The camerawoman at the RNC wasn't called an animal because of her race

[NickB79]

You see, according to my RW friend on FB, they only threw peanuts at her and called her an animal because she worked for CNN, you see, and they're such a disreputable news organization that they just couldn't contain their anger at her employer. It had absolutely nothing to do with her race, you see. All just an unfortunate coincidence.

[KeepItReal]

1. You do mean your *ex* RW friend on FB, right?

eom

[NickB79]

5. Also a coworker, unfortunately

Note to all those reading: don't randomly add coworkers without knowing DAMN WELL that they're the kind of person you can deal with daily online. Unfriending a coworker you see now and then is a lot harder than someone halfway across the country.

[abelenkpe]

2. Amazing how they come up with justification

For deplorable bullying behavior.

[Xithras]

3. There may be a grain of truth to that.

The fire breathing righties that I know all refer to CNN as the "Communist News Network" and have done so for years.

Even if they're telling the truth though, race still had EVERYTHING to do with it. Would they have thrown peanuts if she'd been a blue eyed blonde? A hard chiseled "All American" type? No, of course they wouldn't have. They may have genuinely been expressing their dislike for CNN, but the color of her skin made it "ok" to degrade her that way.

Intent means nothing. Actions mean everything. The fact that they did it to a black person, when there were plenty of white camerapeople around, tells us everything we needed to know. She was a more "acceptable" target.

[NickB79]

4. From the interview she gave, she was standing next to the Fox News booth

And she said there was no way they could have realized she worked for CNN rather than Fox.