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Matthew Shepard, Trayvon Martin and the Power of Leftist Myth
Townhall.com ^ | September 19, 2013 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 09/19/2013 7:03:11 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 09/19/2013 7:03:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Years ago, a man named Whitaker Chambers was demonized as a lunatic, and an opportunist for accusing (correctly) a man named Alger Hiss of being a communist.

Journalism in the US has not improved. Media doesn’t regard facts to be as important as the story, and are eager to smudge the truth to press a hot issue.


2 posted on 09/19/2013 7:10:31 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Kaslin
" But there is no need to fudge the facts in order to combat them."

I see what you did there.

3 posted on 09/19/2013 7:12:33 AM PDT by Edward Teach
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To: Kaslin

The left is also deifying Harvey Milk.

There is a Harvey Milk Foundation, which I’m sure is similar to the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

Wait for Trayvon’s momma to start a foundation for him.

In San Diego, in the Hillcrest neighborhood, which has a big proportion of “gay” residents, they recently opened “Harvey Milk’s American Diner”. This diner promises to deliver 1% of gross sales to the Harvey Milk Foundation.

Liberal icons are out there for us to worship.


4 posted on 09/19/2013 7:17:51 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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So, after all the media hype, it turns out Matthew Shepperd was NOT targeted by randoms strangers and killed for being gay.

And this was one of the cases that started much of the ‘gay’ activism.

The MEDIA’s role in all this has to be examined, along with their role for covering up Obama’s background and the socialist agenda of the democraps. (That even many registered democrats - like most America-loving unions workers don't even know about) The MEDIA is the biggest enemy of The Constitution.

5 posted on 09/19/2013 7:17:54 AM PDT by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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The Left never lets facts and the truth get in the way of a good lie that will advance their cause, My FRiend.


6 posted on 09/19/2013 7:20:03 AM PDT by sport
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“The trouble with our liberal friends (sic) is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn’t so.” .... Ronald Maximus Reagan
7 posted on 09/19/2013 7:20:25 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Kaslin

Over the last few years, I have come to realize just how much of Liberalism has been built on Mythology. Even in cases where things were “true”, they left out facts that would make the incident less meaninful. For example, the whole Rosa Parks thing, I only fairly recently learned the entire story..


8 posted on 09/19/2013 7:25:34 AM PDT by Paradox (Unexpected things coming for the next few years.)
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We do not respond to innuendo, rumor or conspiracy theories. Instead, we recommit ourselves to honoring Matthew's memory, and refuse to be intimidated by those who seek to tarnish it."

Hmmm. This is reminiscent of Planned Parenthood and its continued 'honoring' of its racist eugenicist founder Margaret Sanger.

9 posted on 09/19/2013 7:26:42 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

It’s going to get even worse.

I guarantee there will be a Harvey Milk Day, just like MLK Day.

And it’s only a matter of time until the Navy christens the USS Harvey Milk.


10 posted on 09/19/2013 7:29:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Kaslin

In the tradition of Horst Wessel and Pavlik Morozov.


11 posted on 09/19/2013 7:30:31 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Kaslin
Without the anti-gay narrative, the Matthew Shepard Foundation stops making money. If there is ever a Trayvon Martin Foundation, it will also be about making money off the leftist narrative surrounding his death.
12 posted on 09/19/2013 7:30:41 AM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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"...anti-gay hatred must be wiped from the map."

It really depends how you define "gay" (a perfectly fine word that has been corrupted to mean homosexual or sodomite). If "gay" refers to the sinner -- absolutely we should not hate the sinner. We are all sinners washed clean only through the cleansing blood of our Saviour who came to save sinners. If "gay" refers to the sin (sodomy, homosexuality, etc) - absolutely we should be "anti-gay". Sin is to be hated and fought. It destroys. It is evil.

Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

And even worse, it separates us from God.

Psalms 66:18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me

For God is of purer eyes to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity...

13 posted on 09/19/2013 7:38:37 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: Kaslin
Contrary to popular belief, history is written by those that write.

Conservatives need to find some way to get younger conservatives into communications/media.

14 posted on 09/19/2013 7:41:40 AM PDT by freerepublicchat
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To: Dilbert San Diego

There already IS a Trayvon Martin Foundation.

Both of his parents are “employees”, which is why neither of them have to work anymore.

http://trayvonmartinfoundation.org/


15 posted on 09/19/2013 7:57:17 AM PDT by digger48
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To: The_Victor
If there is ever a Trayvon Martin Foundation,

see post #15

16 posted on 09/19/2013 7:59:21 AM PDT by digger48
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Wow. Trayvon’s momma, who didn’t even raise him full time after the age of 2, has discovered how to make money so she doesn’t have to work at a real job anymore.


17 posted on 09/19/2013 8:01:13 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

That’s why they had to have an arrest and a trial.

Without it... no payout for the “victim”


18 posted on 09/19/2013 8:03:26 AM PDT by digger48
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To: Dilbert San Diego
The left is also deifying Harvey Milk.

The real story on Harvey Milk.

19 posted on 09/19/2013 8:21:39 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (Islam offers choices: convert, submit, or die.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Every donation gets you a hemp bag with purple drank, skittles, and a ‘don’t be a snitch’ tee-shirt in it.


20 posted on 09/19/2013 8:24:56 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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