They blamed music, videogames, movies, they blamed social isolation and bullying, they blamed everything they could point a finger at, except white supremacy. That elephant in the room set the tone for coverage of terrorist mass shooters for decades to come.
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And this shit here from the Daily Heil describing the Christchurch killer as a poor bullied victim? It's the same bogus narrative that's been concocted about these mass shooters since the Columbine massacre. For 2 fucking decades now. Enough!pic.twitter.com/ziaRdUMok9
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For those asking where the text is from; https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/harris_influences_ideology_1.3.pdf …
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These weren't people lashing out because they were bullied; they were displays of power. A show of force driven by neo-nazi ideology. From Columbine to Christchurch, we need to be clear that the root cause is a violent, white supremacist ideology.https://twitter.com/GennHutchison/status/1107653671922225152 …
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By the way, we saw this exact same thing play out in the wake of Parkland. The White House put out that ridiculous "Violence In Videogames" montage, attempting to place the blame there, rather than the extreme racist views the killer had. (Content warning for serious racism)pic.twitter.com/AtaElFFpTv
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I want to elaborate on what I mentioned about these terrorist acts being displays of power, because this guy right here exemplifies exactly what I mean. What he's doing right here? This is an abject display of power and dominance. This is a flex:https://twitter.com/blogTO/status/1107996098214445057 …
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This is a person who wanted to capitalize on the fear stoked by many right wing terrorists, he's going to a vigil wearing a maga hat knowing that it is threatening, that people would be afraid of him, afraid that he might kill them too. And he's doing so with a huge big smirk.
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This is why the narrative of "poor bullied loners" is so unbelievably dangerous in it's own right, it feeds into exactly what white supremacists want, people to be afraid of them and to submit to their dominance. It's teaching people to be sympathetic to neo-nazi terrorists.
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How does it do this? Well, think about what kind of message it sends to continually paint mass shooters as victims of bullying: "Better be nice to us, or we'll fucking gun you all down!"
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Maga hat boy, showing up to a vigil for the victims of white supremacist terror with a huge smug grin on his face? He's come to reap the benefits his fellow white supremacists committed those attacks had sown. It's all about power.
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