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Shaun King's avatar

The more and more I think of this dear brother, the more I understand how much of a walking contradiction he was to every single lie we are told about Muslims, about immigrants, and so much more.

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Kiwiwriter47's avatar

Boy, does this mess up the views of Alex Jones, Breitbart, the Three Percenters, Trumpetoons, and the National Rifle Association.

The good guy with the gun was a Muslim from Bangladesh and serving New York Police Officer and the bad guy with the gun was a licensed non-Muslim American nutball.

Do we see the problem yet?

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Shaun King's avatar

Absolutely. He is the walking contradiction to all of their lies.

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Lina Vasquez's avatar

Respectfully, you are wrong. The shooter was a biracial black and Japanese man with mental health struggles.

I am praying for Officer Didarul Islam's family. But I am also praying for Shane Tamura's family. I also believe Shane's death was a tragedy. He was a black man who grew up in Nevada!!!

A state where Blacks only comprise 12%!!!! of the population. And Asians, 6%. Whites comprise 66.6% of Nevada's population, and Latinos comprise 18%. Despite being half Japanese, Shane Tamura "presented" Black, and I'm VERY sure that MANY of the 66.6% made sure to remind Shane of his blackness.

It's a sad story. I am grieving for BOTH sides. As I also grieve for BOTH sides of the Palestine/Israel war.

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Kiwiwriter47's avatar

I am grieving for Shane’s family, but not him. He killed innocents.

I was not aware he was black, and I apologize for getting that wrong, and will take care of that immediately.

As for the Gaza war….I have long supported Israel and always will. Blood is thicker than water. However, I am not happy with the Netanyahu administration’s failure to behave in the Jewish tradition of “Tikkun Olam.”

The hostages are not coming back…we need to wrap up this war.

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Susan Mangum's avatar

I don’t blame the Muslims, the immigrants, the Trans, the black, the homeless, the Gays. I know the statistics! White Men commit 73% of hate crimes are committed by white men!

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Ant7's avatar

I grieve that deep-seated bias and prejudice prevent so many seeing the truth … I join you in praying for Didarul Islam and his family. I too honour the legacy of service and sacrifice he leaves behind. May he rest in peace.

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B.E.Roe's avatar

So true! Well written sir!

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Mino Akhtar's avatar

Thank you for your work in telling the truth- in an era of hypocrisy, lies, gaslighting we need you

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Shaun King's avatar

It’s my honor

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Carrie Amirdash's avatar

What the hell do you know about Islam? Obviously, VERY little. Educate before you argue.

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J'accuse's avatar

You seemed to forget that the killer was black. I'm sure it's just an honest oversight /s

You didn't include tons of quotes from people claiming that the killer was Muslim. You claim people were blaming Muslims but give me quotes where they directly do this. If it was a white guy who did it you would have brought up he was white. You just omitted race because he was black. It's obvious.

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