Based on his online manifesto, the alleged killer whose shooting spree in an El Paso Walmart left 22 dead seems to have subscribed to a resurgent racist theory, elements of which have been picked up in recent years by and propagated in the conservative mainstream.
I feel like its only a matter of time before some âdisaffected youthâ learns how to make a massive bomb on some Facebook page that Zuck is too afraid to take down less he anger the GOP.
This all seems to be happening too quickly to be by accident.
Lemme get this straight. Raging right wing nut jobs are saying that, for some reason, they canât get dates. Is that it?
Trump either believes it or has simply integrated it into his con, naturally because the art of the con is his only real talent. And itâs probably both, which I guess makes him âauthenticâ to his followers. A prominent figure from the past was similarly authentic, and I think you all can figure out who.
Still, I hate the framing of this quote, which somehow implies heâs only passively stumbled into racist territory.
At this point Trump is the center, and enthusiastic leader of the movement. I defy anyone to justify that heâs not.
We need to stop couching him as anything but a President who advocates racist policies and fuels racist sentiment with his every action. Full Stop.
Why does any thinking person hear this nonsense and believe it? IMO, the answer is that the right has been trying to dumb down America for at least the last 30 or so years, and, sadly, it appears that they have succeeded.
These right wingers are angry and they blame the other. Itâs what people have always done. So, they read the book, decide itâs true and backs up what they already believe and justifies them committing mass murder. These are not people weighing the pros and cons of such an action, in their sick minds itâs justified.
Trumpsters need to read Renaud Camusâ Tricks. lol
I am weary of the MSM making excuses for Trump, his administration and campaign as the Daily Beast did. âThe inclusion of the (QAnon) signs in the campaign video could be entirely accidental, as Trump rallies have become prominent gathering spots for believers in the QAnon conspiracy, making it harder to grab footage from the rallies that do not include such images." And for his halting speech about the mass shootings that had many ânot meâsâ and winks in its construction. Plus the 8/8 flag thing.
The MSM praises him on his and his teamâs media savvy, then says they are bumbling fools in the next article.
Trump & Co know exactly what they are doing.
âTucker Carlson has also echoed elements of the theory â âdemographic replacementâ is his term â using it as a partisan bludgeon to accuse Democrats of trying to seed the country with liberal constituencies.â
" Tucker Carlson Claims Thereâs No White Supremacy Problem: âThis Is A Hoaxâ
Fox News host says âitâs actually not a real problem in America.â
Carlson insisted heâs ânever met anybodyânot one personâwho ascribes to white supremacy.â
How does he shave without looking in the mirror?
Carlsonâs clique is all about using racism to further enrich the 1%. They just want the tax cuts. And some have black friends like Kanye.
Sez Whitebread racist
Great post. As @progress pointed out Trumpâs talent is the art of the con. I would add he spent a life building a brand that I call Aspirational Asshole - loud, crass, aggressively tacky just daring anyone to say anything negative. His campaign allied with fellow travelers - the Falwell/Graham evangelicals, Russian propaganda, Fox/Sinclair and the rest of the Right Wing Noise Machine. Trump already knew how to manipulate TV and print and he brought in people who figured out with the help of the Russians and Cambridge Analytica how to weaponize Facebook and Twitter. They will use the same playbook again and will undoubtedly add new twists.
One way to fight this is to make Aspirational Asshole a toxic brand. We donât have as much time, but the general model is the Anti-smoking campaign that focused on how uncool and stinky smoking is rather than how bad it is for your health. Iâm old enough to remember when there was a lot more trash on the roads and the anti-littering campaign made a difference. On a more prosaic note, in the 70âs you couldnât walk in NYC without constantly looking down to avoid dog shit, Mayor Koch started to enforce pooper-scooper laws and people started to comply; at first, maybe to avoid the fine, but eventually because they liked walking on sidewalks that werenât covered in dog shit.
Iâd take the picture of the McConnell volunteers with the AOC lifesize cutout and do something with a group of young women the same age as the volunteers commenting on it - I wouldnât even script it just let the camera run - but the theme would be something to the effect of - Friends donât let friends date assholes.
The American version of The Great Replacement theory draws heavily on fears of a supposedly darkening Europe, with American proponents arguing that economic decline and immigration constitute a slow-burning âwhite genocide.â
Seems to me a slow burning white genocide would be a leveling of the playing field. Maybe caucasians need to take their turn keeping warm at night under smallpox blankets.
I think we would be foolish if we didnât acknowledge a lot of older white people are very anxious as they look around and see a lot of dark skinned younger people. Letâs face it, the older whites have done what successful people seem to always do, they have not reproduced in sufficient numbers to replace themselves. We have also been seeing the slow assimilation of blacks into the mainstream of culture. They have noticeably been mixing with whites. So have other darker Hispanic Americans. All of the mixing is a good thing. More importantly it is natural. No conspiracy needed. It is just what happens when people interact over time.
The problem is we have a generation of older white Americans who are susceptible to being influenced for profit and power by the likes of Fox News and Donald Trump.
There doesnât seem to be any counter balancing institution demonstrating to older white people that things are OK. In the past the church was such an institution but the Protestant Christian Church is now a creature of mass media and marketing and not a mostly retail activity. Its leaders come from the same advertising sewer as Fox News and Donald Trump. They are mostly interested in profit and power.
All of this might be a sign of decline and decay, or maybe it will fade away with the death of the Fox News demographic.
These are great ideas. I think itâs the right approach on a national level.
In my own experience, going at someone for their racist views, and by that I mean the family members, neighbors who have children in your daughterâs class, or peers gets me nowhere. Not only does it sour every interaction, it forces you to wade through a boatload of âthatâs not trueâ (thatâs the kind version, and who has time for that). Simply explaining you donât want to expose yourself - or your family - to their toxic world view works just as well. It may not change them; personally I think some crave those confrontations in a deep psychological way. But others take notice, and it sends a strong message that itâs something unacceptable.
Granted, thatâs a lot easier for me in a majority blue district than it would be in the ruby red community in which I was raised. But it was how my Mom, and her parents before her, operated, and now years later Iâm beginning to realize the wisdom of their approach.
If you inspect video from Charlottesville, the Portland, OR skirmishes and other gatherings of alt-right and white supremacist groups the crowds are hardly stooped, graying retirees. There is an entire generation (or two) of bigots, xenophobes and misogynists taking over the reins from their elders. Society is not going to be out of the woods on this in 20 years. In twice that time all those people chanting âJews will not replace us!â in Charlottesville will be but early 60-somethings, and probably still stoking fear and meteing out violence. And training their replacements in the cause.
I wonder how many Fox News viewers would reject the theory if they knew it came from a French intellectual? Thatâs France as in the country that wouldnât join in the Iraq WarâŚ
It is called shunning.
