Weekly Standard: It’s ‘likely’ that the swastika at Rep. Scott’s office is a ‘fake hate crime.’
Weekly Standard: It’s ‘likely’ that the swastika at Rep. Scott’s office is a ‘fake hate crime.’
This morning, Rep. David Scott (D-GA) discovered that someone had spray-painted a swastika on the sign at one of his district offices. On Twitter, various right-wing observers immediately began speculating that it was a staged stunt. Now, Weekly Standard writer John McCormack has legitimized these fringe perspectives:
In recent years self-inflicted hate crimes have come into vogue among certain citizens on the right and the left.
Of course sometimes “hate crimes” are real (for example, this spring a College Democrat desecrated crosses at George Washington University with graffiti and condoms). It’s possible that a neo-Nazi actually vandalized Rep. Scott’s offices. But given the fact that the Nazi imagery so neatly dovetails with the left’s smearing of health-care protesters as fascists, isn’t it more likely that this act of vandalism was committed by one of Scott’s supporters?
Scott’s press assistant Jennifer Wright was “taken aback — but mainly amused” by the Weekly Standard’s accusation. “Personally I think it’s funny that he thinks a David Scott supporter put the swastika on the sign,” Wright told TPM, “especially given what’s been happening in the media with the Congressman.”
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Hook a movie reel up to McCormack, because he is all about projection.
On the day that a guy with a gun shows up to the area where the NH Obama town hall took place, I don’t think accusing Democrats of faking hate crimes is plausible.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:03 pmOh No They Didn’t! A “Fake Hate Crime.” Are they serious? OMG! WTF? is going on with this Country. The inmates are running the asylum.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:04 pmY’know, I really like the Jewish family down the street, I think I’ll go paint a swastika on their window, just to show them how much I care….
Geebutz. Horatio Kreiste.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:04 pmI won’t believe it’s a self-inflicted hate crime until I see the backwards B scratched on Scott’s cheek.
/snark
August 11th, 2009 at 6:05 pmMethinks the Weekly Standard doth protest too much.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:06 pmThe Weekly Standard — Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah — get me a tissue — I am laughing so hard — bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
August 11th, 2009 at 6:06 pmAnd I guess the effigy of the the Congresssmen last week was a ‘Fake Hate Crime’ too? What is a hate crime to this people?
August 11th, 2009 at 6:11 pmOr like Kenneth Gladley, who faked serious injuries after a scuffle at a town hall event? Crazy conservatives think faking and blaming is the only way to get sympathy anymore.
Check out the TYT report on it:
August 11th, 2009 at 6:13 pmNote: The Weakly SubStandard will be closing early on Tuesday afternoon so their officers can get their sheets and hoods from the dry cleaners in time for their 7:30 Kla…er, board meeting…
August 11th, 2009 at 6:13 pmIsn’t it more likely that this act of vandalism was committed by one of Scott’s supporters?
No.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:17 pmP.D. says:
And I guess the effigy of the the Congresssmen last week was a ‘Fake Hate Crime’ too? What is a hate crime to this people?
August 11th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
That’s easy — a hate crime to these people is when someone calls them out for being a racist.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:18 pmBlame the victim. Typical.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:19 pmOf course sometimes “hate crimes” are real (for example, this spring a College Democrat desecrated crosses at George Washington University with graffiti and condoms).
Ah, now I get it. A “real hate crime” is one committed by a Democrat.
It’s really so simple!
August 11th, 2009 at 6:19 pmSuch compassion, huh? Here we have a man who is a victim of a hate crime, and these SOBs automaticaaly think ,”It’s fake!” These people are fringhtening. They have no conscience, no compassion, no morals, no empathy.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:20 pmSimply twisted comment by the Weekly Standard.
Who knew one could AstroHitler?
August 11th, 2009 at 6:23 pmI hope they got security video of whomever it was that committed this hate crime. I hope whomever it was gets arrested, prosecuted and imprisoned. One less vote for Republicans.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:26 pmthe right are experts at fake, deception, lies, sabotage, you name it.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:26 pmthey are like a demonic cancer inbred into American society.
We are a long way from getting this country on the right track once and for all as long as we have to deal with power hungry idiots.
For the record, my local tea party group has Nazi imagery on its website: http://www.prescottteaparty.org/
August 11th, 2009 at 6:29 pmThis country is done for all intents and purposes. The only way we could possibly bring it back from the precipice is to get rid of our democrat/republican one party system. The republicans are so dumbed-down that they only are capable of screaming in being insulting. The democrats spend their time trying to placate the republicans. Both of which are controlled by corporations. We need to try something new and as quickly as possible.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:32 pmI can’t believe the ignorance of Americans. Just listening to these ‘Protesters’ is telling. They make no sense, they have no facts, and they are scared. Of what? A government program like ‘Medicade’ or ‘Social Security’? No. They are afraid of the Multicultural Society that is America. These are the same people who hate immigrants, blacks or anyone else who isn’t white. They cling to conspiricy and inane arguments to justify their racism.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:32 pmYou are right flounder. The SS and the eagle with the wings, both used by the Nazis.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:33 pmOops, “screaming and” not “screaming in.”
August 11th, 2009 at 6:34 pmDontcha think if he were going to do it himself he’d use KKK messaging? Like a noose a cross?
What fcuking morons!
I’m surprised that, with all the surveillance technology, there is no footage of this happening.
PEACE
August 11th, 2009 at 6:37 pmIt is a sad state of affairs. We have this sudden explosion of swastikas, Nazi references, lynching references, final solution references and all just being spewed forth by the diabolical Democratic machine. Major money being spent by lobbyists and companies to inform the public of these heinous acts. Be very afraid America, the Democrats will stop at nothing, spend themselves into the poor house to get their message across! They will bus their troops to political gatherings, provide them with the talking points and methods to keep you from learning the truth! They want to kill your Grandma and make you eat her!
/real serious snark
August 11th, 2009 at 6:39 pmMcCormack (Repub): “isn’t it more likely that this act of vandalism was committed by one of Scott’s supporters?”
Is McCormack insane? Has he not seen any photos or videos of the Repub crazies with all the swastika signs at the “meetings”?? Has he not heard their hysterical rants, hatred, or heard about the death threats? It’s time to start labeling jerks like McCormack as what they are: uninformed, dishonest, deluded bigots. He’s sickening.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:41 pmBill Nigut, the Southeast Regional Director of the Anti-Defamation League
– - Holy molee, I went to high school with this guy!
August 11th, 2009 at 6:44 pmNot very likely you silly magazine.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:46 pmOh i am very sure he knows what he`s talking about, he knows this isn’t right but why not get a jump on crazy after all seems like they have some catching up to do. they were left a the station went the rushbo/becky train to looneyville pull out of shiny time train and rv park.
is this even a real paper
August 11th, 2009 at 6:47 pmImagine what would have happened to this armed clown, had he shown up outside a Bush rally. He probably would have been taken away by the Secret Service and never heard from again…
Do you know why those screaming right-wing protesters were so quiet at today’s health care reform town meeting with President Obama? It was the presence of armed Secret Service men who were ready to shoot to kill anyone perceived to be making a threat against the President. It is amazing how quiet and respectful these right-wing bullies and creeps become in the face of superior force. Bullies quickly become cowards.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:51 pmSpencer’s mom says:
Dontcha think if he were going to do it himself he’d use KKK messaging? Like a noose a cross?
I think the skinheads are the new KKK but they lean more nazi type of hate.
but i agree it would seem that a black congressperson would come up with a more identifiable emblem to use a a hate sign.
but theres our problem we think that they are smart enough to figure that out.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:52 pmOval@30, These guys are cowards. Remember during the election when at the McCain/Palin rally when that SOB showed up with that monkey doll? And when he noticed he was being filmed, he gave the doll to a CHILD. If that isn’t cowardly, I don’t know what is.
August 11th, 2009 at 6:54 pmJeez louise, David Scott is a very decent, very moderate Democr… oh crap. I forgot he’s Black! This is becoming more offensive every day. The more I think about it, the more I think about expatriating to Costa Rica. You know, Canada with Palm Trees.
Why in God’s name do I keep coming back to this state?
August 11th, 2009 at 6:57 pmflounder,
I grew up in northern AZ and this doesn’t surprise me in the least. The local newspaper of the White Mountains runs blatantly racist editorials every week. Obama is not a citizen, Obama is going to destroy our country if we don’t “stop” him, Obama is the AntiChrist.
I place some of the blame on the pioneer spirit, if you catch my drift.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:04 pmP.D. says
I do remember that as well, he was all smiles and high 5 type of happy and amused until he notice the camera. I bet that coward is also one who talks a big game all the time nothing but BS.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:06 pmSo The Weekly Standard is now in favor of hate crime legislation, or just hate crimes against Christian property, as stated in the article?
August 11th, 2009 at 7:06 pmLike 1. YoungSloshee said. Its all projection.
The repubs won with their Rove-ian tactics. But if something happens to the dems, it is obviously faked.
I also wonder if part of it could also be that if a teabagger-type were involved, that would shatter the idea that the repubs are perfect.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:06 pmnanlichi says:
flounder,
I grew up in northern AZ and this doesn’t surprise me in the least. The local newspaper of the White Mountains runs blatantly racist editorials every week. Obama is not a citizen, Obama is going to destroy our country if we don’t “stop” him, Obama is the AntiChrist.
I place some of the blame on the pioneer spirit, if you catch my drift.
must be around the kingman area?
August 11th, 2009 at 7:07 pmThe latest Republican idea about America is 300 million people, all doing their own thing and handing money over to corporations in the belief that someday they too will become rich.
Providing we don’t bankrupt the country by giving more money to those who already have too much or by funding all sorts of wars and incursions all over the world (where we help them set up socialized medicine) or run out of money here at home so our infrastructure collapses and then they get to really show how independent they are.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:11 pmStaged?! This is not a joke or a game! These wingnut tools disgust me! Chris Matthews is interviewing that wingnut fool who showed up at the Presidential town hall with a gun!? This guy doesn’t get why people are so upset about it?! WTF?!
August 11th, 2009 at 7:11 pmhormiga@40, That guy was all over the place. He didn’t make any sense. He is a Ron Paul Supporter (Or so he claims) who beleives ‘Medicare’ and Social Security should be disbannded. I don’t get it. Without those program the elderly would be dying in the streets. What is with these people?
August 11th, 2009 at 7:19 pmLikelier still?
That the Weekly Standard is a propaganda rag representing the interests of less than hlaf of a per cent of the American Public.
Birth-bagger Healthaviks are the enemies of a Free America.
And they’re dumb.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:24 pmPD – This guy clearly did not know what he was talking about he just seems completely loony like the rest of these tea baggers and birthers.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:24 pmI believe I heard Scott bragging about being a blue dog conservative the other day.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:25 pmFurther east, in the White Mountains, but Kingman has it’s share of throwbacks. Meth capital of the world, isn’t it?
Speaking of northern AZ and hate crimes being blamed on the victim (so I don’t get flagged for OT comments) in Flagstaff a black man was found hanging from a tree with his hands tied behind him. Officially it was a suicide.
That one really went overboard to make it look like a racist crime.
Might be an urban legend, don’t Snope it.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:26 pmI’m watching the Hardball interview now. This ought to be odd. Some of the answers:
When asked if the gun was loaded: “Wow…who would be silly enough to bring an unloaded firearm?”
When asked why he brought the gun to a Presidential event: “That’s not even a relevant question. The question is: ‘Why don’t people bear arms these days anymore?’”
On the history of people who carry guns to these events: “We just started ‘new history’. There was a peaceful…peaceful rally. No one was injured. No one on our side was alarmed. People in New Hampshire are used to seeing firearms. Maybe some of the people they bussed in from Massachusetts were alarmed, but we’re not really concerned about them…”
Oh. Oh no, he didn’t just call Massachusetts a “socialist state”. OH IT’S ON.
He thinks it was wrong to start Medicare and Social Security.
He’s acting as if an openly-carried gun is perfectly fine in New Hampshire. What an idiot. Complete buffoonery.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:37 pmPurple State says:
He’s acting as if an openly-carried gun is perfectly fine in New Hampshire. What an idiot. Complete buffoonery.
Before the trolls rip me for criticizing New Hampshire gun laws (it is legal to carry unconcealed), are people willing to let a guy with a gun get near any official, let alone the President? If this were an event for a Republican president, there’d be a huge panic.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:46 pmMore twisted sick logic from the sickos on the Reich.
Fcuk the Republic Fascist Party
August 11th, 2009 at 7:56 pmlike a child trying to frighten a monster from under his bed with a flashlight – only inexcusable and mortally dangerous.
August 11th, 2009 at 7:56 pmAin’t no way a lefty did it.
A liberal would have been artistic enough to draw a CADUCEUS,
August 11th, 2009 at 8:00 pmknowing that Rush’s dittoheads would see it as a nazi symbol.
Well, then he would have done a fake hate crime before the election..duh
BTW I notice some of the birfers are saying that Orly Taitz is a plant as well…to make the birfers look bad by her unprofessional conduct
August 11th, 2009 at 8:43 pmHere’s what is ‘weird’: For 8 years under George Bush, he and his supporters acted like Nazis. Fast forward 6 months and they’ll leaving their Nazi symbols all over the country! Okay, not weird….it’s scary.
August 11th, 2009 at 8:52 pmWell, if it wasn’t official before, it certainly is now:
They have completely lost their goddamn minds.
August 11th, 2009 at 9:19 pmNow is the time to write, call or email the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center. I’ve written to SPLC and talked to them on the phone about the wingnut hate mongers on radio and TV. I told them to speak up against these idiots: limbaugh, o’lielly, hannity, Fux Noise, beck, savage and other assorted KKKonservanazis. Have a press conference and announce that these people are inciting hatred.
If not, if it goes uncheck, it only gets more and more racist, more and more violent. These “birthers”, “teabaggers” and other assorted right wingnuts actually believe that they are the majority and that somehow Obama and the Democrats TOOK the nation away from them.
They will get violent. Mark my words. The day is coming.
Unless some puts a stop to it by silencing this hate mongering from the right, they won’t stop.
If they sieze power next election like they did with bu$h, shame on us.
“When FASCISM comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag
August 11th, 2009 at 10:25 pm, carrying a cross.” Sinclair Lewis
Let me make sure no one thinks I’m “attacking the messenger.”
John McCormack, what you wrote was monumentally stupid.
August 11th, 2009 at 10:32 pmAnd, all of this because Rep. Davis was “Lynn Sweeted.”
Definition: Lynn Sweeted (political) – the idea of posing a last question for the sole purpose to distract, degrade, introduce doubt, circumvent issues; the question normally has nothing to do with the theme or topic.
Remember what happened the last time a person was “Sweeted?”
August 11th, 2009 at 10:43 pmpeople with no ethical standards assume that others are just as willing to commit the heinous acts that they are
August 11th, 2009 at 10:46 pmSay, didnt Rupert sell off Weekly Standard? Why yes, yes he did.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:12 pmIts ‘possible’ that its a fake hate crime, yet its not ‘likely’ that its a fake hate crime.
Notice how language is being misused here.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:14 pmThey are coming out of the woodwork. Not only is there this jerk but a Texas (where else) Judge that put up a poster of minorities wearing Obama tee-shirts that came through his court. Then the guy that shows up at the Obama Town Hall will a loaded gun and the gun wasn’t even registered (a Ron Paul supporter). None of these people have a full deck of cards. Thanks Glenn and Rush for stirring them up. Ugh!
August 11th, 2009 at 11:32 pmLeave it to a fake magazine and big money-loser like the “Weakly Substandard” to blame a Democrat for a Rovian stunt.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:53 pmThis guy is an idiot. No one is smearing the protestors some of them DO have swastikas on their signs which is what was said. Rightwingers are such morons.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:06 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
haha! what lies!? your link is a bunch of drivel. So what, they get carried away and embellish. you can leave now if you dont think limbaughs farts dont stink either.
oh snap you sure told us with your questionable sources. you are still missing the point that the methods prescribed incite violence. we were told that rightist homegrown terrorists are up to something awhile back, since then a haulocaust museum and a church have been shot up. You better believe the level-headed are going to see this as a serious threat to our safety.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:28 ame_to_the_pOTATO BUG says
“questionable sources”
The original document is ON THIS SITE. Yes, The questionable source is THINK PROGRESS.
The forged news regarding that document was a headline post here.
The blanks in the links are so that I could get the truth out here and avoid moderation.
THIS WILL NOT GO AWAY.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:34 amThe blanks in the links have nothing to do with truth and you can probably post the link without spaces. IE spaces in links do not keep a post from being moderated.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:51 amAh, yes. Fascist Agitprop Boy John McCormack, mouthpiece of the “Weakly NonStandard and Defective Reasoning”:
Weekly Standard writer John McCormack has legitimized these fringe perspectives:
… It’s possible that a neo-Nazi actually vandalized Rep. Scott’s offices. But given the fact that the Nazi imagery so neatly dovetails with the left’s smearing of health-care protesters as fascists, isn’t it more likely that this act of vandalism was committed by one of Scott’s supporters?
Notice how easily he makes an end run on the facts. We all know that none of the Congresscritters who were having to deal with protesters were calling the protesters fascists. Nancy Pelosi simply noted that the protesters came carrying swastikas and other symbols, and furthermore, it was clear that the protesters are calling the Democrats in general and President Obama in particular, Nazis. But McCormack simply turns that on it’s head and continues the lie.
Big lie, much, Mr. McCormack. Spend much time reading back issues of “Der Sturmer”? Or do you specialize in KKK and WCC hate lit plagiarization?
August 12th, 2009 at 12:54 amI dont know who the fool is that bought Weekly Standard…good luck polishing that aged turd.
August 12th, 2009 at 12:57 amXisithrus says:
The blanks in the links have nothing to do with truth and you can probably post the link without spaces. IE spaces in links do not keep a post from being moderated.
The truth is housed on this website read it and compare. The blanks have nothing to “with the truth” How could anybody not associated with this website upload a pdf to the TP server? Hmmm?
And when there are posts here with enough URLS yes they are moderated, I know this from experience here.
YOU ALL GOT DUPED BY LEE FANG AND YOU JUST CAN’T ADMIT IT!
August 12th, 2009 at 1:02 ammgparrish says:
No one has been duped here but YOU. You have been fooled by a CLAIM in a periodical that NO ONE in their right mind takes seriously except morons like YOU. You are stupid. You are always going to BE stupid. Leading moronic sheep like you around is what the right does. It is because people like YOU are so stupid and gullible that they make money. I am ashamed to be the same species as a moron as stupid as you but you ARE fun to laugh at.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:28 am