A 3,000-word, two-byline investigation informing you that a woman you have never heard of, who is not a public figure (until now!), wore an offensive Halloween costume two years ago at a WaPo cartoonist's party.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/blackface-incident-at-washington-post-cartoonists-2018-halloween-party-resurfaces-amid-protests/2020/06/17/66f09bde-af2e-11ea-856d-5054296735e5_story.html …
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She left the party, humiliated and ashamed (which strkes me as a fair, proportionate outcome). Says she got therapy over it. But it's important for a top newspaper to dredge this up years later to make sure she is punished further, because that's just who we are.pic.twitter.com/JBx9eXrKS3
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How the hell are we supposed to say with a straight face we are about fairness and justice and redemption, and then do this? We are making it so easy for the right... This fits into every one of their narratives.
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All we have to do is take these lies and make them true.
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