Story about 69 year old Dr. David Dao; the man United dragged off the plane

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243. Wow people get angry because facts are reported

Did this doctor do anything to deserve this brutality? Does it matter, in assessing what happened here, if he has a history of being a a selfless family man and caring doctor or a pill-mill pervert doctor?

Those are the questions that I think are easily answered no and no.

But once a story is reported, the press is trained to dig deeper. Sometimes they come up with relevant things, sometimes not so much. It does possibly help explain the man's bizarre behavior in rushing back on the plane after the incident. Who's to say what is "news" though?

What is so stark to me is the anger with which people react when facts come out that they are afraid might negatively influence the way that people see the narrative. As if they are protecting their outrage by not permitting anything to be reported that might tarnish the meme they have cultivated. See, sometimes I think a fair criticism of liberals is that we are all over the truth when it fits our narrative, but angered and wanting to suppress things that don't fit that perfect narrative. I have yet to see one person who has "blamed the victim" in this instance, they have just discussed facts that are coming out. Should we suppress facts (in this case public records) because we are afraid it will confuse people? Isn't that anti-First Amendment paternalism?

I can only control how I think, and I think this doctor's history is totally irrelevant in explaining the over-reaction and violence of the officer and the outrageous policies and procedures utilized by United in bumping paid customers. But if I try to control how others think about it? Tell people they are wrong to even discuss things that are facts? I'm just going to experience backlash.