Grieving parents harassed by right wing fake news outlets

[Fogdog]

We’re Seth Rich’s parents. Stop politicizing our son’s murder.

The circumstances of what happened next are still unclear. We know that Seth was abruptly confronted on the street, that he had been on the phone and quickly ended the call. We also know that there were signs of a struggle, including a watchband torn when the assailants attempted to rip it off his wrist. Law-enforcement officials told us that Seth’s murder looked like a botched robbery attempt in which the assailants — after shooting our son — panicked, immediately ran and abandoned Seth’s personal belongings. We have seen no evidence, by any person at any time, that Seth’s murder had any connection to his job at the Democratic National Committee or his life in politics. Anyone who claims to have such evidence is either concealing it from us or lying.

Still, conservative news outlets and commentators continue, day after painful day, to peddle discredited conspiracy theories that Seth was killed after having provided WikiLeaks with emails from the DNC. Those theories, which some reporters have since retracted, are baseless, and they are unspeakably cruel.

Facts matter. Lies hurt.

 

[Fogdog]

We know that Seth’s personal email and his personal computer were both inspected by detectives early in the investigation and that the inspection revealed no evidence of any communications with anyone at WikiLeaks or anyone associated with WikiLeaks. Nor did that inspection reveal any evidence that Seth had leaked DNC emails to WikiLeaks or to anyone else. Indeed, those who have suggested that Seth’s role as a data analyst at the DNC gave him access to a wide trove of emails are simply incorrect — Seth’s job was to develop analytical models to encourage voters to turn out to vote. He didn’t have access to DNC emails, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee emails, John Podesta’s emails or Hillary Clinton’s emails. That simply wasn’t his job.

Despite these facts, our family’s nightmare persists. Seth’s death has been turned into a political football. Every day we wake up to new headlines, new lies, new factual errors, new people approaching us to take advantage of us and Seth’s legacy. It just won’t stop. The amount of pain and anguish this has caused us is unbearable. With every conspiratorial flare-up, we are forced to relive Seth’s murder and a small piece of us dies as more of Seth’s memory is torn away from us.

It wasn't just right wingers that bought the lie. Hillary hating left bought into it too. Just goes to show that once a person chooses belief over facts anything seems possible.

 

[ttystikk]

Finally, a credible source. I can't imagine what his parents are going through right now.

May they find some peace and comfort soon.

 

[fdd2blk]

Finally, a credible source. I can't imagine what his parents are going through right now.

May they find some peace and comfort soon.

People die everyday. They'll get over it. Unless they're weak.

 

[ttystikk]

People die everyday. They'll get over it. Unless they're weak.

They don't get over being dead, stupid.

You're weak.

 

[sixstring2112]

where is the computer now ?

 

[Justin-case]

Lil' hannity, how cute.....^^^^^^^^^

 

[fdd2blk]

They don't get over being dead, stupid.

You're weak.

The parents, or the dead guy?

People die everyday. Cry about it, crybaby.

 

[potroastV2]

FDD, is there ever a day when you're not an ass?

The members of this forum would appreciate it if you worked it out for yourself.

 

[Unclebaldrick]

We’re Seth Rich’s parents. Stop politicizing our son’s murder.

The circumstances of what happened next are still unclear. We know that Seth was abruptly confronted on the street, that he had been on the phone and quickly ended the call. We also know that there were signs of a struggle, including a watchband torn when the assailants attempted to rip it off his wrist. Law-enforcement officials told us that Seth’s murder looked like a botched robbery attempt in which the assailants — after shooting our son — panicked, immediately ran and abandoned Seth’s personal belongings. We have seen no evidence, by any person at any time, that Seth’s murder had any connection to his job at the Democratic National Committee or his life in politics. Anyone who claims to have such evidence is either concealing it from us or lying.

Still, conservative news outlets and commentators continue, day after painful day, to peddle discredited conspiracy theories that Seth was killed after having provided WikiLeaks with emails from the DNC. Those theories, which some reporters have since retracted, are baseless, and they are unspeakably cruel.

Facts matter. Lies hurt.

Because Hillary's professional killers would never think to take his wallet and his watch if they were framing the murder as a street robbery.

 

[tampee]

FDD, is there ever a day when you're not an ass?

The members of this forum would appreciate it if you worked it out for yourself.

FDD is nowhere near as bad as Uncle Buck. Maybe if he wasn't called a rat daily without any proof he wouldn't troll the trolls.

But he's right people die every day who cares about Franco? He was alright acting like a Strainhunter but clearly acting. Lol

 

[tampee]

They don't get over being dead, stupid.

You're weak.

You don't get to escape the fact you will die.

 

[Fogdog]

You don't get to escape the fact you will die.

dude,

The post is about a grieving family that is harassed by right wingers promoting their own fake conspiracy theory. It has nothing to do with human mortality. I get that you don't want people to be aware of the desire of the parents to be left alone.

 

[fdd2blk]

FDD, is there ever a day when you're not an ass?

The members of this forum would appreciate it if you worked it out for yourself.

I give back what I get.

 

[fdd2blk]

FDD is nowhere near as bad as Uncle Buck. Maybe if he wasn't called a rat daily without any proof he wouldn't troll the trolls.

But he's right people die every day who cares about Franco? He was alright acting like a Strainhunter but clearly acting. Lol

They act as if I'm the only one here razzing people. I've stated 1000 times that I'm just fucking around. Not my fault people take shit so serious.

 

[Fogdog]

FDD is nowhere near as bad as Uncle Buck. Maybe if he wasn't called a rat daily without any proof he wouldn't troll the trolls.

But he's right people die every day who cares about Franco? He was alright acting like a Strainhunter but clearly acting. Lol

FDD is a weak attention seeker. His posts are on the same level of a chihuahua's bark. You don't care about the hounding of a grieving family because the hounds are right wingers.

The harassment of Rich's family isn't a right or left political issue. It is an issue of a family that needs time to heal.

 

[Abiqua]

The unsolved murder of someone in politics and working for a political party exclusively, isn't about politics. Got it.

 

[tampee]

FDD is a weak attention seeker. His posts are on the same level of a chihuahua's bark. You don't care about the hounding of a grieving family because the hounds are right wingers.

The harassment of Rich's family isn't a right or left political issue. It is an issue of a family that needs time to heal.

If a RNC guy allegedly leaked information on the RNC and he was assassinated, would you not wonder why?

This is about the DNC guy who was assassinated right?

 

[Fogdog]

The unsolved murder of someone in politics and working for a political party exclusively, isn't about politics. Got it.

If a RNC guy allegedly leaked information on the RNC and he was assassinated, would you not wonder why?

This is about the DNC guy who was assassinated right?

I wouldn't be interested in a fake news story about somebody who was robbed and killed by the assailants. I'd respect the rights of their parents to privacy too.

 

[fdd2blk]

FDD is a weak attention seeker. His posts are on the same level of a chihuahua's bark. You don't care about the hounding of a grieving family because the hounds are right wingers.

The harassment of Rich's family isn't a right or left political issue. It is an issue of a family that needs time to heal.

So put me on ignore. You can't though. It makes you feel good to think you're better than me. Glad I can help with that.