Maxine Waters wrote:Is this story criticizing these men for being African American? I thought it was criticizing them for dragging a motorist out of his car and beating him while saying, "Hey, he voted for Trump." It's also exploring the reverse racist double standard that exits by posing the question, "How would the mainstream media treat this incident if the tables were turned?"
Did you see or hear anything in the video clip that suggested the attack was racially motivated besides the skin color of the perps and victim? Do you know who started the assault? Do you know what really happened after the assault? No, you don't.
You only know what you see in the small segment of a situation intended to fuel your own racism and it was successful. People who think like you feed off each other and this video was an all you can eat buffet.
Has "He voted for Trump" got anything at all to do with their skin color?
Your problem is that you simply cannot share an account without mentioning race. You don't see men and women, you see their color. Unless you can prove to me that the assault was racially motivated, you've got nothing to base your position on besides your own racism.
If the perps in that video had been white and the driver white, your post would have simply said "gang of thugs drag driver out of car in assault". But if that had been the case, I doubt that you would have thought it reportable at all because the racism is what you're after, not the story.