19. This hard-core white nationalist subculture receives reinforcement from wider culture of soft racism: Confederate flag on state capital
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20. Roof's friend said Roof wasn't a racist, just made racist jokes & had "strong conservative beliefs." Think about that.
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21. The racist jokes and the "strong conservative beliefs" are, let us say, the gateway drugs. Most can partake of them and go no further.
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22. But let's say "strong conservative beliefs" and racist jokes don't give enough kick. There's the harder stuff, the racist subculture
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23. Of course, most of the other people in racist subculture don't act out logic of their position. They're all talk, just posting on net
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24. But for a few troubled individuals in racist subculture, talk isn't good enough. They want fulfillment in apocalyptic violence
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25. The violence isn't just an acting out of personal disorder, it's a chance to gain agency, to enter into the making of history.
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@BRusselsghost White guys have a greater entrenched sense of grievance and their right to preserve their place in society.3 replies 1 retweet 4 likes -
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Entitled being the operative word.
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@nikkie_music @BRusselsghost Exactly right.
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