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The Intercept kind of updated its piece on Shahid Buttar to make clear that the initial #MeToo 
allegations were made by someone who also accused Buttar of things like having a role in a friend's death, hosting parties w/ armed pimps. DSA rescinded its... https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/shahid-buttar-campaign-allegations/
allegations were made by someone who also accused Buttar of things like having a role in a friend's death, hosting parties w/ armed pimps. DSA rescinded its... https://theintercept.com/2020/07/23/shahid-buttar-campaign-allegations/
endorsement based on an initial letter which cited the Me Too allegations and an allegation that Buttar was inappropriate with a volunteer. The volunteer in question denies this allegation and has done so on many occasions. There is no allegation of sexual harassment & there...
never were. Yet SF DSA said “Sexual harassment and gender discrimination are antithetical to the principles of democratic socialism, and are issues that DSA San Francisco takes seriously." If people want to write an open letter about Buttar's treatment of staff, then that's...
totally their right. But they should be precise about it and say "our boss is a dick, so you should rescind your endorsement" and not manufacture a sexual harassment allegation or try to retroactively fit a MeToo allegation into their campaign against him.
Check out this piece by @globerry Gloria Berry, an
afro-Latina activist who volunteered for Buttar. She sees the accusations against Buttar as problematic... https://medium.com/@peaceful_eminence_lion_955/does-dsa-san-francisco-have-a-gang-of-mediocre-karens-disenfranchising-local-people-that-are-not-c9e14968bf3
afro-Latina activist who volunteered for Buttar. She sees the accusations against Buttar as problematic... https://medium.com/@peaceful_eminence_lion_955/does-dsa-san-francisco-have-a-gang-of-mediocre-karens-disenfranchising-local-people-that-are-not-c9e14968bf3
and sees a lot of Karen-ish behavior. I haven't seen any interviews with Berry or the other people working for or volunteering for Buttar. Of course, someone can be a sexual harasser or abuser and have volunteers or staffers who will defend him. But it's also notable that the...
campaign didn't coordinate any of their staffers or volunteers to run interference, which campaigns often do. Gloria wrote this on her own and has reached out to reporters. The volunteer who Buttar allegedly treated inappropriately reached out to journalists who didn't...
incorporate it into any reporting.
