A tale of two shootings
by digby
This shows the racism and religious intolerance perfectly:
Last week, a Muslim Pennsylvania man shot at cops, wounding one; Trump admin issued a statement calling it a terrorist attack and decrying “chain migration.”Yesterday, a white Colorado man shot at cops, killing one and wounding four. Trump simply issued a “condolences” tweet.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 1, 2018
The motivation for both incidents remains entirely unclear, but there is actually more evidence that the white shooter was politically motivated than the Muslim shooter: his Facebook page is filled with the icons of the white supremacist “alt-right.” https://t.co/AqPUwm4FjQ— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 1, 2018
They all jumped to the conclusion that the Pennsylvania shooting was a terrorist attack but they still really don’t know that.
Meanwhile here’s a compilation of the alt-right images from the Denver shooter’s Facebook page.
The truth is that the Denver shooter sounds like he had some serious mental health issues. And frankly, the Pennsylvania shooter probably did too. But the Denver perp is the only one we know for sure found some expression for his issues in politics.
There might be a political motivation for the Pennsylvania shooter as well but they don’t really know — and yet the Trump administration immediately said that people coming to America to join family members, like this fellow, is a root cause of our problem with violence. Apparently, just being a Muslim is enough.
Nothing could be more fatuous. Nothing could be more outrageously racist and xenophobic than this knee jerk smear — and the shrugging off of the many more white Americans when they commit similar acts.
Happy New Year, everybody.
cheers — digby
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