Well @toure's trolls have descended on teenage conservative @BethanyBowra and are calling her a racist for asking about racism.
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Ben Howe (@BenHowe) January 15, 2013Teenage conservative activist Bethany Bowra made a name for herself with her takedown of Media Matters’ Eric Boehlert, and tonight she managed to start a nice Twitter argument with MSNBC commentator Touré. Touré engaged in his usual strategy of pretending to sound smart while uttering borderline racist counterfactuals, but some of his followers were no so nice.
How can the GOP be racist if the only black Senator is a Republican? Help me out @Toure?—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) January 15, 2013
@BethanyBowra Tim Scott wasn't elected. His selection is proof of nothing. Focus on GOP policies that are hostile to Blacks & Hispanics.—
Touré (@Toure) January 15, 2013
@Toure Which policies do you think are hostile to blacks and Hispanics?—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) January 15, 2013
@Toure To choose one, how is voter ID oppressive? Genuinely curious. You can't even buy Sudafed without an ID. Why be able to vote w/o 1?—
Bethany Bowra (@BethanyBowra) January 15, 2013
Pro-voter ID, anti-aff action, pro-SB1070/immigration, anti-choice… RT @BethanyBowra: Which policies are hostile to blacks & Hispanics?—
Touré (@Toure) January 15, 2013
I'm not surprised by @BethanyBowra's original question: the GOP puts up a few Black or brown faces as window dressing. Or "racism proofing."—
Touré (@Toure) January 15, 2013
Oy. RT @BethanyBowra: Do you view everything through race-tinted lenses? Why can't we judge people on their character like MLK suggested?—
Touré (@Toure) January 15, 2013
Wait a minute. Martin Luther King Jr. himself gets an “Oy”? The greatest civil rights statement in the history of the country gets an “Oy”? How can you possibly disagree with that basic aim?
@Toure @BethanyBowra Why do ppl like to toss MLK out like some black consciousnesses Prop?—
kenny st-leger (@kenlightofsaint) January 15, 2013
Well, probably because the man outlined the vision for racial equality in our nation, and hateful people like Touré are dousing that vision in gasoline and preparing to set it aflame. The real flame war, though, is in the comments directed at Bowra by people other than Touré. Apparently these people’s mothers never told them anything about being respectful to women, let alone teenage girls.
@Pensgirl84 @BethanyBowra nah she'll probably be a single mom with no job prospects who blames everything on democrats and a black president—
Harrison Weinhold (@RadioHarrison) January 15, 2013
@brizoni @Toure @BethanyBowra Just shows how bad a candidate Mitt was. #GoogledItAndFoundYou #OopsGoogledBaboonByMistake—
Sjarif Goldstein (@TheOtherSjarifG) January 15, 2013
People like @BethanyBowra are exactly what's wrong with the Republican party. Bible thumping, minority bashing, constitution humping freaks.—
Kyle (@LiberalCanuck) January 15, 2013
@BethanyBowra @Toure Some people are too thick to waste the breath of life trying to enlighten. One act is blanket proof of GOP redemption?—
Bryn Robinson (@bacygirl) January 15, 2013
After reading those, we can guarantee that someone in these conversations needs serious help, and it’s not Bethany Bowra. Luckily, most of the onlookers were cheering Bowra on.
Watching a teen-aged @BethanyBowra deconstruct @toure's excuses. Well done!—
Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) January 15, 2013
Nice work, Bethany!
