Watch White Privilege in ACTION.

[MohRokTah]

The moment they catch the White Terrorist who murdered nine people in an AME church, the "he was a good kid" narrative will start followed by the "mentally disturbed" crap.

This is white privilege. Make no mistake. Part of the narrative has already begun.

[malthaussen]

1. What's worse, the "well, you know, he's right" narrative will be given credibility...

... although maybe only so blatently couched in the fringe areas.

In other words, expect "blame the victims" shortly.

-- Mal

[MohRokTah]

2. The gun freaks at FreakRepublic already started that.

There's a disgusting thread where they blame the pastor because he voted against a bill that would allow people to carry guns in churches.

[malthaussen]

6. Well, I fully belive in knowing the enemy...

... but I wouldn't visit that site unless I was paid a large sum of money.

The talking points are going to be so obvious.

-- Mal

[MohRokTah]

9. I watch for what will become the meme of the right.

The "Anti-Christian Hate Crime" meme showed up there hours before Fox ran with it.

In these cases, you can predict what Fox will be saying an hour before they say it by seeing what those freaks are saying.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

20. So nauseating it's paralyzing.

Strikes me speechless.

[MohRokTah]

23. Watch for the "blame the victims" meme next.

The wingnut freaks on the far right side of the internet are already pushing a meme where this church is called a "black racist church preaching 'whitey is the cause of every bad thing'".

So they are already moving on to blaming the victims.

[heaven05]

30. THIS is why

racism will never be conquered in this culture, the best we can hope for is to just keep it marginalized, again, and with continued ostracism of the stupid, ignorant and hate driven people that perpetuate racism in this culture.

[Hoyt]

26. Not good for your blood pressure to read the vile crud on racist, gun loving websites.

[MohRokTah]

28. But I always know the next Fox NEws talking points in advance.

You take the good with the vile.

[Hoyt]

29. I get it, used to read that crud on the Discussionist. It's full of the same types, maybe worse

since most were banned here for right wing racism and gun junk.

[bluestateguy]

34. Why are such people allowed to vote?

I mean, really. Why do we allow people with such views the privilege of voting?

[Hoyt]

37. While I'd like to tar-and-feather and deport them, I guess we really can't.

We gotta offset them at the polls.

[gratuitous]

3. Just saw an interview with some people in Charleston

Several black people standing around in prayer, and one woman they talked to said, "We're trying to be peaceful and not overreact. We're asking people to remain calm." In the midst of this agonizing situation, these people are more concerned with others than their own feelings. Compare and contrast with the reaction when even an accidental death occurs in a privileged community.

[gollygee]

7. Compare when someone even just tries to swim in a swimming pool in a privileged community. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

44. +1. nt

[raccoon]

4. How come Muslim terrorists are never mentally illl? (sarcasm) nt

[malaise]

5. or African Americans

I've been asking that for years
M$NBComcast crazy Cliff is already preparing the meme - he needs to tell us why he did this or we'll just believe that he was some crazy person.

No - he is a racist scumbag terrorist. You rape our women you are taking over our country so you have to go.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

21. and yet real rapists are mostly white...and no one much cares about rounding them up.

[malaise]

33. Amazing

This little racist idiot is not too bright. He was always going to get caught.

[malthaussen]

8. Better genes, I guess.

Non-white terrorists are so much hardier mentally, they are immune to such "illness." Well, doesn't that follow?

-- Mal

[Romulox]

10. Ummm...thanks for that prediction... nt

[cwydro]

11. Not sure what coverage you're watching,

but it's being described as a hate crime and a terroristic attack on every channel I've seen. (No I've not watched fox, nor will I).

[MohRokTah]

12. I have yet to hear him described as a "terrorist"

The terrorist's uncle already started with saying the man was "soft spoken".

[gollygee]

14. Let me know when they say, "He was no angel."

Or when they call him a "thug."

[MohRokTah]

15. Not going to happen. eom

[gollygee]

18. I'm sure it won't.

We'll hear about how well he did in school and how he was good with children. And about his troubled past and possible mental illness, and how it's too bad the system failed him and someone didn't help him before it came to this.

Sigh.

[cwydro]

16. CNN talking head described him

as such.

He's a murderer and probably will kill himself before he's caught.

[Mr Dixon]

13. Agreed

i would be surprised if there is their is a shootout, more than likely come along son let's get you some help.

[MellowDem]

19. "He was a good kid"...

Is used all the time across all races, usually from the family, in the many gang murders around here, almost always black on black violence, I hear this refrain a lot from the family of the suspect.

The "mentally disturbed" aspect seems to definitely be applied to whites more often when it comes to massacres, and is definitely a symptom of white privilege.

It helps avoid the pesky underlying ideology the person was following, especially when that ideology shares so many similarities to mainstream right wing thought.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

22. ^^^ this^^^

The "mentally disturbed" aspect seems to definitely be applied to whites more often when it comes to massacres, and is definitely a symptom of white privilege.

It helps avoid the pesky underlying ideology the person was following, especially when that ideology shares so many similarities to mainstream right wing thought.

[Beowulf42]

24. Get Ready for the Sympathy from the Right

This monster is not a disturbed kid. He is a ghoul who represents the not-so-hidden totally consuming racism that is part of the soul of many in America. Right now there are racist sympathizers all over this nation who are secretly rubbing their hands together in glee that nine more n-----s are dead. We are a country that cannot leave things behind. Nothing is ever settled. We rehash old, bad ideas endlessly for no good reason or profit. It will be the end of this democracy as we know it. We are doomed to haggle over these ideas again and again and again. And in the process we lose sight of the important things which are destroying our economy and our liberty.

[heaven05]

31. got that right

[SoLeftIAmRight]

25. I had to take a look at the FAUX news take...

Bad - very bad

all about the gun control issue... The lament - if only someone had a gun... crazy crazy shit

[heaven05]

27. yep

no doubt. The 'splainers', give the facts a chance to come out BS has started already. He walked into a black church, said some racist BS and shot and killed many people. He's a RW terrorist, no doubt. No explanations of why, we know why, except that he's a racist, homegrown white terrorist, no distraction or minimalizing, necessary.

[MrScorpio]

32. It's already underway

I've seen it too many times myself.

[Comrade Grumpy]

35. Weak claim. This guy has been arrested and charged.

Narratives about this guy being "a good kid" or whatever are not white privilege; they are special pleading.

White privilege would be not getting arrested, charged, and convicted despite being guilty. We'll see what happens.

[LanternWaste]

38. Or not getting beat up by a cop for simply attending a swimming party, despite being innocent.

"White privilege would be not getting arrested..."

Or not getting beat up by a cop for simply attending a swimming party, despite being innocent.

[MohRokTah]

40. White privilege is this man not being beaten up or shot by cops during the arrest.

A black man who killed nine white people in a church would have been shot on sight.

[gollygee]

41. Did he get shot? choked? a "rough tide?" beaten?

An armed person who shot 9 people is handled delicately while a kid in a bathing suit gets hurt for swimming

[uponit7771]

49. Blacks get riddled with bullets if there's a misfire from a car while this guy gets to have ...

... a gun in his car and lament how it's justified to kill blacks.

You don't see a difference in the tolerance between POC and white suspects?

tia

[NaturalHigh]

36. "This is white privilege."

I hear it from criminals' families on the news quite often, no matter what the color.

Your OP = FAIL.

[Duppers]

39. Kick for this thread and replies.

[YoungDemCA]

42. Meanwhile, Michael Brown was a "thug"!

Even though he was the only one who ended up being killed in that confrontation. See also Trayvon Martin, and countless others.

Even when black people are the victims of violence, they are somehow made out to be the perpetrators. Racist logic!

[MohRokTah]

43. The media ALWAYS humanizes white terrorists and thugifies black victims.

ALWAYS!

[clarice]

45. I kinda wish that one of the parishioners DID have a gun. nt

[MohRokTah]

46. If one had a gun and used it on Roof, that parishioner would find themselves under arrest for murder

Roof is white.

The parishioners were black.

The black parishioner who killed a white man would go to jail.

[clarice]

47. With all respect.....I don't think anyone would have been charged for wasting that motherfucker. nt

[MohRokTah]

48. With all respect, that's not how things work. Black goes to jail. White gets humanized into...

"troubled sick kid".