Fox News will spin that into "liberal Obama supporting Democrat" in no time. Just you watch.

he was a freaking racist. Period. The South should get nailed on this because it lingers like a cancer in this nation. Preserving racism as something you are entitled to engage in just because is killing too many people and harming many too

In fact, there are more white supremest camps in the middle of the country. Why not pop them?

Yes, South Carolina is pretty backward as states go, but the whole of the South isn't flying that flag.

drugs will be the excuse, not pure racism.

^ THIS is exactly why one should never chuckle, ignore and say nothing to these racist bastards.

CALL THEM WHAT THEY ARE

RACISTS!

Never, ever let them think that racism is OK in any form.

All of us should be calling it out in real life as well as here. It matters.

Usually it's the anti feminists that are also giving he side eye to POC. We're all DNC plants apparently! Lol.

Acquaintances? Nope- they laughed along- not their problem right- just a bunch of over sensitive POC.

What a total asswipe he is. Death penalty = too good for this piece o'crap IMO.

Making rabidly racist 'jokes' is showing one's Southern pride, according to the terrorist's acquaintance. Says it all.

I've done way more than my share of drugs and NONE of them made do anything like that.

he joked about started to find jobs, became successful, and started to exceed him socially and in other ways, and case in point, the first black friend listed from his high school is a medical technician with the Air Force.

Things like that; the jokes must have turned into jealousy, then the jealousy turned into rage.

Having more money to pay for lawyers or plane tickets for abortions doesn't help when people know they can get away with ruining your life. The state helps the war on women as much as it helps people get away with murder of POC. The state is enabling racists and sexists and a better economy is not a cure all.

I don't really give a shit what excuses people make for ignoring civil rights issues.

I've come to think some people think it's worth ignoring to help court RW voters. Here of lots of people wanting to focus on economics and woo RwErs. Ain't worth it to me.

Dang this place can be bizarre sometimes.

Nice try though.

"Which is why lifting all economic boats can actually create a racist or sexist backlash..."

You seem to make it sound like it's a bad idea.

Nice try though.

Racism or sexism as women and POC are empowered by a better standard of living.
There's just two issues I have with that- we would stay at the bottom of the economic ladder- keeping the status quo really (but with slightly more money for lawyers and plane tickets- oh yay!)
And the backlash that we women and POC have seen over the last 20-30 years.
But if I recall correctly- you have no problem with women being under compensated and never speak up in support of our reproductive rights- so again, no skin off your particular nose.

Where did you get that I "have no problem with women being under compensated"? Point to one of my posts that says that.

to one of my posts that says I "have no problem with women being under compensated."

No worries- we've received that message loud and clear.

This kind of crap is DU at its worst.

It's like existing DU pissing matches get overlaid on the whole Bernie-Hillary split. I think it's really tacky for people to try to use economic justice vs. social justice. We need both. We have real foes out there--not other posters on this board.

Sad to see people posting shit like that here.

"Racist statements" or "remarks" would seem a more appropriate description now.

Even with his terrorist attack carried out there is real denial in that kind of language, much like the phrase "playing the race card" implies that it is all a game.

This isn't a joke or a game -- innocent Americans are dead at the hand of this terrorist FFS!

The NRA must be so proud.

" In the state of South Carolina you can carry a gun in church...so unfortunate those church members didn't have a gun"

or this one.....

" This young man was clearly disturbed and needed mental health care"

Talk about a non-sequitur. He didn't murder those people because he took drugs. He did it because he's a racist, hate-filled piece of shit. That's it.

People react differently. There are people who will flip into drug psychosis from something as seemingly innocuous as Tamiflu. Benzodiazepine is known to cause delirium/psychosis like symptoms for some people when withdrawn. The floxacin class of antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, for example) are known to have caused acute psychotic episodes, as does weed, and even over the counter cold medicines in some few.

I think people are searching for some sort of explanation. Certainly this seems like a racist, terrorist crime, but it also seems incredibly bizarre - these types tend to hit and run. The sitting around for an hour is hard to understand.

Also it is hard to understand how someone so young could be so deeply evil - most of these types seem to be older.

But then, the choice of location seems very cold, calculating and intelligent.

Well, isn't that a nice euphemism for 'racist'.

It is a sign that the person is a complete degenerate.

In the same way that "conservative beliefs" = unfeeling, mean-spirited asshole.

His uncle disclosed the fact that he got a gun as a gift.

He is an NRA approved, model gun consumer, according to the law the NRA fights for.

white children didn't change it, this certainly won't. How an unelected organization like the NRA can essentially become more powerful than the US Government is mind boggling to me, and to the rest of the civilized world.

and RW Hate Radio has been there his whole life. To help him.

Uh....yeah.