fakehatecrimes.org

fake hate crimes: a database of hate crime hoaxes in the usa



The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed (mostly) in the USA. It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the original book on this subject. The books Hate Crime Hoax and Hate Crimes: Criminal Law & Identity Politics are also recommended.

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500. House speaker Mike Johnson claimed "Jewish students are being stabbed in the eye." There is only one... 2024-04-20 New Haven CT

title
Lawmakers exploit Holocaust to Feed Moral Panic Over Antisemitism

name
System Update

authors
Glenn Greenwald

url
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3d0mrih32lKzXRQZqdIPyV?si=Sr8yW7OgSaifLmPnGVlbOQ

summary
See podcast, start at 33:23. Among several claimed incidents of antisemitism on US campuses, Sahar Tartak claimed to have been stabbed in the eye with a flagpole bearing the Palestinian flag. Glenn Greenwald explains why the claim isn't true. The video of the 20-4-24 protest shows someone brushed against the complainant, and she didn't get hit in the eye by anything. He also remarks on how conservatives poured scorn on demands for special rights for minorities based on fake hate incidents; now they're doing it.

date read
2024-05-23

date published
2024-05-08


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