http://disqus.com/people/3dc91d437ed4ee2ed55506384fc2ae8e/enFri, 24 Oct 2008 15:27:26 -0000http://washingtonindependent.disqus.com/a_disturbing_trend_of_fabricated_hate_crime/#comment-3280590Now that this story has been proven false...<br><br>This brings to mind other cases in recent years in which a fabricated black man was made a scapegoat for a crime, such as the Susan Smith or Charles Stuart case: <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E4DD123EF935A35752C1A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all" rel="nofollow">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=...</a><br><br>This time the ploy is being used not to justify a crime, but specifically to make us fear the "black man", and make us doubt voting for Barack Obama as President, even though he is clearly the best choice.<br><br>"Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve," - George Bernard Shaw.LenaFri, 24 Oct 2008 15:27:26 -0000