Forming a mob and beating up people who look funny is how the Democrats will win this election
Well, it's as close as you're going to find to a natural experiment, as it's two severely mentally ill people making random attacks on women in big cities. There's a persistent meme on twitter that white killers get called mentally ill, while nonwhite killers are terrorists etc.
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I haven't seen the Oakland stabbing much discussed. But one difference might be that the Canadian attacker's name is notably Islamic, and there's a strong element in Islam calling for just such attacks, while there's no equivalent calling on white guys to attack blacks.
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It's also awfully early to point to mental illness with any confidence - people (e.g. family) who don't want to be linked to it will highlight that issue regardless of accuracy & relevance.
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