Olympia mayor takes the knee, BLM vandalises her home anyway

[Metaphor]

Mayor Selby took the knee to BLM, and ten days later her home was vandalised by a protester spraypainting BLM on her house (and picked a spot one metre away from the Mayor's own display of 'BLM' in her window).

You couldn't make it up.

https://thepostmillennial.com/mayor-celebrates-protests-vandalized-home

Mayor of Olympia, Washington, Cheryl Selby, has been a vocal proponent of Black Lives Matter and backer of the protests that have spread across the country amid the death of George Floyd, but when these same people vandalized her home, she called it "domestic terrorism."

t was reported last week that "two groups converged in downtown Olympia, and some became destructive, burnings flags, smashing windows, and spray painting businesses" moving eventually migrating to Selby's neighbourhood and vandalizing her home.This same retraction of endorsement for the behaviour of the protesters and rioters happened with ESPN sportswriter, Chris Martin Palmer, who initially supported the riots in Minneapolis, but called those same people "animals" when they came for his home.

One group was made up of about 50 people dressed in black to recreate a protest that had previously occurred in the area. And a second group was comprised of about 30 people who were wearing neon-yellow T-shirts, referring to themselves as the "peacekeepers," who cleaned up after the people in black.

“The black-clad group marched to City Hall before making its way through downtown Olympia. The protesters took trashcans and ‘ROAD WORK AHEAD’ signs from parking lots and sidewalks, dragging them into the streets and flipping them on their sides. The ‘peacekeepers’ then put them back while the other group heckled them," according to the Daily Wire.

The group dressed in black made its way to Selby's South Capitol neighbourhood, chanting "abolish the police" outside her home as someone spray-painted "BLM" on her door and porch.
A nearby man reportedly was able to get the protesters to leave.
Though the group finally did leave, they returned to downtown, "spray painting store fronts, street signs, lamp posts and sidewalks."

Although neither Selby nor any part of her family was home at the time, she received text notifications from neighbours letting her know about the vandalism.

“I’m really trying to process this,” Selby said. “It’s like domestic terrorism. It’s unfair.”
“It hurts when you’re giving so much to your community,” she added.
Selby's home was also targeted a couple years ago by protesters, during a May Day protest. The protesters chanted about her and distributed leaflets.
Though she is a progressive Democrat, she has been targeted by members of her own political party, and she said she worries for her neighbours who have small children.

“People have so little grace for each other right now. We need to have more grace,” Selby said.

She added that "it's pretty traumatic when somebody comes to your home."
Selby released a statement earlier this month, explaining that she would not institute a curfew as a way for protesters and rioters to sympathize with the death of Floyd.
“Every day since his murder, our country has shaken,” Selby said. “Convulsing between fear, rage, and nausea. We should feel sick. Those of us who hold the most microphones in our communities should feel nauseous.”

 

[Politesse]

Definitely not appropriate. A politician's private residence is not public space; it's terrorizing them as people, not spreading your message.


Though, I don't agree that taking the knee necessarily makes one above criticism on race issues. It's a gesture, not a magickal token.

 

[Arctish]

Just so you know, the Post Millennial's editor-at-large is Andy Ngo. He's the guy who was supposedly hit with a "cement milkshake" (it was a vegan beverage). He's also the one who reported on a fight between Patriot Prayer and Antifa members as though the Antifas had attacked, when in fact it was a planned attack perpetrated by the Patriot Prayer group. A video of them preparing to instigate the fight that was leaked online showed Andy Ngo right there listening and smiling as one of them gave the others their instructions.

Recently, a Seattle police spokesperson said there were reports that armed protesters in the CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) were extorting money from business owners. The Seattle PD backed off that report when the Seattle Times investigated that claim by going to the Zone and talking to business owners who said nothing of the sort was happening, and that in fact, business was booming. Further investigation revealed that:

The claim seems to have gained traction after it was published in conservative blog The Post Millennial, in an article written by former Seattle City Council candidate Ari Hoffman. The article quoted unnamed police officers who alleged protesters were extorting businesses for protection money. Hoffman said his sources were "rock solid" and that he had first heard of the alleged extortion on conservative talk radio station AM 770 KTTH.

The claim was later repeated by a commenter under the name "Marcus S." on the Capitol Hill Seattle blog, and in a tweet by Andy Ngo, editor-at-large of The Post Millennial.

Apart from those sources, Christina Arrington, who heads the Capitol Hill branch of the Greater Seattle Business Association, said she has had "no other indications that this is taking place." The GSBA "found no evidence of this occurring," the group tweeted, based on conversations with area business.

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If you're going to read the Post Millennial, I suggest you fact check their reports before accepting them as accurate. And if the report has Andy Ngo's name on it, I suggest you double check it.

 

[Metaphor]

Just so you know, the Post Millennial's editor-at-large is Andy Ngo. He's the guy who was supposedly hit with a "cement milkshake" (it was a vegan beverage). He's also the one who reported on a fight between Patriot Prayer and Antifa members as though the Antifas had attacked, when in fact it was a planned attack perpetrated by the Patriot Prayer group. A video of them preparing to instigate the fight that was leaked online showed Andy Ngo right there listening and smiling as one of them gave the others their instructions.

Recently, a Seattle police spokesperson said there were reports that armed protesters in the CHAZ (Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone) were extorting money from business owners. The Seattle PD backed off that report when the Seattle Times investigated that claim by going to the Zone and talking to business owners who said nothing of the sort was happening, and that in fact, business was booming. Further investigation revealed that:

The claim seems to have gained traction after it was published in conservative blog The Post Millennial, in an article written by former Seattle City Council candidate Ari Hoffman. The article quoted unnamed police officers who alleged protesters were extorting businesses for protection money. Hoffman said his sources were "rock solid" and that he had first heard of the alleged extortion on conservative talk radio station AM 770 KTTH.

The claim was later repeated by a commenter under the name "Marcus S." on the Capitol Hill Seattle blog, and in a tweet by Andy Ngo, editor-at-large of The Post Millennial.

Apart from those sources, Christina Arrington, who heads the Capitol Hill branch of the Greater Seattle Business Association, said she has had "no other indications that this is taking place." The GSBA "found no evidence of this occurring," the group tweeted, based on conversations with area business.

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If you're going to read the Post Millennial, I suggest you fact check their reports before accepting them as accurate. And if the report has Andy Ngo's name on it, I suggest you double check it.

As a matter of fact, I did check multiple sources. I googled 'mayor selby olympia' and chose the result that included links to the video. Unfortunately, The Guardian does not seem to have reported this story, so undoubtedly the mayor's remarks were manufactured from whole cloth and the video footage is a deepfake.

If you are disputing the facts of the story, please tell me what facts you are disputing. I'm not interested in "I don't like your source" non-responses.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Also, who the fuck really cares? This was a pretty harmless act. Get some green paint already. Problem solved.

 

[Metaphor]

Definitely not appropriate. A politician's private residence is not public space; it's terrorizing them as people, not spreading your message.


Though, I don't agree that taking the knee necessarily makes one above criticism on race issues. It's a gesture, not a magickal token.

There is no secular occasion, except perhaps in a bedroom, where the spectacle of 'taking the knee' does not fill me with quiet dread. Genuflection is an act of reverence and worship and belongs with all the dehumanising accoutrements of religion--in the past.

 

[Metaphor]

Also, who the fuck really cares? This was a pretty harmless act. Get some green paint already. Problem solved.

Right. Who cares indeed.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Also, who the fuck really cares? This was a pretty harmless act. Get some green paint already. Problem solved.

I'd actually care that there was evidence who made with the graffiti, if there was graffiti. Painting BLM doesn't prove people that support #BLM did it.

 

[Arctish]

As a matter of fact, I did check multiple sources. I googled 'mayor selby olympia' and chose the result that included links to the video. Unfortunately, The Guardian does not seem to have reported this story, so undoubtedly the mayor's remarks were manufactured from whole cloth and the video footage is a deepfake.

If you are disputing the facts of the story, please tell me what facts you are disputing. I'm not interested in "I don't like your source" non-responses.

I'm not disputing the fact that someone spray painted the Mayor's house. Here she is talking about it.

I'm saying the Post Millennial isn't a good source of reliable information so I recommend fact checking what you read there. But since you checked multiple sources, apparently you've already done that.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Also, who the fuck really cares? This was a pretty harmless act. Get some green paint already. Problem solved.

I'd actually care that there was evidence who made with the graffiti, if there was graffiti. Painting BLM doesn't prove people that support #BLM did it.

Exactly. Which is why discussing such a petty event is a waste of time unless I'm a right wing crank looking to score debate points.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Also, who the fuck really cares? This was a pretty harmless act. Get some green paint already. Problem solved.

I'd actually care that there was evidence who made with the graffiti, if there was graffiti. Painting BLM doesn't prove people that support #BLM did it.

Exactly. Which is why discussing such a petty event is a waste of time unless I'm a right wing crank looking to score debate points.

Well... are you?

 

[Derec]

He's the guy who was supposedly hit with a "cement milkshake" (it was a vegan beverage).

Well, to be fair to him, it's virtually impossible to detect any difference between the two.

 

[Politesse]

Definitely not appropriate. A politician's private residence is not public space; it's terrorizing them as people, not spreading your message.


Though, I don't agree that taking the knee necessarily makes one above criticism on race issues. It's a gesture, not a magickal token.

There is no secular occasion, except perhaps in a bedroom, where the spectacle of 'taking the knee' does not fill me with quiet dread. Genuflection is an act of reverence and worship and belongs with all the dehumanising accoutrements of religion--in the past.

Do you feel that way about the pledge of allegiance and the anthem, or are you super selective and arbitrary about what acts of performative submission you find acceptable?

 

[Metaphor]

Definitely not appropriate. A politician's private residence is not public space; it's terrorizing them as people, not spreading your message.


Though, I don't agree that taking the knee necessarily makes one above criticism on race issues. It's a gesture, not a magickal token.

There is no secular occasion, except perhaps in a bedroom, where the spectacle of 'taking the knee' does not fill me with quiet dread. Genuflection is an act of reverence and worship and belongs with all the dehumanising accoutrements of religion--in the past.

Do you feel that way about the pledge of allegiance and the anthem, or are you super selective and arbitrary about what acts of performative submission you find acceptable?

I am not American so I've never been forced to participate in the pledge of allegiance, but I reckon I'd find it as tiresome and pointless as being forced to recite the Our Father every morning in primary school (Roman Catholics hold their own with repetitive chanting to imaginary friends).

As for the anthem, I don't watch the sportball much but do you agree with forcing people to stand, or kneel, for a national anthem? I do not.

I also find the Acknowledgment of Country - a pointless, hypocritical, and empty utterance of contrition that opens many corporate and government events in Australia - to be supremely tiresome. It is forced prayer, and I gave up praying when I realised nobody was listening.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The person who spray paints looks white to me.

 

[ruby sparks]

The person who spray paints looks white to me.

Given that the graffiti artist may not have noticed the existing slogan on the house, I’m wondering.....Blind Lives Matter?

 

[Metaphor]

The person who spray paints looks white to me.

...and?

 

[Elixir]

If you are disputing the facts of the story, please tell me what facts you are disputing.

Not disputing any facts. Are you disputing the fact that white supremacist agitators are responsible for most of the violence associated with BLM?
Do you have video of the individual vandalizing the mayor's home? If not, why isn't it reasonable to assume it was another boogaloo job?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

The person who spray paints looks white to me.

...and?

If the person was black, there is a reason to suspect that they consider themselves #BLM isn't an unreasonable conclusion.

If the person is white, spray painting BLM on the Mayor's home can be a sign of either support of #BLM or mocking her for kneeling and they aren't supporting #BLM. Your OP assumes support of BLM. In Nashville a white supremo lit the Nashville Courthouse on fire. In Cleveland, two white losers (no political affiliation that I'm aware of) from Pennsylvania caused damage during the protests there.

So without additional evidence, it is inconclusive.

 

[Elixir]

The person who spray paints looks white to me.

...and?

If the person was black, there is a reason to suspect that they consider themselves #BLM isn't an unreasonable conclusion.

If the person is white, spray painting BLM on the Mayor's home can be a sign of either support of #BLM or mocking her for kneeling and they aren't supporting #BLM. Your OP assumes support of BLM. In Nashville a white supremo lit the Nashville Courthouse on fire. In Cleveland, two white losers (no political affiliation that I'm aware of) from Pennsylvania caused damage during the protests there.

B-b-b-but ... her EEEeeee mails!

Why is it so hard for some people to acknowledge the FACT that white supremacists and other anti-BLM types routinely destroy property and incite violence in order to place blame for it on BLM? Is it rooted in a sincere conviction that white supremacists and other anti-BLM types cannot possibly be the bad guys in any situation? Or a conviction that BLM types, whether or not they actually destroyed property or indulged in violence, are must necessarily be the bad guys?

Just plain old fashioned racist thinking?