The White House on Tuesday condemned “death to America” chants that surfaced online from a recent rally in Dearborn, Mich., protesting Israel’s war in Gaza. Press secretary Karine…

The White House on Tuesday condemned “death to America” chants that surfaced online from a recent rally in Dearborn, Mich., protesting Israel’s war in Gaza.

Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre replied, “yes” when asked if President Biden condemns the comments in the chants, which were captured on video by some attendees.

“Peaceful protests are something that the president has also been very clear that, its important to give folks space to peacefully protest. But any type of violent rhetoric, we are going to denounce,” she said.

Dearborn mayor Abdullah Hammoud (D) has also denounced the chants, sharing in a statement on X that “Dearborn is a city of proud Americans.”

  • mhague@lemmy.world
    49·
    7 months ago

    Some basic questions to train your media literacy:

    How many people, exactly, (or less ideally, roughly,) were doing this? (Article provides no answer.)

    How often does this normally occur, esp. when it isn’t a trendy topic? (Article provides no answer.)

    Any similar events to provide context, perhaps give us clues about what to expect? (Article provides no answer.)

    Was this a critical mass, or majority, of those present? (Article provides no answer.)

    If you ask basic, perfectly reasonable questions, and then read the article, and see that it answers nothing an interested individual is curious about, you get suspicious about what you’re reading. “Oh jeez, a thing happened, we have a thing, it involved people.” Very cool, very news.

    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
      18·
      7 months ago

      There was an article a couple months ago about “people” shouting death threats at Jewish people. It ended up being one dude.

    • OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
      93·
      7 months ago

      Also, do you extend this level of courtesy to events that make your political opposition look bad? It’s easy to find the energy and motivation when defending your team, but it rarely goes the other way.

      • mhague@lemmy.world
        5·
        7 months ago

        Yeah it gets much easier after lots of practice. But it’s not 100%, which would be ideal.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      7 months ago

      It’s somewhat frequent in Dearborn, at least once every time Israel/Palestine heats up. Pretty sure it happened at least once at a Talib rally.