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by maxerickson 3224 days ago
Hey look a leftist rag published a column calling for her to resign:

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/james-di-fiore/black-lives-matt...

Quite the apologia.

2 comments

> respectfully, it is time for her to resign.

> maybe if this was her only controversial statement all could be forgiven

A rare thing for someone to get so toxic even HuffPo calls her out, but flip it around and they would have no problem calling someone white with similar views a white-supremacist, and condemning them - without the "respect" or second chances.

In fact, they pretty much spell it out:

> many media outlets faced scrutiny for focusing on that tweet instead of the issues black communities are facing

Yusra is now causing more harm than good, so she has to go. Otherwise, they'd tolerate her.

Yes, newspapers often publish the writings of public figures, it doesn't imply an endorsement.

Do you think they made a mistake by publishing her op-ed?