1. A right-wing Canadian who admires Donald Trump walked into a mosque last night & killed six people, injuring many more. But there's more.https://twitter.com/DougSaunders/status/826249690610073600 …
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2. Right-wing press, in both Canada & the USA, continues to lie about this event, falsely blaming it on a Muslim witness & not white shooter
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3. Trump's press secretary used this Islamophobic violence by a Trump supporter to justify Trump's anti-Muslim immigration policy.
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4. The confessed killer Alexandre Bissonnette has a distinct and recognizable profile: anti-feminist, admires Trump & Le Pen.
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5. Ideologically, Bissonnette belongs to current wave of white nationalism -- hence his sympathy for Trump & Le Pen.
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6. Fox News, Trump's de facto media organ, still has this tweet up: https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/826120752529301504 …
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7. Americans, especially those involved in foreign policy, might ponder how Trumpism is experienced by those living in other countries.
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8. Trump's foreign policy team, especially Bannon, wants to encourage white nationalism in other countries (i.e helping Le Pen)
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9. For those living in traditional USA allies like Canada, Trump is not just bad news for USA but a threat to our multiracial democracies
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10. For people living in Canada & many other lands, USA is now a force working against cherished political ideals of our own nations.
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11. Of course, white nationalism of Bissonnette also has plenty of Canadian roots: nativism of Parti Quebecois, Conservatives, & media
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12. Plenty of Islamophobic media in Canada which Bissonnette was a consumer of:https://twitter.com/sdbcraig/status/826168700935995393 …
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13. Bissoneette emerged out of French-Canadian context but lots of Anglo-Canadians helped mainstream hatred of Muslims (National Post, etc.)
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