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[NovaKart]

They already say he's going to be charged with the death penalty and I'd say its quite likely he will get it.

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[stilicho25]

I see. When muslims attack and people look for causes within the religion its islamphobia. When white guys attack its cause all white people are racist.

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[stilicho25]

That was directed at the salon articles. I am still waiting for the ill ride with you angry white man hashtag.

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[Rteacher]

Although some racists and forms of racism may be considered more benign than others, the Confederate flag remains a racist symbol, largely through its association with groups like the KKK. Here's a couple quotes from the Wiki article:

In their study of Confederate symbols in the contemporary Southern United States, the Southern political scientists James Michael Martinez, William Donald Richardson, and Ron McNinch-Su write:

The battle flag was never adopted by the Confederate Congress, never flew over any state capitols during the Confederacy, and was never officially used by Confederate veterans' groups. The flag probably would have been relegated to Civil War museums if it had not been resurrected by the resurgent KKK and used by Southern Dixiecrats during the 1948 presidential election....

Southern historian Gordon Rhea further wrote in 2011 that:

It is no accident that Confederate symbols have been the mainstay of white supremacist organizations, from the Ku Klux Klan to the skinheads. They did not appropriate the Confederate battle flag simply because it was pretty. They picked it because it was the flag of a nation dedicated to their ideals: 'that the negro is not equal to the white man'. The Confederate flag, we are told, represents heritage, not hate. But why should we celebrate a heritage grounded in hate, a heritage whose self-avowed reason for existence was the exploitation and debasement of a sizeable segment of its population?...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America#Controversy

[Rteacher]

Myopically focusing on how enactment of certain proposed legislation probably would not have prevented this latest mass shooting, does little to advance the cause of responsibly regulating guns.

Author Stephen King, who pulled one of his own novels (Rage) after it evidently provided some motivation in a high school shooting case, notes that as he voluntarily choose not to exercise his 1st Amendment right because he was concerned with not hurting others, proponents of the 2nd Amendment should similarly be open to reasonable limitations for the sake of saving lives. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jun/19/stephen-king-gun-control-charleston-closed-minds

[sirius black]

Although he is in the extreme, his views are not. Its way, way more prevalent than people want to admit. We have all grown numb to casual racism in the form of jokes, etc. and reduce to 'kidding around'.

Fox News, CNN and the major media tried as hard as they could to change the meme to a war on Christianity. Even though it was obvious it was racism. It took them 12 hours to find the stereotypical black conservative/church guy to say it isn't about racism. THe GOP candidates were quickly saying the same.

These types of guys are depicted as lone wolves in the media but as soon as non white guy does something kinda, sorta similar its reflective of a whole group of people. The guy who shot the two cops in NYC in response to the verdict of Eric Garner, was a one wolf and they tried desperately to tie to him to some black gang.

The amazing thing is that blacks haven't taken up arms and we see the reverse happening. In the mid '90s there was a rash of black church burnings. What everyone really fears is the tipping point. the point where they say eff it, lets get guns and start shooting back. Especially with the rash of unarmed black people being killed or abused by white cops.

there is going to be a tipping point. I am glad I'm out of the country if/when that happens. We keep saying its not all whites while not applying that to blacks, moslems, latinos, etc,

I can see it on social media. There is a LOT of anger amongst younger blacks. The old guard from the civil rights era are seen as weak. Its not going to be pretty. Oh well.

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Why is everyone so defensive?

Nobody serious in America is really blaming mainstream or moderate white ideology for this individual's terror. Nobody serious is asking moderate American whites to proclaim their moderation. Nobody serious is criticizing mainstream white culture.

Its not as if American white people are treated as Muslims, after all.

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