving them wildly, the bespectacled white Columbia University student bellowed, \u201cWhite people are the best thing that happened to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unfazed by the chorus of protests that erupted from his peers around him, including many students of color, the student became even more animated. Jumping around erratically, he screamed shrilly,\u201cWe are so amazing. I love myself. I love my people,\u201d before using profanity to praise \u201cwhite people\u201d and \u201cwhite men.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A 54-second video shared to Twitter captured the chaotic scene that unfolded outside an on-campus library early Sunday morning. The now-viral video has sparked widespread outrage, reigniting concerns about the treatment of minorities at prominent colleges and universities. In a statement on Sunday, Columbia University administrators \u201cunequivocally denounced\u201d the student\u2019s rant, describing it as a \u201cdeeply disturbing racially charged incident\u201d and announced that an investigation is underway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the epic rant, there&#8217;s not one negative word about minorities, but that doesn&#8217;t stop the Washington Post from lying. Why does the Post lie so often? Because it can. 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