No Virginia, there was no hoax

[William769]

No, Virginia, there was no “hoax.”

And no, Virginia Foxx, fatally beating a 21-year-old man is not an “unfortunate incident.”

You took to the U.S. House floor April 29 to oppose passage of the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act, also known as the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act, as a representative from North Carolina and as the floor manager of opposition to the bill.

You said, “The hate crimes bill that’s called the Matthew Shepard Bill is named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn’t because he was gay. This — the bill was named for him, hate crimes bill was named for him, but it’s really a hoax that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills.”

http://www.365gay.com/opinion/neff-no-virginia-there-was-no-hoax/

[Mz Pip]

1. An unfortunate incident

is when you step out of a car into a puddle and mess up your new shoes.

Could she have picked a more condescending choice of words? I doubt it.