-By Warner Todd Huston
A Huffington Post “Justice Reporter”–whatever that means–named Ryan J. Reilly made himself look foolish twice in the same day as he “reported” on the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri this weekend and in one post even made the attempt to enflame racial strife.
The first time Reilly made himself look like a dunce in Ferguson is when he Tweeted a photo of some discarded orange ear plugs and asked his Twitter followers if they looked like “rubber bullets.”
This doofus didn’t just ask his followers if the ear plugs were rubber bullets, he stated his belief that they were rubber bullets.
OF course his Twitter followers quickly disabused him of the notion that these ear plugs were rubber bullets. He soon came back to the social media platform to issue a mea culpa saying, “I retract that suggestion, they are earplugs. Apologies.”
To his credit he hasn’t deleted the embarrassing Tweet that was so idiotic that even Drudge made fun of him over it.
But another Tweet he posted from Ferguson was more sinister.
Later in the day Reilly posted a photo of a truck he said belonged to a supporter of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. The photo of the truck featured a bumper sticker of a Gadsen snake and the words “Don’t Tread On Me,” a phrase commonly associated with Tea Partiers today.
Reilly was reporting from a rally that was called to support the officer who was identified as have shot teenager Michael Brown last week.
There was but one reason to post this photo. It was meant to show that white, tea partiers support the officer… the message? Tea partiers are raaaaacist for opposing the protesters.
Worse, Reilly posted the photo showing the license plate on the truck. (Note I obscured the plate in my image of the Tweet posted above.)
Once again we see the extremism infused in those who claim to be reporters.
My Other Coverage of the Events in Ferguson
- You Built This, Mr. President, Ferguson is all That is Wrong With Democrats
- On Ferguson I Was Right No Indictment, Updated With Testimony
- Despite Rabble-Rousers Urging Ferguson Citizens to Vote, Few Bothered
- NPR-Celebrated Muslim Reporter in Ferguson Has Record as Child Molester
- Ferguson Fallout: School Lesson Teaches Kids To Agree With the Black Panthers’ Demands
- ‘The Atlantic’ Says Ferguson Riots White People’s Fault
- Ferguson: We’ve Seen Enough to Know That Mike Brown Was a Thug, Cop Innocent
- Note the Difference Between Bundy Ranch Protest and Ferguson Riots
- HuffPo ‘Reporter’ Stirs Race Hate in Ferguson
- CNN Quietly Changes Story that DOJ Held Back Ferguson Robbery Video
- Leftist Columnist Glenn Greenwald Somehow Blames Israel for Ferguson Riots
- VIDEO: Obama Was Back On Golf Course Only Seven Mins After Ferguson Address
- On Ferguson I Was Right No Indictment, Updated With Testimony
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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago based freelance writer. He has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and before that he wrote articles on U.S. history for several small American magazines. His political columns are featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com, BigHollywood.com, and BigJournalism.com, as well as RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, Wizbang.com, among many, many others. Huston has also appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN, and many local TV shows as well as numerous talk radio shows throughout the country.
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