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17. If you give a lot of white folks, even Very Committed Liberals, *any reason* to deny the race angle

Wed Mar 17, 2021, 12:04 PM

Mar 2021

And they will jump on it and hold on like grim death.

Anything. Just give them anything to deny that it was racially motivated and they'll embrace it.

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Message auto-removed [View all] Name removed Mar 2021 OP

"bought the gun he used hours earlier" PSPS Mar 2021 #1

Only 13 states have a waiting period, unfortunately. Gunners, even Democrats, Hoyt Mar 2021 #8

As Homer would say, "Five days? But I'm mad now!!" PSPS Mar 2021 #12

To those who say, "Guns aren't the problem, people are the problem" Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2021 #30

And background check? CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #32

The article says he bought the gun from a "Cherokee shop" Calista241 Mar 2021 #39

It would have turned up the son of a youth pastor, super religious, Warpy Mar 2021 #40

Important to note that the idea that his motive could be related to a "sexual addiction" and the fa soothsayer Mar 2021 #2

Thanks enough Mar 2021 #5

+100 bronxiteforever Mar 2021 #6

My first thought was a weeb incel AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2021 #20

As Would Any Woman RobinA Mar 2021 #42

Ah, that's a good excuse. Save me from myself louis-t Mar 2021 #3

SAA should have been his first choice. In_The_Wind Mar 2021 #4

For the others so they don't have to look it up: Sex Addicts Anonymous. - SAA Maraya1969 Mar 2021 #13

It works if you work it. In_The_Wind Mar 2021 #18

Actions of someone tortured by religious fundamentalism. n/t MarcA Mar 2021 #7

DING DING DING We have a winner Darwins_Retriever Mar 2021 #15

From reports seems that he had been part of this religion MarcA Mar 2021 #22

Incel gone bonkers ? magicarpet Mar 2021 #9

That was my thought. SergeStorms Mar 2021 #14

Methinks this is bull s**t Claire Oh Nette Mar 2021 #10

If you've known people that are addicted to things you'd probably recognize that addicts... PoliticAverse Mar 2021 #19

Evangelical Misogyny GopherGal Mar 2021 #21

"Was this racially motivated?" "We don't believe so." "Why's that?" "Because the white mass murde soothsayer Mar 2021 #11

I think MarcA (comment 7) or Magicarpet (#9) have the best reason Darwins_Retriever Mar 2021 #16

If you give a lot of white folks, even Very Committed Liberals, *any reason* to deny the race angle greenjar_01 Mar 2021 #17

Not to appear insensitive but it also seems to be yet another Incel warrior, so to speak. Ford_Prefect Mar 2021 #23

I was thinking it was one of the two. Racially motivated hate crime or a pathetic incel lashing out Sapient Donkey Mar 2021 #38

Attention, city folk: just in case you have never had the opportunity to encounter a steaming pile Atticus Mar 2021 #24

So, religiously insane Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #25

One more example of how guns make us safer. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2021 #26

Going to a therapist would have been a better choice. But alas, blame it on the female victims. appleannie1 Mar 2021 #27

wasn't one of tRumps biggest supporter and guest at mar la go go owner of many salons? nt yaesu Mar 2021 #28

Yeah, the owner of the NE patriots... 2naSalit Mar 2021 #34

Sexual addiction Jilly_in_VA Mar 2021 #29

And perpetrators never lie dlk Mar 2021 #31

He murdered several people, that's a lot more serious than a "hate crime" charge. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2021 #37

The FBI will get to the truth padah513 Mar 2021 #33

That makes absolutely zero sense. Sapient Donkey Mar 2021 #35

Republicans and massage parlors: dalton99a Mar 2021 #36

Killed eight people Traildogbob Mar 2021 #41