College student accused of promoting antisemitic sign at Barstool bar escalates feud with Dave Portnoy: Hypocritically lynching me
One of the men accused of taking part in the antisemitic sign controversy that appeared at the Barstool Sports’ bar in Philadelphia spoke out Tuesday in the latest twist in the ordeal.A sign that read “f— the Jews” was spotted at the bar in a video that went viral across social media over the weekend.Dave Portnoy has weighed in, at times furiously, and offered one of the men a trip to Auschwitz to learn about the Holocaust as penance for the antisemitic incident.However, that offer has since been revoked.Mo Khan, who Portnoy identified as one of the men involved in the incident, released a statement about the antisemitic incident and accused Portnoy of sensationalizing it to his millions of social media followers.
He implored those who watched his video to donate to his GiveSendGo fundraiser and blamed Portnoy for the attacks he has received.“Although I had nothing to do with the sign coming out, nor do I know who did it, I know that the sign was provocative because it reminded people of the unjust things Israel is doing around the world, thus leading me to report on it,” Khan said, reupping his claim that he was a “citizen journalist” in the matter.“Dave Portnoy and his friends can choose to be triggered over the sentiments of that sign and even kick me out of the establishment forever.However, they have no right to destroy my life over free speech and ultimately something that was an edgy joke.
Frankly, they’re more worried about destroying and uprooting me than the thousands of people getting destroyed and uprooted in genocide.”Khan claimed that Portnoy and the Jewish community have claimed that they were the victims in this incident, but he said he was the true victim.Khan said he was suspended from his university, lost an internship and received death threats over the incident.Khan said when he agreed to Portnoy’s offer of an Auschwitz trip, he was making those statements “under duress” because he does not have the means or co...