Trans pilot falsely blamed in Potomac plane crash sues conservative influencer
Trans pilot falsely blamed in Potomac plane crash sues conservative influencer
Military pilot Jo Ellis said she had to hire private armed security for her family because of the false claims, which went viral on social media.
Military pilot Jo Ellis said she had to hire private armed security for her family because of the false claims, which went viral on social media.
A transgender military pilot filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against a conservative influencer who falsely claimed on social media that she was flying the helicopter that collided with a commercial jet near Reagan National Airport in January, killing 67 people.
“I want to hold this person accountable for what they did to me,” Jo Ellis, a pilot who has served more than 15 years in the Virginia Army National Guard, said in a statement to NBC News. “It’s become too common that people can say horrible things about someone, profit at their expense, and get away with it.”
On Jan. 30, less than 24 hours after the crash, conservative influencer Matt Wallace, who has 2.2 million followers on the social media platform X, shared a post from another account he operates stating that the helicopter pilot was transgender, according to the lawsuit. Wallace included a photo of Ellis, and the post went viral, the lawsuit states.
Soon after Ellis’ statement on Facebook, Wallace shared another X user’s post with Ellis’ video, writing that it was an “Important Update!” and adding that Ellis was not piloting the helicopter and is still alive. Wallace also wrote in another X post that the original rumor that Ellis had been flying the helicopter involved in the crash came from another account with the handle @FakeGayPolitics, which is no longer active. Wallace said the rumor “seemed credible” because Ellis, whom Wallace misgendered in his posts, “wrote an article calling out Trump’s trans military ban only a few days ago.”
How does this logic work in his head?
No logic needs to be involved when the only goal is to ruin the lives of marginalized people.
I think their tiny-Trumpy-brained syllogism goes:
- Trans people bad.
- Helicopter crash bad.
- Therefore, trans people helicopter.
Premise 1 is false, but other than that you simply can't fault the logic.
Yea unfortunately probably not his is but more like his followers' are. He is aware enough of this to exploit it for his own gain. The thing to do is to have obligatory critical thinking courses each semester every year from age six to twenty two, repeat it so many times it becomes a reflex not a choice.
"if someone said anything negative about me, I would gladly murder dozens of people JUST to make them look bad, therefore this is perfectly believable!"
That's the logic.
I wish them great success. Not only were they greatly wronged, which could cost future jobs, but in the rush for clicks, too many streamers think that freedom of speech also means free from the consequences of their words. That needs to change
they should make this guy famous as the influencer who tries to defame the US military, give him a taste of his own medicine
Get that bank girl 💸
Of course it's Matt fucking Wallace
why do we let these conservative "influencers" sleep at night? I hope someone sets his house on fire shoots him when he runs out. Let him die sobbing in a pool of his blood and piss, confused and alone.
Because killing people is wrong and can very very easily get out of hand. Consider The Terror, which followed the French revolution - edit: clarified myself by mentioning The Terror
Because it's just going to make them more popular. One can argue that the failed assassination of Trump was actually key to his victory. Or if that's not clear enough, look at what happened with Charlie Hebdo - it just made muslims look petty and violent to the point where most people would rather side with the paper that was bullying a religious minority than recognize their concerns.
Losing a lawsuit, meanwhile, makes them unpopular and poor at the same time.
the paper that was bullying a religious minority than recognize their concerns
Shut the fuck up with your disgusting justification.
Islam is the second most popular religion in France after Catholicism (11% vs 25% in 2020 and things have almost certainly shifted further in favor of Islam since).
This is how Charlie Hebdo presents and presented the Catholic majority:
https://www.google.com/search?udm=2&q=charlie+hebdo+catholiques
Charlie Hebdo's crime wasn't "bullying a minority", their crime was treating France's second strongest religious group no different than their strongest.
You should watch the apprentice. Losing law suites is how Trump started his cult
Edit: not sure if people don't know what I'm talking about or think a biopic isn't a reliable source: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/donald-trump-roy-cohn-race-discrimination-lawsuit-fight-documentary-excerpt/