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'It just exploded': Woman who sparked Trump's migrant pet-eating hoax comes forward (www.rawstory.com)
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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 109 points 2 months ago (3 children)

According to the report, Erika Lee, a resident of Springfield, posted to Facebook commenting on a neighbor's cat who had gone missing — and mentioned that the neighbor had been suspicious the cat might have been attacked by Haitians who lived in the neighborhood.

Racist, but I believe that she didn’t intend for it to cause a national thing. She wanted to be racist on a small scale, not cause schools to get bomb threats. Well, this is what you caused, shithead. Probably the biggest thing you’ll ever accomplish. Take a bow.

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think more of the blame should fall on Trump. She is at least apologizing, despite her racism. Trump shone the national spotlight on this city by amplifying an obvious lie in front of 10’s of millions of people last Tuesday and his squad reacted as they always do.

[–] AngryPancake@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 months ago

Honestly, the small scale racism is a huge issue. These constant small arguments is what manifests it in people's heads.

But yeah Trump is an ass, fuck him.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Its worst than the qoute. She posted a story her neighbor told her about her daughter's friend's cat. So the source of the story was 3 layers of people removed from her.

When the news reached out to the neighbor, she said that it was an acquaintance of a friend, so even less reliable.

So yes, wholley racist, even as she claims it wasn't. She was pissed at legal migrants moving into her community, and spread racist rumors about them to feed that anger.