2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: An American Ambassador died on Hillary Clinton's watch. He was HER employee; MURDERED. [View all]DonViejo
(60,536 posts)but, hey, here at DU, we don't care.
I remember the first 48 hours after the incident; the right wing was producing articles alleging Ambassador Stevens was:
a. Gay.
b. The Muslims were upset about his being gay and were retaliating against him for messing with Arab boys.
c. Innocent people were killed because the Ambassador was gay and because he was messing with Arab boys.
For informational purposes about the what right wing and the Republicans were saying, I posted those articles here on DU. A whole lot of people filed alerts about the posts and chastised me for "smearing" the Ambassador.
Of course, within 48 to 72 hours after the incident, the wingers changed their story, "it's Hillary's fault! It's Hillary's fault," lovingly and deceptively overlooking the fact the GOP Congress had reduced the funding for security at U.S. embassies. I'm waiting for the post from a DU'er stating the Ambassador got what he deserved because "he was gay and he was messing with the Arab boys." This OP has proven it's very possible that will be the next attack line; if someone proven to not be responsible for Benghazi (six times no less) is held responsible for it, then it can only be a matter of time before the homophobia breaks out too.
Sad, really sad to see what this 2016 Primary has done to DU