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PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 06:13 PM Jan 2019

White nationalist Max Misch forces resignation of

Vermont's only black state legislator, Ruqaiyah “Kiah” Morris. Because of this asshole, she resigned from office in September 2018.

The Daily Beast article linked below is well worth reading, because it asks some very good, very pointed questions about why other Democrats (and Sanders) didn't focus on this with a more single-minded intensity.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-white-supremacist-hounded-a-black-lawmaker-out-of-office?ref=wrap

This Misch jerk trolled Morris repeatedly to the point she felt threatened. The Vermont cops couldn't prove Misch broke into her car or did other damage that happened on her property.

This link is a twitter feed that exposes the racist asshole Misch's twitter account 'hammer of kek' and shows photos of the scumbag.

https://twitter.com/search?q=max%20misch&src=tyah

So...the question here is what to do about these nationalist assholes. When does their First Amendment right to free speech end?

This isn't the America I want to live in, that's for sure. When some asshole like this is allowed to so badly harass a lawmaker that she's forced to resign. No.

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White nationalist Max Misch forces resignation of (Original Post) PatrickforO Jan 2019 OP
The 1st Amendment does not protect hate speech or terrorist threats. SunSeeker Jan 2019 #1
Well, this is what I'm saying. I really got mad when I read this. PatrickforO Jan 2019 #2

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)
1. The 1st Amendment does not protect hate speech or terrorist threats.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 06:23 PM
Jan 2019

It is an outrage that Misch is not in jail.

PatrickforO

(14,570 posts)
2. Well, this is what I'm saying. I really got mad when I read this.
Sun Jan 27, 2019, 06:32 PM
Jan 2019

I guess the real question is where does his First Amendment right end and what about the rights of all the Vermonters that voted for Morris to be represented by her? How about their rights? She was DULY ELECTED. If this is hate speech, his disgusting trolling on twitter, then why wasn't he shut down? How come Twitter didn't ban his account? Aren't they banning these racist assholes?

I mean, if this was happening in Backwater Georgia or Alabama or Mississippi, I would still be mad, but I would not be so surprised. This happened in Vermont, for God's sake.

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