The Washington Times: Attack by white mob on gay Asian journalist upends left’s identity-politics script
– The Washington Times – Tuesday, July 2, 2019
Andy Ngo may be a gay, Asian-American journalist, but the only aspect of his identity that seems to matter to many on the left is his conservative political bent.
His supporters say that explains why many liberal political and media figures have dismissed, ignored or even blamed Mr. Ngo for the attack by white left-wing antifa rioters at Saturday’s protest in Portland that left him with facial cuts, bruises and a brain hemorrhage.
Flip the political beliefs of Mr. Ngo and the activists who pummeled him, and there’s little doubt that leading Democrats and gay-rights groups would be on their feet, blasting the right-wing thugs who beat him up and demanding hate-crimes prosecutions, said Charles Moran, spokesman for the conservative gay-rights group Log Cabin Republicans.
“If this had been a Democratic gay person of color and journalist who had gotten attacked at some sort of right-wing or conservative conference, they’d be all over this,” Mr. Moran said. “They’d be calling for an investigation. There would be that outrage. And in this situation, there’s not.”
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