# WV black lawmaker gets email with KKK graphic and anti-abortion message...also sues. Is this right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 21, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-black-lawmaker-gets-email-with-kkk-graphic-and-anti-abortion-message-also-sues-is-this-right/959845 "2022-02-21T00:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-black-lawmaker-gets-email-with-kkk-graphic-and-anti-abortion-message-also-sues-is-this-right/959845/15 "2022-02-21T11:33:51Z")
Maybe an analogy will get through… Suppose a rabbi known for his pro-Israeli settlement views got a pamphlet that was festooned with swastikas and Nazi propaganda like this: [https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/Ch06\_Image06\_large.jpg](https://www.facinghistory.org/sites/default/files/Ch06_Image06_large.jpg) Now, the _messaging_ of the pamphlet just says “Don’t be like the Nazis. Abandon your attempts at getting _Lebensraum_. Leave what’s left of Palestine alone.” Would you think that was OK, because they were _so clearly_ using the Nazis as a negative example, @UltraVires --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wv-black-lawmaker-gets-email-with-kkk-graphic-and-anti-abortion-message-also-sues-is-this-right/959845)._