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Archae

(46,378 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2015, 11:17 AM Jun 2015

Why are right-wingers so desperate to blame anything BUT racism?

I think it's obvious.
The right-wing wants the racist vote, the racist money like donations from the CCC.

Anything But Race: Right-Wing Pundits In Denial Mode Following Charleston Shooting

Submitted by Brian Tashman on Friday, 6/19/2015 5:40 pm

The confessed shooter who massacred members of a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, made it clear that he sought his victims out because of their race and wanted to start a race war. However, Republican politicians and Fox News pundits have either feigned ignorance about the shooter’s admitted motivations or have come up with alternative explanations for the massacre.

- See more at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/anything-race-right-wing-pundits-denial-mode-following-charleston-shooting#sthash.vLuiyvNg.dpuf

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Why are right-wingers so desperate to blame anything BUT racism? (Original Post) Archae Jun 2015 OP

Because gunz and racism are attributes to them. Hoyt Jun 2015 #1

Because they know damn well it's racism The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2015 #2

because they don't want to upset Evergreen Emerald Jun 2015 #3

Gotta keep the racists voting R. GeorgeGist Jun 2015 #4

I don't know if racism arrived first with Roof or if hate was first but one sure the combination Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #5

No, no.. .he understands where he is... He's taken every tenet of an insanity charge away uponit7771 Jun 2015 #6

Time will tell, he sure did not do enough planning to think his actions was going to bring about a Thinkingabout Jun 2015 #7

Trying to avoid offending their constituency Capt. Obvious Jun 2015 #8

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

1. Because gunz and racism are attributes to them.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 11:21 AM

Jun 2015

The Velveteen Ocelot

(116,027 posts)

2. Because they know damn well it's racism

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 11:30 AM

Jun 2015

and they don't want that label stuck on them, even though they deserve it.

Evergreen Emerald

(13,071 posts)

3. because they don't want to upset

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 11:32 AM

Jun 2015

their racist base.

GeorgeGist

(25,327 posts)

4. Gotta keep the racists voting R.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 11:34 AM

Jun 2015

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

5. I don't know if racism arrived first with Roof or if hate was first but one sure the combination

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 11:44 AM

Jun 2015

produced a tragedy. I don't even know if he understands where he is in his life. To be honest, I admire the families who could speak to Roof and say they forgive him, I am not personally to the point I can say this to him. I am angry our places of worship is haunted by people who hate and desire to disrupt those who are practicing their choice of religion. We are all a race, and to plan and try to start a race war is not from normal thinking. I love the USA, to see the melting pot we are, ergo the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

uponit7771

(90,378 posts)

6. No, no.. .he understands where he is... He's taken every tenet of an insanity charge away

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 11:48 AM

Jun 2015

... from his defense because of his plans, his talk to the police and because of what he did for an hour before he started his racist terrorist actions.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)

7. Time will tell, he sure did not do enough planning to think his actions was going to bring about a

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #6)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 12:31 PM

Jun 2015

race war, very shallow thinking on his part. A kid lost in his own mind who manufactured hate, if he had carried a Bible instead of a gun our nation would be mush better today.

Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts)

8. Trying to avoid offending their constituency

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2015, 12:32 PM

Jun 2015

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