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In reply to the discussion: I don't think this is really about race at all. [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)149. if these had been some people of his own race
Last edited Fri Jun 19, 2015, 08:29 PM - Edit history (1)
then yeah you would probably be correct. But with the statements he made while murdering them, race was a definite factor in this racist killing. I'm sure because he is just 21, the thrill of being a 'media sensation' has him smiling, now. I just want to see him when he ends up in general population in a prison. Since the 1980's, reagan years, and with the for profit prisons initiated during Clinton's tenure as head of state, the black male and female incarceration rate has exploded. I'm sure since this coward killed women and tried to kill kids, he will get what's coming to him. And deservedly so.
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Yeah, other than the inconvenient fact that the shooter said it was, indeed, totally about race
LondonReign2
Jun 2015
#125
He told the victims it was due to race. He confessed to law enforcement it was due to race.
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#11
Yeah, it is and old tired saying, but I think de Nile is more than just a river in Egypt.
notadmblnd
Jun 2015
#12
Twisted shit- sorry but you are playing a race card here- and the terrorist?
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#40
Look every time someone kills another person (let alone 9 others) we always claim some type of
jwirr
Jun 2015
#45
Yes, thank God. I think racism is a learned behavior because if one looks at small children they do
jwirr
Jun 2015
#102
I imagine the OP knows better too. I'm alerting again because it's disgusting.
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#37
Ridiculous and insensitive. The killer admitted its race and yet some still deny it-
bettyellen
Jun 2015
#33
He probably is enjoying the attention, but he intentionally targeted a black church.
winter is coming
Jun 2015
#35
*****HE SAID HE THERE TO KILL BLACK PEOPLE!!!******* Come on, the effects of racism is that it hurts
uponit7771
Jun 2015
#36
The Jewish community center was targeted for being Jewish, the Church targeted for being black
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2015
#38
You and I frequently disagree, often vehemently, but on this there is not one
KingCharlemagne
Jun 2015
#56
Attention? For attention? Check out my recent post in GD to offset this lie
JustAnotherGen
Jun 2015
#64
hes not insane, a dumbass impulsive youth who made several old school racist statements.
Sunlei
Jun 2015
#69
Trying to deny the racism of this attack is perpetuating the racism of this attack
uppityperson
Jun 2015
#77
If the jury hadn't left it up, the rest of us wouldn't have gotten to reply.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Jun 2015
#107
The KC killer was looking to kill Jews specifically, because he viewed them as
tblue37
Jun 2015
#106
that's because of civil rights laws , there was segregation before , and you think the KKK doesn't
JI7
Jun 2015
#138
He could have went on a random shooting spree, he did not, he targeted people...
Humanist_Activist
Jun 2015
#112
Then why didn't he go to a white church and kill all the people there? Just rolled the dice?
Rex
Jun 2015
#136
Did you miss your turn on the way to Freeperville? It's over that way -----> to the far right.
Kalidurga
Jun 2015
#139
When people write crap like this, I wonder what fucking racist little planet they live on.
bravenak
Jun 2015
#140