A self-described “progressive” freelance writer apparently confronted an Asian guy who he thought to be The Post Millennial’s Editor-At-Large Andy Ngo at a bar in New Orleans. Ngo stated the author bullied a random Asian male due to the fact that he was not in the state of Louisiana at the time of the harassment.
Thor Benson is an independent writer for left-wing media outlets such as The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, NBC News, and Business Insider. On Friday at 1:26 a.m., Benson happily boasted on Twitter: “I just ran into Andy Ngo at a bar in New Orleans. I politely told him he’s a ‘garbage person.’ Lol.”
“I was at a dive bar and he came in and started talking to people and I put my hand on his shoulder and said it and then went out for a cigarette,” Benson said of the alleged encounter.
Benson declared that the man he bugged “just left,” adding, “I think my comment made him nervous lol.”
I just ran into Andy Ngo at a bar in New Orleans. I politely told him he's a "garbage person." Lol
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) April 8, 2022
A few of Benson’s fans promoted that he must have attacked the man at the bar.
Among Benson’s fans replied, “Did you throw a whiskey sour with a brick garnish at him? He needs the attention.”
Thor Benson, a white freelance writer, thought he found me & instead harassed a random Asian in New Orleans & made him leave a bar. Benson's followers said the man should've been assaulted. @TracyConnor @CorinneIOZO you okay w/your contributor doing this?https://t.co/4AGDpu3YQd pic.twitter.com/C1NBGxq9VQ
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) April 9, 2022
Ngo refutes Benson’s story.
“Thor Benson, a freelance contributor to @thedailybeast, @PopSci & others tried to racially profile me in public & instead ended up harassing a random Asian victim,” Ngo wrote on Twitter. “Benson announced this proudly & his followers urged violence against the man.”
Ngo mentioned that he was “live streaming on GETTR on Thursday night” around the time that Benson declared he faced the reporter.
The Post Millennial – where Ngo is the editor-at-large – reported: “Ngo, a Portland, Oregon, native, was not even in New Orleans, nor Louisiana, at the time Benson approached the stranger and harassed him until he left.”
Responses to the circumstance blasted Benson for the supposed conflict and branded him a “racist.”.
Podcast host Lauren Chen: “White journalist harasses random Asian person at bar wrongly thinking he’s Andy Ngo Because I guess we all look the same.”
BlazeTV host Steven Crowder: “I don’t throw this term around flippantly. But you are a genuinely racist, pathetic excuse for a man. And you deserve everything coming your way.”
Journalist Jonathan Choe: “ASIAN MEN BEWARE: It’s a good thing the Asian American Journalists Association Convention @aaja won’t be in New Orleans this year. @thor_benson and some of his followers are going after Asian guys who look like @MrAndyNgo but they got the wrong Asian. #StopAsianHate.”
Attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon: “Bigot can’t tell different Asians apart. Who is the garbage person?”
Editor JD Rucker: “It wasn’t actually Andy Ngo but I guess we all look the same to racists.”
Journalist Ian Miles Cheong: “Liberals are now harassing random Asians because they can’t tell them apart from Andy Ngo.”
Columnist Rita Panahi: “Racist Leftist loser thinks all Asians look alike. Abuses random Asian guy & comes on Twitter to brag about it.”
Author Douglas Murray: “It wasn’t him. And you’re a racist. You gonna do this to black guys next? If they look like other guys you hate?”
Former Acting Director of the United States National Intelligence Richard Grenell: “Yesterday’s champions of diversity are today’s intolerants.”
Commentator Stephen L. Miller: “‘Andy Ngo is the white supremacist’ screams the guy chasing random Asians out of bars because I guess they all look the same.”
Editor Chadwick Moore: “You racially profiled a random Asian man you thought was Andy and then accosted him LOL #StopAsianHate.”
Keith Olbermann shared a fake screenshot claiming that Ngo was assaulted by a sex toy, a claim that Ngo declared, “That’s a fake tweet that was made by a far-left account to fool gullible people like you.”
The phony screenshot reported swirled around the web in August 2021 after being shared by an account that has actually given that been suspended.
Ngo acquired nationwide attention for his reporting of Antifa in Portland– which has actually drawn the ire of left-wingers.
Ngo was assaulted in June 2019 for being a reporter and covering an Antifa rally in Portland. He was required to the medical facility for his injuries.
In June 2021, Ngo was once again attacked by leftwing enemies throughout a demonstration in Portland.
H/T The Blaze
