Thread by @donmoyn

A video of a guy getting decked at DC protests has gone viral. Longer clip shows the same guy initiating violence, & kicking someone on the ground before being sucker-punched. The point is that a clip designed to tell a story may not tell the whole story.

https://twitter.com/blacky_chann/status/1327767706137997317?s=21

https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1327765440001503232

Here is the longer clip. This is in no way condoning what happened, but as a factual matter I don’t want to see bad faith actors like Andy Ngo pushing false narratives that go unanswered.

https://twitter.com/blacky_chann/status/1327767706137997317?s=21

https://twitter.com/blacky_chann/status/1327767706137997317

Trump himself posted the misleading clip, while labeling counter-protestors as "scum" and "human garbage" praising his supporters for "fighting back" and telling police "don't hold back." He is actively encouraging this sort of street violence.

We interpret events using our political preferences. So we follow people who share videos that seem to tell a certain story, and we are primed to accept that story. Setting aside individual incidents and visuals, it's better to critically asking why such conflicts emerge.

Ngo did post a clip featuring the run up to the guy getting decked, which he labeled “BLM-antifa thugs are running around and beating people” - hardly correcting the record