Thor Benson, a white freelance writer, thought he found me & instead harassed a random Asian in New Orleans & made him leave a bar. Benson's followers said the man should've been assaulted. @TracyConnor @CorinneIOZO you okay w/your contributor doing this?
.@aaja, Thor Benson, a freelance contributor to @thedailybeast, @PopSci & others tried to racially profile me in public & instead ended up harassing a random Asian victim. Benson announced this proudly & his followers urged violence against the man. cc: @TracyConnor @CorinneIOZO
A senior editor of @Slate, Jordan Weissmann, was among those who liked Thor Benson's racist tweet announcing he had harassed a random Asian victim in New Orleans thinking it was me. @danathan, are these the values of your publication? #StopAsianHate
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"Would have been more convincing if you hadn't responded when I called you by your name."
@thedailybeast & @PopSci contributor Thor Benson has doubled down that the random Asian he harassed into leaving a bar on Thursday night was me. (It wasn't.)
Leftist journalist Thor Benson is trippling down on the lie that he accosted me in New Orleans on Thursday night. He harassed another Asian victim instead, causing him to leave the bar.
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