Who's really to blame for the VA Tech tragedy?

[Behind the Aegis]

These are a conglomeration of "theories" from various hate sites. Just goes to show tragedies don't always bring out the best in people.

Anti-Asian Rhetoric

Extremists identify the shooter's Asian background to express their bigotry against non-whites. They cite Asians as "cold, calculating, and cruel" "worthless dirtbags" who "have infeccted and overpopulated too many parts in America…" One poster on the white supremacist Stormfront Internet forum instructed Asians to "Stay in China!"

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Hal Turner, a New Jersey based Internet radio host who spouts virulently anti-Semitic and racist rhetoric, says that he had "inside info" that the perpetrator's girlfriend discovered that he had a human "tail," was repulsed, and rejected him. Turner told listeners that some Koreans and other Asians sometimes have this "tail" at birth, and that they usually have it removed at that time.

Anti-Diversity Rhetoric

The minority status of the shooter seemed to give extremists fuel to advance their sentiments against diversity. One poster on the white supremacist Stormfront Internet forum references multiculturalism as "DIE-versity," and another explains that "this is one example of a tragedy that simply would not have happened in a WN country. That Asian man wouldn't have been here in the first place." One individual who believes that "bullets are for change" explains on the neo-Nazi Vanguard News Network (VNN) Internet forum that "Guns don't kill people. Ni--ers, spics and gooks kill people."

Anti-Semitic Rhetoric

The Virginia Tech shooting has given ammunition to extremists to discuss what they perceive as the "evil incarnate plague of demons that is Jewry." Citing the common myth of a Jewish-controlled media that attempts to twist events for the benefit of the Jewish people, one individual on Stormfront comments that "the media Jews feel they have a moral responsibility to lie to the public." Another explains on Phora, an anti-Semitic Internet forum, that "bodies are not cold before the vampiric filth Jew trys to parasitically worm its way in and hijack the situation and attention and drain it for its own evil benefit." A member of Stormfront explains that "Jews would find a way to capitalize off of this," and an individual on the VNN forum states, "I'm partial to the conjecture the kikes in charge of our country want to…repeal the Second Amendment by taking advantage of po chop."

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Holocaust Denial Rhetoric

Several posters refer to the shooting of Liviu Librescu, the Jewish professor who survived the Holocaust and reportedly was killed by the gunman while protecting his students. August Kreis views the professor's murder positively, stating, "On the bright side some good did come out of it, an Israeli holohoax survivor was among those killed…."

(Believe it or not, there is more...)

[Retired AF Dem]

1. The shooter

simple as that.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. So one might think.

Take a look at this list (it's a hoot and well done).

Cynical-C: The Blame Game

[TheFarseer]

3. yeah, that guy that shot all those people n/t

[MLFerrell]

4. That last item is particularly disgusting...

For ANYONE to disparage Liviu Librescu, who undeniably met his fate with the utmost heroism, is unconscionable.

Not to mention the overt anti-Semitism implicit in the "holohoax" remark.

Whoever wrote that vitriol needs to go over the records of the Nuremberg trials.

[Behind the Aegis]

7. Yeah, that one was pretty gruesome!

I find it amazing, that even with NO proof, these people go off on these wild tirades! I really should invest in tinfoil, I could make enough to retire.

[Missy M]

5. Where do these people come from......

probably under a rock. They all sound like they never made it past the fourth grade. The only people who would listen to them are people just as stupid. They are a disgrace to our country.

[mmonk]

6. The lack of proper access of or a well functioning

mental health system.