His past wasn't relevant to the story about his forced removal from plane. Journalists should show constraint and stop going for the um huh
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In the full context of the story, yep.
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You can't have NOH8 on your face and want someone to be brutalized. Time for self reflection.
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Of course what happened isn't right, but if you put yourself into a story like that, be prepared for all that comes with it.
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United fucked up big time. No debate there. But... The guy has a past. He's no angel. What happened doesn't change that.
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Sure. But in a broader context, we should all be disturbed by journalists' compulsion to call victims "no angel" for a story, or to shrug
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off the culpability of the perpetrators, whether an airline or police force. How many times have black victims been dismissed with the same
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phrase "well, they're no angel"? Who, exactly, is an angel? And did s/he deserve to be attacked despite being an imperfect human who may or
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Nope.
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No. Had nothing to do with current situation. An attempt by someone to sully the passenger.
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Betteridge's law of headlines
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If United is trying to use his past for justification of their act it makes them even more disgusting.
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Is a rape victim's "promiscuous" past newsworthy?
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No. Period.
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No. It is not newsworthy. That has NOTHING to do with what happened to him aboard that airliner.
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