Far-left activists reportedly tried to ruin the life of a fellow far-left activist because they mistakenly thought that she was a supporter of President Donald Trump.
The stunning case of mistaken identity was caused because of a photo posted to Twitter by Washington, D.C. station WTOP reporter Alejandro Alvarez that showed a woman taking part in the president’s Fourth of July festivities by holding up what some misconstrued as an anti-“immigrant” sign.
Look:
Shocked by an image of a father and daughter dead on the Rio Grande, Jill from Boulder, CO shows me a dark(er) twist on border-region safety signs warning of immigrants crossing roads. #BabyTrumpBlimp pic.twitter.com/taTfI82SxS
— Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) July 4, 2019
Because the sign appeared to show two dead bodies and the words “CAUTION,” the woman’s fellow far-left activists falsely assumed she was mocking the deaths of two illegal aliens from El Salvador who died last month while trying to swim across the Rio Grande and enter the U.S. illegally.
And so without further ado, they pounced by reportedly calling for her to be doxxed, sharing their desires to hurt her physically and calling for her ostracization from society.
This was brought to the public’s attention by another reporter, Alex Rubinstein of the Minnesota-based news service MintPress News.
Look:
People are trying to have this woman doxxed because of her sign. I’m not sure how anyone can interpret it as an endorsement of Trump’s border policies – just on its face – but the least they could do is take some time to look into the matter before trying to ruin her life pic.twitter.com/QFnHFreWRg
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) July 4, 2019
There’s an huge Twitter mob trying to doxx this woman. Agree with the sign or not, it’s clear that she is AGAINST Trump’s border policies. If you see people trying to doxx her, please correct the record by posting my interview in reply. I can’t keep up with my schedule so packed pic.twitter.com/xfsnkeHGXO
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) July 4, 2019
I think the lesson of this should be that you shouldn’t jump to conclusions from a still photograph. People are conditioned to smile when someone asks to take their pictures. And I honestly don’t think the sign is ambiguous. People on Twitter are just thirsty for outrage pic.twitter.com/tl4jOxjnf4
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) July 4, 2019
The sad part is I doubt the interview will get a 10th of the retweets that the calls to have her doxxed are getting pic.twitter.com/gsp2ofbAHV
— Alex Rubinstein (@RealAlexRubi) July 4, 2019
More on that “interview” he mentioned later.
For now, here are some direct examples of people calling for the woman to be “shamed”:
I want her identified and shamed to no end.
— Matt Dougan (@mattd1965) July 4, 2019
That is just sickening! I don’t shock easily these days but that heinous woman managed to jolt me.
She SHOULD be shamed. Please! Someone identify her so the shaming can begin. Please!
We should show her as the ‘Poster Trumpette’ for Trump’s re-election.#NotMyPresident— OutThereGrandma (@OutThereGma) July 4, 2019
I’d like to smack that smile off her face.
— WendyB (@wendy_bien) July 4, 2019
Normally, I’m against hunting down assholes via social media. But this is the exception. She must not be planning to ever eat in a restaurant again. Or, go out in public.
— Resister #65,844,954 (@VileEpiphany) July 4, 2019
Unlike Alvarez, Rubinstein took the time to actually interview the woman and obtain her side of the story.
“This is so not America. American was made up of immigrants,” she said to him. “It makes me very sad, what’s going on. The children in the cages.”
She explained that her sign was designed to convey her opposition to the president’s otherwise legal and arguably necessary immigration policies.
And according to Rubinstein, she’s “kick-started multiple fundraisers and driven 4,000 miles to deliver two truckloads of goods to people suffering at the border.”
Listen to the interview below:
After this video began trending, some of the far-left activists who’d targeted the woman deleted their original tweets and issued apologies. But this raises an important question …
Would the doxxing and shaming have been OK had the woman been a Trump supporter?
If so, why!? While the sign did give the appearance of a “sadistic joy,” as someone at Mediaite put it, what right do people have to harass and ruin someone’s life over a joke or really any remark?
FYI, plenty of radical far-leftists activists tell repugnant jokes about conservatives — and even the children of conservatives— all the time. Would it be OK for them to be doxxed?
So it’d be okay to dox her if she *did* endorse Trump’s border policy? Lol you people. You all get what you deserve.
— GuXena (@guzifer2) July 5, 2019
And if doxxing and shaming of pro-Trump Americans is OK, where does it end? Just a week ago a gay, Vietnamese journalist was beaten by far-left activists for reporting on Antifa’s activites.
Again, where does it end?
I don’t think I even want to know what comes next …
Posted by Conservative News Feed on Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Regardless, the woman at the center of this controversy, identified by Rubinstein as Jill, issued a statement via her Twitter account early Friday morning thanking those who’ve been “so understanding” and saying that she understands how her picture “could be misconstrued.”
Look:
Thank you so much for everyone being so understanding about that horrendous picture. I learned a lot from this experience and although I do still stand by my sign, I completely understand how it could be misconstrued.
— Jill Story (@BHIndustries) July 5, 2019
It’s unclear how she feels about the trend among her far-left peers of doxing, harassing and assaulting anyone with a dissenting opinion.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer for BizPac Review with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University.
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