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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsterrorist attack in Charleston
Just as the repugnants always demand that Obama call out all of Islam after a terror attack, we should call our repugnant reps and senators and demand that they refer to this as a "white terror" attack and see how well that goes over.
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)nt
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)All people need to repudiate. Starting with each and every one of us appalled by this act. And it needs to be followed up by a demand that the Republican party repudiate the racist and incendiary rhetoric it uses to whip up its base.
CrawlingChaos
(1,893 posts)get the red out
(13,468 posts)I have been watching our local news and not one word! Though they usually cover anything that is breaking nationally. I had to pull up Facebook on my phone to find out this happened!
This is the very definition of a terror attack.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)countryjake
(8,554 posts)and recommend!
JustAnotherGen
(32,046 posts)The Republican mind doesn't believe it's a terror attack unless it is committed by a Muslim.
I'd prefer to keep it as a hate crime -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/06/17/white-gunman-sought-in-shooting-at-historic-charleston-african-ame-church/
And force them to deny it.
That Chief of Police wouldn't have said that without reason. As we learned in Ferguson - there's an angle with early statements from law enforcement.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Well said.
BumRushDaShow
(130,043 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,034 posts)'Lone wolves' or police. And guns are so available to the hateful...