Yet another uses sterling unshakable REASON to argue why the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooter couldn't have been influenced by white supremacist ideology and in fact must have been trying to kill white people. What? Don't brown people like garlic too? 6/ https://twitter.com/shortbus_bully/status/1157689855943598082 …
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted starell
Still another decides to engage in some highly racist whataboutism. This was a popular theme in the responses.
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starell @starellReplying to @michaelshermerThe thing that I can’t figure out is why all this attention and outrage on domestic terrorism but black on black crime in the inner cities has been out of control for years!!! Where are all the articles and outrage for these poor people that have to live that life??2 replies 0 retweets 11 likesShow this thread -
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Still another calls Shermer "racist" for having Tweeted a link to this story.
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None of this is to say that all the responses were like this. There are appropriate responses there too. But the earliest responses were all like the ones above. 9/
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Although he's deserved past criticism for having harped on antifa violence far out of proportion to their share of actual political violence, I'm not bringing up these responses to criticize him. He appears to be trying to be more appropriate. Time will tell if he succeeds. 10/
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The reason I brought this up is to point out that Shermer's past rhetoric about antifa and his association with
@Quillette and the IDW guaranteed that he'd gain a lot of fans like this, who'll be pissed off if he abandons his biased portrayal of the left. 11/1 reply 0 retweets 26 likesShow this thread -
Will Shermer endanger his IDW cred and fan base? Stay tuned... 12/12
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Michael Shermer
And...we have the answer! Apparently the pushback for actually pointing out that the overwhelming majority of political violence is right wing/fascist/white supremacist led Shermer to add a "but antifa." 12a/12https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1157751168518328320 …
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Michael ShermerVerified account @michaelshermerI do point out ANTIFA violence all the time, and I've thus been accused of being a right winger/conservative. Again, we expect Alt-Right tiki-torch carrying thugs to be violent. Liberals use arguments instead. But the Far-Left has left liberalism and become illiberal.1 reply 0 retweets 27 likesShow this thread -
He even repeats his mind-numbingly silly reason for attacking antifa more than fascists, adding the obligatory IDW trope about liberals having become "illiberal." He can't identify the main source of political violence without adding false balance about antifa and liberals.12b/12
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David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Michael Shermer
And then...another swipe at liberals, using a three year old protest in Portland. 12c/12https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1157756592172912641 …
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Michael ShermerVerified account @michaelshermerWould someone explain to me the logic behind violent political protest & how it's suppose accomplish its goals? How is smashing car windows in protest against Trump going to bring about his Presidency end? Or are these just thugs looking for violence? https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/11/10/portland-anti-trump-protest-turns-to-chaos-as-anarchists-smash-cars-and-bus-stops/ …2 replies 1 retweet 15 likesShow this thread
David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Michael Shermer
He finally gets to today's shooter in El Paso, noting that he had a white nationalist manifesto. Apparently he couldn't discuss two mass shootings and right wing political violence without adding a couple instances of "but antifa!" to the mix. 12d/12https://twitter.com/michaelshermer/status/1157756592172912641 …
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