Anti-Trump criminals attack GOP legislator’s family
/By Sussex Watchdog
Over the past month, we’ve gone where newspapers like the Gannett corporation’s New Jersey Herald fear to tread. We’ve covered the vandalization of family homes in Northwest New Jersey by anti-Trumpers and asked why these obvious acts of hatred were not covered in the same way as when someone spray-paints a Gottheimer for Congress sign?
Does the Gannett corporation approve of violence, so long as it is directed towards people who they decide are unfashionable? Or are they simply glad that the violent are too distracted to examine Gannett’s record closely? Are they pleased that the violence is directed away from them? That someone else is doing the suffering?
Sometime last night, a billboard advertising Space Farms Zoo and Museum was defaced with spray-painted anti-Trump slogans and foul language…
Space Farms is owned by the family of Assemblyman Parker Space (R-24) and his wife, Jill Space, a Republican State Committeewoman and the First Vice Chair of the Sussex County Republican Committee. When Congressman Josh Gottheimer’s (D-5) campaign sign was defaced, everyone of both parties rallied around him, the media covered it in great detail, all and sundry were appalled. We won’t hold our breath in this instance.
At this sick moment in our history, the Establishment has allowed the violent to target some with impunity, while taking steps to destroy the morale and effectiveness of the police. Average Americans have watched this and have responded by personally arming themselves to an unprecedented degree. Any possibility of a rational debate has been screwed to death over the past few weeks. People cannot unsee what has happened.
This attack on the family of an elected representative of the people comes just weeks after two Black Lives Matter activists were arrested for spray-painting “BLM” and defacing property near the home of the elected Sheriff of Sussex County, Mike Strada. At about the same time, ten shots were fired at the home of Sheriff Strada, while his wife and children were inside. That crime is still under investigation and Governor Murphy’s State Police have not released the name or names of those suspected of perpetrating what could be a case of attempted murder.
Fresh from successfully intimidating the Sussex County Freeholder Board into passing a resolution that they dictated, Black Lives Matter activists were out in force yesterday, holding a Black Lives Matter rally in Byram while – a few miles away – engaging in an action to disrupt a planned pro-Trump rally that was called off at the last minute for safety concerns. The stated reason was weather related.
Now the New Jersey Herald is willingly accepting the intellectual servitude of the Black Lives Matter movement. Its pages today remind us of the end of the free press in Germany during that very dark period of the 1930s and 40s. We will devote a future post to illustrate just how parallel the language is – often word for word. It make us wonder if those running BLM are historical copycats?
Of course, the Gannett corporation is more than happy to spread the blame to America or “society” or the police… instead of being held to account for its own actions. No matter how many riots or burned down buildings or spray painted slogans or murderous acts… violence does not result in peace. You cannot compel peace or tolerance or respect at a global level. Government cannot mandate these things. Such things happen at the smallest, personal, and individual scale.
That is Gannett’s problem. As a corporation Gannett has been wantonly cruel to its individual workers – generally, across the board, although some have believed it to be due to the color of their skin.
Black Lives Matter is complicit in Gannett’s corporate viciousness. By allowing Gannett to “take a knee” they are complicit as its public relations “fig leaf”. But so long as they get their pay-off, Black Lives Matter doesn’t seem to care about the workers. After all, these are academic “Marxists” of the snowflake variety.
Gannett pays homage to Black Lives Matter because it doesn't want anyone looking at their behavior or the behavior of some of the corporation's media outlets. Like the recent federal class action lawsuit brought against Gannett alleging that the corporation is "running a racist workplace that makes it impossible for black workers to be promoted". The 26-page lawsuit, with 23 pages of attachments makes for interesting reading:
"Gannett ran a sophisticated scheme and cover 'in the form of focus groups and other means and methods that are subjectively manipulated by Gannett to achieve its discriminatory goals and objectives.'
According to the lawsuit, Gannett 'has a corporate custom, policy, pattern, practice and procedure of not promoting African-Americans to director and leadership positions and utilizing a ‘one-and-done policy’ that disparately impacts African-American employed within the company.'
Gannett, based in McLean, Va., is best known for its flagship newspaper, USA Today. Its chain of newspapers, TV stations and other media reach than 110 million people a month, according to the complaint."
A journalist employed at Gannett added:
“In sum, the overall employment atmosphere and attitude at Gannett is hostile toward recruitment, training, leadership, management and advancement of African-Americans into top broadcasting leadership positions and opportunities.”
The EEOC found that it could not certify that Gannett is in compliance with the federal anti-discrimination law. The federal class action lawsuit "seeks class certification, restitution, and compensatory and punitive damages for Civil Rights Act violations, loss of prospective earnings and a court order 'to enjoin the discriminatory practices.'"
Gannett was also recently sued for age discrimination over its practice of replacing older employees with younger, less expensive ones. Over 1,300 Gannett employees have been "fired" between 2011 and 2017.
Gannett is a ruthless corporation that takes knees and points fingers in a public relations spin operation designed to take the focus off them. Black Lives Matter is aiding and abetting this scam. Don’t be fooled.
We will keep you informed. Stay tuned...
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