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mahatmakanejeeves

(56,886 posts)
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 12:23 PM Sep 2017

No, Dinesh D'Souza, that photo isn't the KKK marching to the Democratic National Convention

Hat tip, David Fahrenthold:

No, Dinesh D’Souza, that photo isn’t the KKK marching to the Democratic National Convention - The Washington Post.



No, Dinesh D’Souza, that photo isn’t the KKK marching to the Democratic National Convention

By Ian Shapira September 26 at 12:27 PM

Dinesh D’Souza — the conservative best-selling author, federal campaign finance convict, and reported Subway sandwich devotee — has more than 620,000 followers on Twitter. His latest book, “The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left,” explores the Democratic Party’s racist roots in the early 20th century.

So, it may not have been a surprise to D’Souza’s fans when, on Sunday, he tweeted an old black-and-white photo of a Ku Klux Klan parade and claimed they were marching to the Democratic National Convention. D’Souza didn’t provide the photo’s date, who snapped it, or even who had the rights to it. But his caption did include a taunt aimed at Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback whose kneeling protests against police brutality during the national anthem have become the target of President Trump’s fury.

Hey @Kaepernick7 check out some of your fellow Democrats marching to the DNC Convention where many of them were delegates #Hypocrite



This being Twitter, it didn’t take long for others to unravel the big lie. Peter Shulman, an avid Twitter user who is an associate professor of history at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, spotted the error. He tweeted a rebuttal to D’Souza, along with a link to the Wisconsin Historical Society, which features the photo on its website. The caption explains that the KKK marchers were parading down a street in Madison, Wis. in December 1924. They were on their way to the funeral of a police officer who had been fatally shot, allegedly by two Italians.

This isn't from the 1924 DNC. This is literally a photo of Klan members marching in honor of a slain police officer https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Image/IM1902



In other words, the KKK march was in Madison, Wisconsin’s capital, not the 1924 Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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D’Souza did not return an email or a phone call seeking comment.
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Ian Shapira is a features writer on the local enterprise team and enjoys writing about people who have served in the military and intelligence communities. He joined the Post in 2000 and has covered education, criminal justice, technology, and art crime. Follow @ianshapira
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No, Dinesh D'Souza, that photo isn't the KKK marching to the Democratic National Convention (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 OP
PSA time... Eliot Rosewater Sep 2017 #1
Dinesh D'souza is to be IGNORED...he is the ultimate troll Moostache Sep 2017 #2
Hey @Kaepernick7: Check out this mugshot taken when D'Souza broke election finance laws... mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2017 #3
ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS HuskyOffset Sep 2017 #14
And the only way Dipshit Dinesh is a best selling author... Raster Sep 2017 #4
They are better suited for use in hamster and bird cages! (n/t) Moostache Sep 2017 #5
The International Association of Hamsters and Birds will be in touch. sarge43 Sep 2017 #11
Distort D'Newsa confused Madison Wisconsin with Madison Square Garden? yellowcanine Sep 2017 #6
That is the HuskyOffset Sep 2017 #13
Seems so. Intellectual rigor is in rigor mortis. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #15
This idiot managed to get convicted of voter fraud Gothmog Sep 2017 #7
I wish that pos had gotten some real jail time. kimbutgar Sep 2017 #8
What an idiot Butterflylady Sep 2017 #9
Tha talking sack of used toilet paper The Wizard Sep 2017 #10
Repugs: They breath; they lie. n/t sarge43 Sep 2017 #12
Whenever a troll plays the Dixiecrat card, simply Marcuse Sep 2017 #16

Eliot Rosewater

(31,096 posts)
1. PSA time...
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 12:27 PM
Sep 2017

No republican, no conservative, no righty, no GOP, ever, not once, not EVER, NEVER tells the truth.

OK everybody?

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
2. Dinesh D'souza is to be IGNORED...he is the ultimate troll
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 12:38 PM
Sep 2017

Ignore his EVERY statement and NEVER engage him because he is a master of one thing and one thing only - the art of muddying the waters to obfuscate legitimate debate. All he EVER does is lie, throw shit around that is barely coherent and claim that he "wins" when anyone tries to unpack the nonsense and gets off-track in the process...

IGNORE THE TROLL!!! LET HIM STARVE!!!

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,886 posts)
3. Hey @Kaepernick7: Check out this mugshot taken when D'Souza broke election finance laws...
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 12:41 PM
Sep 2017
Hey @Kaepernick7: Check out this mugshot taken when D'Souza broke election finance laws...


HuskyOffset

(885 posts)
14. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 03:00 PM
Sep 2017

follow this simple rule: Dinesh D'Souza's name must always be preceded by the words "convicted felon". Always.

Raster

(20,996 posts)
4. And the only way Dipshit Dinesh is a best selling author...
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 12:54 PM
Sep 2017

...is when he, his "friends" and publishers bulk buy thousands of his published miscarriages out of the bargain bins and use them for mulch and firewood.

sarge43

(28,939 posts)
11. The International Association of Hamsters and Birds will be in touch.
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 02:44 PM
Sep 2017

They have standards, you know.

yellowcanine

(35,692 posts)
6. Distort D'Newsa confused Madison Wisconsin with Madison Square Garden?
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 01:13 PM
Sep 2017

Why am I not surprised? But this is a low even for him. Hey Dinesh. Your 15 minutes is way over.

Gothmog

(143,998 posts)
7. This idiot managed to get convicted of voter fraud
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 01:23 PM
Sep 2017

It takes a great deal of stupidity and arrogance to manage to go to jail for violating campaign finance laws

Butterflylady

(3,523 posts)
9. What an idiot
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 01:58 PM
Sep 2017

Anybody with eyes can tell the photo is ancient and shows no reference to anything but a street and buildings.

Marcuse

(7,391 posts)
16. Whenever a troll plays the Dixiecrat card, simply
Wed Sep 27, 2017, 06:46 PM
Sep 2017

remind them of who worships the statues,monuments and graven images honoring Confederates and the KKK (not us).

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