The assumption behind government agencies that can be called on to intervene when people pose a danger is that those making the calls are sincere. The reality is often very different, with malicious people making tendentious or flat-out bogus reports to sic the authorities on those they dislike. Last week saw a perfect example of abusing the system when journalist David Leavitt sent his Twitter followers to Virginia's hotline for child abuse in response to a political candidate who said she was teaching her daughter a version of American history he didn't like.
"Can someone please call child care services on Tina Ramirez who's teaching her child to be a racist?," David Leavitt urged his more than 331,000 followers. This after GOP Virginia State Senate candidate Tina Ramirez said "I teach my daughter real American history. I refuse to join the radical left's campaign to erase history."
