Journalist who profiled Melania Trump hit with barrage of antisemitic abuse

[G_j]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/28/julia-ioffe-journalist-melania-trump-antisemitic-abuse

Journalist Julia Ioffe has experienced this kind of harassment before: in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

In the 24 hours since her profile of Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, appeared in GQ magazine, the Russian-American journalist has received a torrent of antisemitic, vitriolic and threatening messages from supporters of the Republican frontrunner.

In the deeply disturbing response to her piece, Ioffe said she sees a frightening future of what freedom of the press – and the country – might look like under a president Trump.

“What happens if Donald Trump is elected?” Ioffe said. “We’ve seen the way he bids his supporters to attack the media, his proposal to change libel laws to make it easier to sue journalists.”

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[CompanyFirstSergeant]

1. Nasty.

Very Nasty.

[Botany]

2. Trump's people

From the link

The harassment from Trump supporters is not directly linked to the candidate. Yet he has fomented a culture of violence at his rallies, encouraging supporters to retaliate against protesters. He once offered to pay the legal fees for a man who sucker punched a protester at his rally. He also failed to immediately disavow former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who said he supports Trump’s candidacy. His campaign has been contacted for comment.

On Thursday, Ioffe answered a phone call from an anonymous caller who played a Hitler speech. She received another call from “Overnight Caskets”. On Twitter, users posted photos of her face superimposed on a mug shot from Auschwitz. The Daily Stormer, a white supremacist site, attacked Ioffe in a blog post titled: “Empress Melania Attacked by Filthy Russian Kike Julia Ioffe in GQ!”

[gratuitous]

6. "Not directly linked to the candidate"

Trump just has the worst luck, doesn't he? So many people who claim to be his followers and supporters who turn out to be raving bigots and violent extremists, it's got to be discouraging for Trump don't you think? Here he is, just a guy from New York City trying to get elected to high office, and all these hooligans are inexplicably drawn to his campaign! Just terrible.

[Botany]

8. Make America Great Again = Make the President White Again

The % of Trump supporters is roughly = to the % of Ameriocans who can not stomach
the fact that a black man is POTUS. President Obama has done one of the best jobs in
history as POTUS and it is killing them and Trump has tapped into their anger.

gratuitous


http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/01/obama-biggest-achievements-213487

[AngryAmish]

3. /pol/

[Behind the Aegis]

4. Not surprising.

Anti-Semitism is a favorite among many groups, especially those who easily dismiss it out-of-hand.

[malaise]

5. Well it's the press who gave him all this free time

Fuck them all

[KamaAina]

7. Trump's Jewish son-in-law could not be reached for comment.

[joeybee12]

9. The whole tRump Crime Family is nasty and thin-skinned...nt

[tenderfoot]

10. This is nothing - liberals are resorting to violence protesting Trump - who's side are you on?