Reminder (mostly to my folks) that we live in _interesting times_ and you should do your own research on anything you read.

Trace the sources. Look up related incidents.

And if Ian Miles Cheong said it, it's probably in bad faith.

Dallas machete guy was a dorkass kid playing vigilante, and the aggressor in that scenario. IMC portarayed him as a victim, and by the time the truth came out, his audience had made up their minds.

The SRV statue was tagged with "FTP" graffiti, but that happened 3 weeks before the discourse about taking down statues, and it was cleaned up less than 24 hours later. IMC brought it up 3 weeks later to agitate in light of the statue discourse, and got Ted Cruz to RT.

Ian Miles Cheong is a foreign agitator who has the ear of many Republicans here on Twitter, and that is dangerous.

(This is a message to my folks, but maybe also to you and your folks. Do the modicum of research before getting outraged about a Thing, because you're probably being played. Probably by IMC.)

Anyway, it's great that Gl*nn*r was suspended but st*llgr*y is a bigger problem.

This dorkass:

(Reminder that Ian Miles Cheong lives in Malaysia and is a foreign agitator to both the US and UK.)

(This isn't xenophobia or racism, just in case you're wondering. This is pointing at an internet troll who somehow got the ear of a lot of US politicians, especially Ted Cruz.)

(Also, @tedcruz, why are you a leader of my state, you monumental dorkass.)

Love to be in America, where at least I know I'm free to @ senators.