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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts)
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 02:09 AM Jun 2017

Katie McHugh, Breitbart News Reporter, Tweets Racist Remarks After London Terror Attack

Source: International Business Times


BY PRITHA PAUL @ZIGGYZINA143 ON 06/05/17 AT 12:44 AM


Katie McHugh, a Breitbart reporter, demonstrated exactly why her publication has been branded with terms such as “racist,” “fascist” and “hate site” in the past by people, after she posted an anti-Muslim remark on Twitter, in the aftermath of the terrorist attack in London on Saturday.

While the rest of the world offered condolences and prayers for the families of the victims, McHugh took to Twitter to blame the attack on Muslims living in the U.K.

Reacting to McHugh's remark, Pej Vahdat, an Iranian-American actor, called her a “moron”. McHugh, however, was quick enough to lash back at her critic by incorrectly identifying his nativity as an “Indian,” which she posed as an insult.

. . .

"People think I'm kidding when I say this but the crusades need to come back,” Ryan Saavedra, another Breitbart writer, wrote after retweeting his fellow employee, McHugh’s tweet. Saavedra has since deleted his tweet but not before insinuating that the terror attacks will continue if no one takes a stern step against it.

Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/katie-mchugh-breitbart-news-reporter-tweets-racist-remarks-after-london-terror-attack-2547699

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Katie McHugh, Breitbart News Reporter, Tweets Racist Remarks After London Terror Attack (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2017 OP
Oh she was just joking right guys? /S bettyellen Jun 2017 #1
Yep, just a ..... LenaBaby61 Jun 2017 #2
I'm sure people who excused Maher are going to hide out and not comment- bettyellen Jun 2017 #3
Don't do that Bradical79 Jun 2017 #16
They both said bigoted things, whether you like it or not. bettyellen Jun 2017 #18
Is she sorry everyone is upset? n/t sarge43 Jun 2017 #8
Don't listen to what she "says". forgotmylogin Jun 2017 #10
A return to the Crusades, huh? Well, that should be interesting. icymist Jun 2017 #4
What the hell does she think the right is doing? They ARE doing crusades luvMIdog Jun 2017 #5
Crusades? History doesn't look kindly on that past, but anyone who advocates chelsea0011 Jun 2017 #6
Notice how the ones demanding a crusade are the ones least likely to fight in it. Crowman2009 Jun 2017 #7
Bannon's Acolyte Lonestarblue Jun 2017 #9
Tweeting filth like that joeybee12 Jun 2017 #11
"News" should be in quotes when following the name of that scum bucket site. EOM The Mouth Jun 2017 #12
People with last names like McHugh try to pretend IRA terrorism never happened IronLionZion Jun 2017 #13
She's a pro at spewing nasty, hateful tabloid garbage. not to many places left for her to "work" . Sunlei Jun 2017 #14
Anybody surprised by this breitbart shit? I'm sure as hell not. (nt) Paladin Jun 2017 #15
What's worse, she doesn't even understand the Crusades MosheFeingold Jun 2017 #17
There would've been no deadly terror attacks in the UK during the Troubles if Catholics didn't live onenote Jun 2017 #19
Oh, I'm shocked. Scruffy1 Jun 2017 #20
She got those weird "bug" eyes. roamer65 Jun 2017 #21

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
2. Yep, just a .....
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 02:53 AM
Jun 2017

Tiny little joke, no freedom of speech, oh wait--it's covered by BOTH. Libs need to get over it.

Now, about Griffin and Maher--they need to be burned alive at the stake ALIVE say thuglicans

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
3. I'm sure people who excused Maher are going to hide out and not comment-
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 03:03 AM
Jun 2017

Who wants to look like a hypocrite?

 

Bradical79

(4,490 posts)
16. Don't do that
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 10:35 AM
Jun 2017

Please don't try and distract from what's being said here to get a stupid dig at members of this forum and a comedian. Breitbart is a large white supremacist propaganda company operating out of the Whitehouse. The differrnce in the two situations isn't comparable in the least.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
18. They both said bigoted things, whether you like it or not.
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 12:31 PM
Jun 2017

Whether you enjoy his show or not, he's embarrassed liberals. Doubling down and making excuses to cover for him is uglier than his ugly mistake.

Apologists here mortify me. They think they're being "strategic" by standing in solidarity with a bigot, but it repulsed many of us. You don't get to sweep it under the rug. You don't get to ask me to shut up and give the mike to a bigot. Get over it.

forgotmylogin

(7,530 posts)
10. Don't listen to what she "says".
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 09:13 AM
Jun 2017

You have to look in her *heart*.

(Obvious steak knife joke not included for tact and sensitivity.)

icymist

(15,888 posts)
4. A return to the Crusades, huh? Well, that should be interesting.
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 03:15 AM
Jun 2017

I say we treat all radicals of religion, using it to justify subjugation and murder, treat them like we treated the pirates. No quarter.

chelsea0011

(10,115 posts)
6. Crusades? History doesn't look kindly on that past, but anyone who advocates
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 05:35 AM
Jun 2017

in the 21st Century of bringing them back is one racist POS.

Crowman2009

(2,497 posts)
7. Notice how the ones demanding a crusade are the ones least likely to fight in it.
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 06:06 AM
Jun 2017

Or will die quickly once they don't have access to their diabetes/cholesterol medication. Not to mention the low morale caused by lack of NFL/college/HS football.

Lonestarblue

(10,018 posts)
9. Bannon's Acolyte
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 07:45 AM
Jun 2017

Bannon sees Muslims as evil, and there will be a great clash of the religions as Christians fight the Muslims and wipe them off the face of the earth. How he thinks anyone would survive such an armageddon is mind boggling. The Trump policy against Muslims is a misguided Crusade, but one that will not end well for anyone. Spare me the religious fanatics--our right-wing so-called Christians and the fake Muslims of ISIS.

IronLionZion

(45,462 posts)
13. People with last names like McHugh try to pretend IRA terrorism never happened
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 09:47 AM
Jun 2017

for some reason.

It's the same reason why a certain demographic of people deny the mass murders and terrorism committed by white supremacists. Rise up by stepping on the heads of someone else.

People in UK have often told the Irish that they can improve their treatment from UK society and be considered more British if they throw POC under the bus.

No matter how many Katie McHughs, Ann Coulters, and Sarah Palins exist, there are some here desperately reminding us that the problem is male.

MosheFeingold

(3,051 posts)
17. What's worse, she doesn't even understand the Crusades
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 11:09 AM
Jun 2017

The popular history has been re-written during the heyday of the British Empire to make England (and Europe, in general) look grand and rather marshal. Later, this was re-written again to cast on it a bit of white-man's guilt to show how noble Europe is to have recognized the error of its conquering ways.

The truth is much less glorious. The Crusades (which is an overbroad term, spanning lots of different conflicts) was, in general, a defensive war against the Turks and others (generally Muslim) who, quite, literally almost conquered Europe and were stopped about at Vienna.

The fact Europe was almost conquered by a group that had better technology and were more advanced politically, industrially, and militarily is an inconvenient fact for the Eurocentric mindset.

onenote

(42,715 posts)
19. There would've been no deadly terror attacks in the UK during the Troubles if Catholics didn't live
Mon Jun 5, 2017, 01:03 PM
Jun 2017

there.....


She's an idiot.

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