what if...?

[kpete]

[bobbolink]

1. What if....

the shooter had been homeless?

Lock up all homeless people!

[ThomCat]

4. They would have used him as example to reinforce the myth

that all homeless people have mental health problems, and are just homeless because they couldn't get adequate mental health care. See, homelessness has nothing to do with economics!

[cleanhippie]

2. What if...

He had just driven his car into the crowd at 40mph instead of shooting?

[inna]

3. so true it's not even funny

[ThomCat]

5. If he has been black, or hispanic, or a member of ANY minority

the entire group would have been condemned because of his actions.

But he is a right-wing white guy, so the narrative MUST SAY that he is a lone nut-case. Those Are The Rules! The right, and white people can never, ever be held responsible as a group, but everyone else must always be smeared with group responsibility.

Because to people in power "we" are individuals, but "they" are only members of the groups by which we understand them.

[bobbolink]

7. The dude is passing, big time. He is really a black, gay, homeless Muslim!

Well, I was close, wasn't I?

[ThomCat]

8. If he was, I think the heads of media pundits would explode

trying to figure out how to be outraged enough. :rofl:

[bobbolink]

9. I love a good explosion to start the day.

Step up, beckster.... OK, that would be just a little ppffft sound....

:crazy:

[Curmudgeoness]

6. Recommended. This is too true. nt