Vox dredges up 'giant negro' lore to explain shooting of Michael Brown

The self parody over at Vox continues.

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/537333269009035265

Volumes of eyewitness testimony and evidence didn’t yield the indictment that the bogus media narrative demanded. The simplest explanation for why is obviously those darned “giant negro scare stories of yore” buried in our collective subconscious. Or something.

@exjon BREAKING: Michael Brown actually white midget! (h/t @mattyglesias )

— We are screwed (@PornPops69) November 25, 2014

@mattyglesias @NoahCRothman lol yeah I'm sure Wilson was up to speed on 100 year old racist screeds, smh.

— EdAsante (@EdAsante77) November 25, 2014

@mattyglesias Ah yes, I remember sitting around the fire, eating toasted marshmallows, spinning yarns about giant negroes.. Simpler times

— Gary Taylor (@gtcanhelp) November 25, 2014

https://twitter.com/Coondawg68/status/537334815281152000

Hustlers gonna hustle RT @mattyglesias Darren Wilson’s story is a throwback to the “Giant Negro” scare stories of yore.

— Let's all calm down (@NikVanHelsing) November 25, 2014

I mean ask yourself, Matty, who introduced the "gentle giant" talking point? Darren Wilson? #HACK @mattyglesias

cc @jaschrein

— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) November 25, 2014

@jgpetruna Yeah, @mattyglesias didn't write this one, but it's clear Vox is infested with disgusting individuals.

— Let's all calm down (@NikVanHelsing) November 25, 2014

Doesn't matter who wrote it. Vox is a hive mind. Matty's idiocy is in the mix. @jaschrein @mattyglesias

— J.G. Petruna (@jgpetruna) November 25, 2014

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Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, and the myth of the magical "giant negro" http://t.co/UhSw4xWDyW pic.twitter.com/ULxaKfF4L5

— Lauren Williams (@laurenwilliams) November 25, 2014

@laurenwilliams lol – amazing what a rag @voxdotcom is. @ezraklein

— Alex Simonelis (@alexsimonelis) November 25, 2014

@mattyglesias This is going on my Top Ten Stupid Tweets of the Day list.

— SAJ (@ShenValleyLife) November 25, 2014

https://twitter.com/Guineatarian/status/537344893782597632

Just a bit.

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