Major Media is Engaging in Fabricated Social Justice War to Enrage the Right and to Attract Leftists

A win-win ploy to attract viewership. Clickbait at it’s finest.

The term “social justice warrior” has recently entered common parlance. The phrase describes someone who engages in identity politics, especially excessively. SJWs are an ear-pearcingly loud minority of youth who recreationally voice outrage over perceived racism, sexism and homophobea. Particularly where it doesn’t exist. The media has recognized an opportunity here to attract more viewers.

Consider the following example of a deliberate, flagrant crime committed by a black woman. Then let’s explore how the media took advantage of identity politics to attract both readers who participate in social justice war, and non-participants.

In 2016, 23 year old African-American Korryn Gaines was pulled over by police for not having a license plate. In its place was a piece of cardboard which read “Any government official who compromises this pursuit of happiness and right to travel, will be held criminally responsible and fined, as this is a natural right and freedom”. During this traffic stop she refused to show identification. Police pleaded with her to behave civilly. She refused to cooperate at all. Eventually the police were forced to remove her from the car. Her 5 year old son was in the back seat at the time. She encouraged him not to cooperate with police. The full video documenting this (which she herself filmed) is posted below.

Korryn Gaines refuses to cooperate with police at a traffic stop.

It may not surprise to you learn that Korryn Gaines failed to appear in the court to which she was summoned. A bench warrant was served to her at her home. Gaines saw the police at her door, refused to work with the police and picked up a shotgun. She sat inside her house with the firearm pointed towards the police outside No-Country-For-Old-Men style. With her 5 year old son was at her side, Korryn told police “If you don’t leave, I’m going to kill you”. After an hours long standoff, police did kill her, but not before she fired off a shotgun round at the officers. Her young son was injured by a flying bullet. Here is a video of the standoff where police plead with her for a peaceful resolution.

Korryn Gaines in a standoff with police at her home

Korryn Gaines demanded to be exempt from American law, but law without enforcement is not worth anything. The law will be enforced and if more resources are needed to apprehend a suspect then more resources will be called in. The police can not just let all criminals go. The best course of action to take, obviously, is to always cooperate with police and dispute your case in court if you feel that the charges against you are unjustified.

Korryn was guilty of traffic violations, was multiply guilty of obstruction of justice, put her own life in danger, put the life of her young son in danger and put the lives of police in danger. But she is a black woman. No matter how egregious her crimes she will have some degree of support from the black community and some degree of support from women.

The Huffington Post covered this story with a headline that read “Korryn Gaines, A 23-Year-Old Mother, Latest Black Woman Killed By Police”. The article goes on to sympathise further with the criminal on account of her skin color and gender. “Officers shot and killed at least eight other black women this year, according to a police killing tracker by The Washington Post”. It is insinuated that the main problem here was that a black woman was killed by police and not that Gaines threatened police officers at gunpoint.

Supporters of the group “Black Lives Matter” (who actually protested police actions in this event on the streets of Portland Oregan, New York City, and Baltimore) will be drawn to this article because it defends a person from a social group that they themselves identify with, who they can claim is a victim of black oppression. SJWs will recognize an opportunity for virtue signaling by supporting a person from a minority group. The average reader will be drawn to this story because the framing of events, as if police are at fault, is absolutely outrageous. Really, it’s genius. As they say, all press is good press. The Huffington Post attracted the readers who were sure that Korryn was guilty, and also the readers who were tangled up in identity politics. Each side was equally passionate about their point of view.

From PewDiePie, to the Grammys, we are seeing more and more fabricated claims of racism, sexism, and homophobia. The writers of these articles are probably not foolish and recognize that they are lying or stretching truth. They are probably not purely malevolent hit artists either. There is simply no hotter topic right now to get the people going.