cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/57749612

Rep. Maxwell Frost tweeted on Saturday night that he had been attacked by a man “who told me that Trump was going to deport me before he punched me in the face. He was heard screaming racist remarks as he drunkenly ran off”

  • UnspecificGravity@piefed.social
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    6 hours ago

    That’s been a thing in western media for awhile. They can’t classify Islamic extremist as right wing because it fucks up the “both sides” narrative. At best they consider Islamic terrorism into it’s own category.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Which is extremely stupid because xtian fundamentalists and Islamic fundamentalists don’t really differ all that much.