A Marine runs his patriotic pickup truck into a church, shoots and kills worshippers, then sets the church on fire. Conservative outrage is oddly quiet.
I was looking for the news to reveal who the killer was.... You are the only one to tell the truth. The only sense I had was when they said his truck had 2 American flags...
It may be naive of me, but in years past when I heard an investigation was being handed over to the FBI I thought it would be a good thing. That it meant the case garnered a level of respect and public interest. My heart sank when I heard that about this case though, and I wondered if we'd get any real information.
I mean like times where I thought the local police were going to sweep things under the rug or carry out an incompetent investigation, and national attention would make the case less likely to disappear.
No need to should me or tell me what to be grateful for. Have the day you voted for.
Domestic Terrorism pure and simple. This perpetrator is a Terrorist. Shame on the media for keeping this farcical duality going. Imagine if he had been Muslim.
Excellent, clear and true analysis brother. I only wish this could get out somewhere in the mainstream. Maybe at least on KPFA or Common Dreams that can get to more people.
What do you think created the emotion “mad” in people after for ex. Charlie Kirk’s death? Was it simply one crazy person with a gun and his disgusting motives- which we could say of all people who act this way? Or was it the thousands of people claiming justification for his death, belittling grief and mocking his widow?
The initial "mad" was absolutely felt because there was an assumption that the shooter was somehow left leaning. When this was the case conservatives were calling for the death penalty and saying the left should own this murder. When the truth came out about this being a white boy from a conservative family the language and tone of the argument changed completely to one of "forgiving" his shooter.
The right justifies, threatens, belittles, and mocks violence against the left time and time again, and then cosplays as emotionally intelligent people, clutching their pearls, when some form of harm comes to one of their own, simultaneously and conveniently forgetting their normal discourse and responses.
If it's one of their own, they get a pass so they just feel like no need to talk about it. It doesn't help their agenda. They will surely redirect the convo at that moment.
I would never wear a swastika shirt, but it would be easy to mislead with one if I wanted to mislead folks. The conversation around mass shooters is not that veterans or trans peeps are violent, but that so often they are on medications that warn about suicidal or homicidal ideation as a side-effect. I say the supposed shooter of Charlie Kirk was not a patriot, though he wore a shirt with a flag. And I think the MAGA shirt was also a false flag. I read the entire post, and I was suggesting that the simple explanation is wrong.
Would love your thoughts here.
You educated me on this shooting before the news. I had to SEARCH to find coverage. Sure, the story is breaking… but the silence is pretty loud
It happened yesterday and was covered more at the time.
I was looking for the news to reveal who the killer was.... You are the only one to tell the truth. The only sense I had was when they said his truck had 2 American flags...
I agree with you 100%
That shirt looks photoshoped and fake. I can not find one available like it anywhere.
It may be naive of me, but in years past when I heard an investigation was being handed over to the FBI I thought it would be a good thing. That it meant the case garnered a level of respect and public interest. My heart sank when I heard that about this case though, and I wondered if we'd get any real information.
I mean like times where I thought the local police were going to sweep things under the rug or carry out an incompetent investigation, and national attention would make the case less likely to disappear.
No need to should me or tell me what to be grateful for. Have the day you voted for.
Thanks for so clearly pointing out this pernicious pattern Shaun - it rings true to me.
So sad that these folks have been so brainwashed to the desperation of violence against church parishioners!
Domestic Terrorism pure and simple. This perpetrator is a Terrorist. Shame on the media for keeping this farcical duality going. Imagine if he had been Muslim.
Everything—tragically, heartbreakingly, powerfully said 💔 You’re a strong Light in the Darkness
Excellent, clear and true analysis brother. I only wish this could get out somewhere in the mainstream. Maybe at least on KPFA or Common Dreams that can get to more people.
Thank you Shaun.
Uncle Sam's Misguided Children, indeed.
The outrage is the same. Evil being evil.
No, what I am saying is that today conservatives aren't mad. Just sad. But when the shooter is different they are mad and not sad.
What do you think created the emotion “mad” in people after for ex. Charlie Kirk’s death? Was it simply one crazy person with a gun and his disgusting motives- which we could say of all people who act this way? Or was it the thousands of people claiming justification for his death, belittling grief and mocking his widow?
The initial "mad" was absolutely felt because there was an assumption that the shooter was somehow left leaning. When this was the case conservatives were calling for the death penalty and saying the left should own this murder. When the truth came out about this being a white boy from a conservative family the language and tone of the argument changed completely to one of "forgiving" his shooter.
The right justifies, threatens, belittles, and mocks violence against the left time and time again, and then cosplays as emotionally intelligent people, clutching their pearls, when some form of harm comes to one of their own, simultaneously and conveniently forgetting their normal discourse and responses.
Bullshit
If it's one of their own, they get a pass so they just feel like no need to talk about it. It doesn't help their agenda. They will surely redirect the convo at that moment.
Yes let their stammering and stuttering begin! How can they spin this, this time?
I would never wear a swastika shirt, but it would be easy to mislead with one if I wanted to mislead folks. The conversation around mass shooters is not that veterans or trans peeps are violent, but that so often they are on medications that warn about suicidal or homicidal ideation as a side-effect. I say the supposed shooter of Charlie Kirk was not a patriot, though he wore a shirt with a flag. And I think the MAGA shirt was also a false flag. I read the entire post, and I was suggesting that the simple explanation is wrong.