New Zealand teacher threatened/abused by Kavanaugh's fans

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Good God, we are not even safe from this kind of USA fanaticism and bullying way down here...

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeal ... naugh.html


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Few Kiwis could imagine being caught up in the drama, but that's exactly what happened to North Shore teacher Samantha Ness.

"It did creep me out when people were starting to request friendship on Facebook and start to get into my life and then contacting my boss," she told Newshub.

Alarm bells started ringing when a message appeared on one of her public Facebook photos.

"Your disgusting [sic]," it read - and hinted more was to come.

Ms Ness fobbed it off at first, but things got serious when an email was sent to her school principal.

"I hope and pray that you will not tolerate the behavior of Samantha Ness," it read. "Threatening lies because she disagrees with people; she should not be around children."

Another rolled in, simply reading: "You're fired!! !!"

She soon found another in her own personal inbox, which said: "Low life. You need to lose your teaching job."

Then came a threat: "You have been reported to your School Director in Rosemount MN, as well as the FYI and Secret Service for soliciting murder of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a sitting Supreme Court Justice!! Your days are numbered."

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I'll let you know if any of these abusive perpetrators acknowledge their mistake and apologise...

Sounds like someone posting using the name Samantha Ness was writing stuff heinous enough to be reported to the FBI and the Secret Service. It's too bad that someone else got mistaken for that person. But that happens sometimes.

In America, there have been many false identifications of people who shared their names with an actual perp.

Be outraged, but don't be surprised if the New Zealand Samantha is never allowed into the US again. There are plenty of cases where people who shared the name of someone else have been barred from entering the US.

There was an infamous case on Reddit a few years ago where people were mobilized to go after somebody who was thought to be a perp. The real guy was later caught.

Apart from the web, bogus claims have led to actual deaths.

After Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols' 1995 Oklahoma City federal building bombing, a Muslimah's home was mobbed by would-be lynchers after conspiracy nutter Steve Emerson widely claimed that Muslims did it and her anticipated soon-to-be-delivered baby died as a result.

See:

If Salaam had Lived: Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing

The real Samantha Ness is a special ed teacher in Rosemount, Minnesota, who just resigned.

Just goes to show the intellectual capabilities of the more rabid fans of Kavanaugh.

What a completely deceptive and phony subject line.

The actual news story headline is more accurate: "'Then I felt scared': NZ teacher Samantha Ness mistaken for woman who threatened Brett Kavanaugh."

Still more accurate would be: "NZ woman caught up in mistaken identity flap after MN teacher with same name calls for murder of US judge."

thoughtbeast, USA immigration really concerns me.


From personal experience, I know how erratic, rude and bullying USA immigration employees can be. They single out people at random from each incoming flight to take aside and subject to in-your-face aggressive "third degree" sort of stuff, as if they are copying thugs from old movies. This ugly trend will have accelerated I think in the years since my last visit. And it will be my last visit, unless I have to rescue my autie grandson who is still there playing basketball for a USA team.

He too has been singled out on re-entry and treated in a very confronting, rude and provocative way, and this particularly worries me, as his youth, inability to quickly adjust to unexpected aggression, and relative inexperience could trigger a meltdown to which these Immigration people could react in lethal ways - I suspect that because he looks so noticeably different - over 7 feet tall and shoulders like Hercules, avoids eye contact when stressed etc, he is in particular danger from some of the more thuggish immigration staff, even though he is a white person from New Zealand with valid papers. Given that he re-enters twice a year after visiting home for Christmas and mid-year, I stress out every time he returns until I receive the "all clear" message. It's harrowing.

Thank you. Between the hurricanes, plenitude of weapons, the few gun-happy cops and bullies at immigration, exists my not groundless fears for his wellbeing. Sometimes it keeps me awake all night.