1. Extremely disturbed to see the outcome of the latest violent attack against conservative journalist and pundit Andy Ngo but also disturbed to see all the people encouraging his continued thrill-seeking behavior.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ngo
archive.ph/9JMlu
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Ngo
archive.ph/9JMlu
2. I hope Ngo didn’t sustain permanent damage from the May 28th attack and it would be nice to think that his assailants will all be arrested and brought to justice but per his thread so far only one arrest has been made.
3. As I noted after the June 2019 attack against Ngo, this attack was predictable.
pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…
But if you’re looking for a thread lauding him, this is not the thread you want.
pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/…
But if you’re looking for a thread lauding him, this is not the thread you want.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1145173872716726272
4. Some have tried to make much of the fact that Ngo is a gay Vietnamese child of immigrants but that shouldn’t matter.
This behavior would be no less egregious if he were a straight white male descendant of the Mayflower.
This behavior would be no less egregious if he were a straight white male descendant of the Mayflower.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1036400612475318273
5. Unfortunately, Ngo has been stuck in high conflict with the Portland far left for years.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1381417552631435269
6. The high conflict is not just between Ngo and the far left. It extends to the local government, the Portland Police Bureau, and other journalists.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1383971279141695489
7. In his thread Ngo dehumanizes his attackers by likening them to animals:
"Had I not been able to shelter wounded and bleeding inside a hotel while they beat the doors and windows like animals, …"
archive.ph/hvnLq
"Had I not been able to shelter wounded and bleeding inside a hotel while they beat the doors and windows like animals, …"
archive.ph/hvnLq
8. … much as they have dehumanized him with slurs and false accusations designed to raise ire against him.
9. The language Ngo uses to describe the people he calls “antifa” is inflammatory and plays on tropes of extremist others.
“extremist clandestine movement”
“They want the right to hide their identities behind masks, and erase records of their arrests and alleged crimes.”
“extremist clandestine movement”
“They want the right to hide their identities behind masks, and erase records of their arrests and alleged crimes.”
10. Archive for screenshot above: archive.ph/jAHMO
11. Ngo mixes facts with conjecture and sometimes falsehoods to paint a vivid caricature of individuals involved in far left protests and riots.
12. I haven’t seen him paint a complete portrait of any of the individuals he's covered in recent years. The narrative is a one-sided tale of antifa run amok as a grave danger to democracy that the Democrats are ignoring.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1366562801100206082
13. Mainstream and progressive media have not done a good job of covering far left protests and unrest but conservative independent conflict journalists don’t offer balanced nuanced reporting. Many of them produce outrage porn.
14. When you’re outraged, curiosity becomes impossible. Common ground cannot be found.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1381419081056813063
15. The lack of arrests in the attack against Ngo in 2019 is a failure of the Portland Police Bureau but this conflict exists because both sides perpetuate it and it has taken on a life of its own.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1381417557027123202
16. I will point out the hypocrisy of a movement obsessed with the dangers of “white supremacy” violently attacking a Vietnamese American man instead.
17. But it’s consistent with their framework. Ngo has been stripped of the mythical group protections that some on the left believe come with being a man of color.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1145176339638624263
19. Some people joke that Asians are white now but we know that’s not true in America.
20. We don’t fit in to the American white-black binary but continue to be used by some people in both racial groups to bash the other group all while we continue to be subjected to violence and hate crimes by both white and black assailants.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1074137183706058753
21. Ngo cannot safely do the reporting that he wishes to do on antifa yet he continues to go out there while being fully aware of the risks.
archive.ph/TlVeK
archive.ph/TlVeK
22. I wrote in 2018 that Ngo may had reached a level of notoriety where it was no longer safe for him to cover protests without being recognized and becoming part of the story.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1074140618786521088
23. Note the folks encouraging Ngo to continue his work, calling it “brave”, “heroic”, and “important” while few of them are also willing to risk their safety to do the same.
24. I saw a tweet from a white conservative journalist telling someone she couldn’t do this type of reporting because she has a child & the risk isn’t worth it.
How important is this story if conservative media are unwilling to spend resources to put their reporters out there?
How important is this story if conservative media are unwilling to spend resources to put their reporters out there?
25. Conflict reporting of unrest in the US is entertainment and they’re willing to sacrifice Ngo for clicks and ratings if need be, while most journalists stay home.
Ngo seems willing to pursue this story to his death.
Ngo seems willing to pursue this story to his death.
26. Encouraging someone who suffered a brain hemorrhage to continue to go out and engage in the behavior that got him the brain injury is madness.
Real friends would tell him that his health and his life are not worth this story.
Real friends would tell him that his health and his life are not worth this story.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1152408482387288065
27. I’m muting this thread.
Some of the folks in my replies are the reason that more people are unwilling to express their opinions in public.
Some of the folks in my replies are the reason that more people are unwilling to express their opinions in public.
https://twitter.com/keikoinboston/status/1400504282063982600
29. Clarification:
Per Willamette Week, the one person arrested the night of the attack against Ngo was arrested on unrelated charges per the probable cause affidavit which I’m unable to access.
wweek.com/news/2021/06/0…
Per Willamette Week, the one person arrested the night of the attack against Ngo was arrested on unrelated charges per the probable cause affidavit which I’m unable to access.
wweek.com/news/2021/06/0…
30. The Daily Dot reported that the man claims to have audio of PPB officers making up the charges against him but they weren’t able to verify if the people in the audio were PPB officers.
dailydot.com/irl/audio-of-p…
dailydot.com/irl/audio-of-p…
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