This is going viral this week, so let's look at what this popular X account claims the guy said, then look at what was actually said to find the irony in the midst:
[English translation follows]
Rough translation of the key part:
I got approached by some guys I didn't know. I started talking to them, and they started insulting me, calling me 'Zemel' [a slur]. I know what that word means, and they started speaking in Moroccan Arabic thinking I wouldn't understand anything, but that's not the case.
So I told them: 'You know I understand everything you're saying.'
As trans people, we get attacked all the time and we're not allowed to say anything. We have to let it slide, girls. I'm sorry.
They told me: 'Yeah, but my friend finds you hot.'
'Do you really take me for an idiot? Is the word 'idiot' written on my forehead? You think I don't understand? And on top of that, it looks like your friend is into me.'
Well, I don't let people walk all over me. I grabbed a glass of water and threw it in his face. Yeah, I reacted impulsively. Then someone threw an entire glass — including the glass itself — at my face. And then everything exploded, super fast.
The irony here is thick. While the incident happened in July, it only went viral in English-speaking media this week.
Calysta (Corygan) Goblet is the name of the victim, a woke activist who reportedly supports #AllTheCurrentThings, including Palestine.
The Brussels Times covered the incident at the time, writing a glowing story about the difficulties Goblet faced as a boy who liked makeup and decided he wanted to be a girl.
It was around 02:30 at The Big Game bar in the centre of Brussels, a group of young men speaking Arabic and broken French outside on the terrace were doing what groups of drunk young men do best, being mean, loudly commenting, and being confused whether they see me as disgusting or attractive. The harassment got way out of hand, and I felt the tension rising inside of me, and my body was preparing for violence.
I threw a drink at one of them, just the liquid (water), not the glass. And at that moment, everything went haywire. I got a full broken sharp glass in my face with alcohol that blinded me. Everything was blurry and bloody. I could hear the shouting and crying of my friend who was witg [sic] and was desperately trying to lure them away.
Again, the irony here is plain as day.
Europe is importing a gazillion Muslim men at the same time as it's promoting transgenderism and every other type of sexual "identity" under the sun.
The "queers for Palestine" still haven't figured out how Islam treats gays and trans people.
Unfortunately, because we live in an age of digital warfare, right-wing accounts are becoming increasingly guilty of retweeting and sharing lies ... lies that are hard to avoid even with the power of AI.
In this story, for example, the video at the top claims that Goblet was confused about the attack because he supports Muslims and Palestine, but after checking the video transcription twice (this took me over half hour to verify), it's clear this quote is fabricated.
Unfortunately, this adds fuel to leftwing claims that rightwingers are spreading misinformation. 👇
What's even more alarming is that I tried to use X's built-in Grok to verify the quote - using multiple windows with sources to multiple news reports - and Grok assured me that this quote was in the video (it's not):
And the worst part is that I'm super pro-Palestine, I support them, I defend Arabs, I defend Muslims, I've always been on their side, and in the end this is what happens to me … I don't understand. I really don't understand.
It was only after using an outside video transcription service, then opening another Grok window and using the second Grok chat to confront the first Grok chat, that I was able to get the chatbot to acknowledge that the quote was entirely made up.
(Here's another transcription if anyone wants a full quote of the video.)
So while the irony of a trans supporter of Palestine getting beat up by Moroccan dudes in Brussels still stands, here's your daily reminder that embellishment and lies are the norm in the Wild West of social media. 😂
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