Posted on 07/04/2017 7:28:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
(CNN) The Reddit user who initially claimed credit for President Donald Trump's tweet that showed Trump tackling CNN issued an apology Tuesday for the video and other offensive content he posted -- one day after CNN identified the man behind the account and attempted to make contact with him.
Reddit user "HanA**holeSolo" first shared the GIF last Wednesday of Trump pummeling a wrestler with CNN's logo imposed on his face. CNN could find no earlier instance of the GIF. The GIF was later edited into a video with sound and tweeted by the President on Sunday. On Reddit, "HanA**holeSolo" took credit for inspiring the tweet. Soon after, "HanA**holeSolo's" other posts on Reddit, some of which included racist and anti-Semitic imagery, quickly circulated on social media.
Now the user is apologizing, writing in a lengthy post on Reddit that he does not advocate violence against the press and expressing remorse there and in an interview with CNN for other posts he made that were racist and anti-Semitic.
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I read that CNN nailed him down through FaceButt.
Somebody should photoshop CNN exec and on-air talent heads on Kathy Griffin’s Trump beheading pic.
That would spread like wildfire.
I hope this blows the deal or sinks TimeWarner.
Probably a longshot like you said, but one can hope.
He needs a Cheka badge.
That’s a nice post you got there, Maurice Tift of 1324 Pine Lane. Shame if anything were to happen to it.
CNN thinks it is OK to threaten private citizens who create a parody video. So much for their belief in the First Amendment.
They really are the Communist News Network.
Two Girls, One CNN.
4chan going to start a meme war against CNN.
May go ahead and doxx every member of CNN.
They are really mad that they threatened a kid for a simple Gif the President used and then threatened him.
CNN has entered “The Twilight Zone”.
Number 5 could be called ‘the CNN clause’.
A person is guilty of coercion in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of coercion in the second degree, and when:
1. He or she commits such crime by instilling in the victim a fear that he or she will cause physical injury to a person or cause damage to property.
One could argue that by releasing his name could cause physical injury to him since there were many angry comments against him by the left ( possibly some death threats )
CNN is worse than hitler..even hitler had enough sense not to do this this early in the game...CNN is pure evil..blackmail to the highest degree
Yep. CNN has now brought the wrath of the Internet upon them. It would suck to be CNN.
CNN not only has the ideology of the old soviets, it’s now using the same tactics. Maybe they played ‘sign ze paper old man’ whilst they hog tied him. This is the most disgusting use of intimidation by the totslitarian press I have ever seen. Zucker and Zuckerberg are enemies of freedom. Wanna bet they will be sifting FR for name and shaming.
I hope this backfires BIGLY on #CNNBlackmail.
Can’t wait to read those journalists emails showing what racists they are..and reading about how they boing every intern in the office thank you James o Keefe your work is done CNN is literally destroying themselves
It’s that doxxing part from CNN that will get the DeepNet involved. They are not to keen on that.
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