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Conservative filmmaker and convicted felon Dinesh D Souza used todays Martin Luther King Jr. remembrance to note what he called an interesting parallel between his life and that of the late civil rights leader. Writing on Twitter, DSouza declared, AN INTERESTING PARALLEL: MLK was targeted by J. Edgar Hoover, an unsavory character; I was targeted by the equally unsavory B. Hussein Obama.
DSouzas mention of the president targeting him is in reference to his recent trial and sentencing after pleading guilty to making illegal campaign contributions to New York Republican Wendy Long in her quest to unseat incumbent Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in 2012. The conservative DSouza admitted to using straw donors to funnel $20,000 to Longs unsuccessful campaign, resulting in a judge ordering him to pay a $30,000 fine, giving him five years probation, and sentencing him to serve eight months in a community confinement center in addition to attending weekly therapy sessions.
DSouza initially claimed he was innocent calling his indictment part of a conspiracy to harass him because of his criticism of the president but eventually admitted his guilt after negotiating a plea bargain to lesser charges. Quick to note that, unlike DSouza, King was arrested and spent time incarcerated where he wrote his famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail, people on Twitter immediately began mocking DSouza on Twitter, creating the hashtag #aninterestingparallel.
While some sarcastic tweets were directed back to DSouza, others noted interesting parallels with the Rev. King in their own lives. .@DineshDSouza 1. You're a convicted, admitted felon. 2. MLK improved the lives of millions. 3. Obama doesn't even think about you. AN INTERESTING PARALLEL. MLK went to jail for unjust reasons. @DineshDSouza sells fake Christmas trees @DineshDSouza wrote a best selling book. Hitler also wrote a best selling book. Jesus never did. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/01/conservative-clown-dinesh-dsouza-compares-himself-to-mlk-and-twitter-echoes-with-laughter/
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)samsingh
(17,601 posts)instead of Barak Obama.
I so hate these conservative coward windbags crybabies.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)louis-t
(23,297 posts)Yet stupid repugs do it all the time.
Saucepan of Kerbango
(48 posts)just awful.
Kingofalldems
(38,489 posts)Initech
(100,107 posts)Sorry couldn't resist.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)...because if you're Faux news, who better to speak about MLK,Jr than Dinesh DSouza, right?
He just claimed Obama hasn't had the black experience in America. Even Megyn Kelly laughed at his dipshittery.
UTUSN
(70,755 posts)Or was that while Laura was crawling across barroom floors or pointing a gun at an ex-boyfriend or "converting" to Spook-Catholicism?!1
progressoid
(49,999 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Carli Stevenson ?@gardengn0me 2h2 hours ago
#MLK died supporting striking sanitation workers in Memphis. I used hand sanitizer in Memphis. #aninterestingparallel
J. B. Whelan ?@jbwhelan 20h20 hours ago
#aninterestingparallel Martin Luther King was a great man with human flaws. Dinesh D'Souza is a collection of flaws wearing a Man Suit.
CoupleDumb ?@CoupleDumb 21h21 hours ago
MLK was a man of peace who was the target of hate and @DineshDSouza is a man of hate who has probably gone to Target #aninterestingparallel