Author of social media post called out as ‘racist’ claims post taken out of context

By Megan Lalonde
Owner of business caught in social-media crossfire backlash suffers harassment

A Whistler barber who sparked a firestorm of outrage on social media after posting a challenge on Instagram to those who attended an anti-racism protest in Whistler now says the Instagram image was a meme, was taken out of context, and reframed as racist. In the original Instagram post Tyler Cheverie invited “any grown male adult who marched in or had their child march in or supported the fake ‘black lives matter’ protest in Whistler,” which took place on June 1 to “mutual combat” last Saturday, June 6.…

Source:: Author of social media post called out as ‘racist’ claims post taken out of context

• Whistler News

June 10, 2020

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