They didn’t even bother with “thoughts and prayers” this time. In the wake of the latest horrific mass shooting, which took ten lives in a Monterey Park, California dance studio, right-wingers seem almost giddy, doing a sort of victory lap because the suspected killer was not a white man.
The racist gif was a nice touch.
With few details available about the alleged shooter, now deceased, some trolls made up their own narrative in which he was a “Democrat.” I haven’t actually seen this reported and it seems rather unlikely that this would be a motive in the shooting of a number of elderly Asian-Americans.
Others pushed conspiracy theories.
Not a moment of thought or reflection, much less sympathy for the victims. It’s all about “owning the libs.”
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And of course one of the sealions barking is everyone’s favorite “white man in an Asian man’s body,” Ian Miles Cheong. Why are we pretending any of these opinions actually matter? Pay them no mind. Cast them into the ashbin of history where they belong.
“Why aren’t the Democrats talking about this?” BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE ALL THE FACTS YET, GENIUS. The blood is still wet, the bodies are still cooling and the guns are still smoking. More to the point- You Cannot Accurately Predict The Actions Of A Madman. That’s What MAKES Him A Madman. Hell, madmen are why stochastic terrorism is so uniquely… well, terrifying. The tyrant can make a suggestion, knowing full well some nutjobber on his side will take the bait and do his dirty-work for him. The tyrant can’t say for certain when or even IF it’ll happen, but hey… sometimes in a chaotic world, ya gotta play the long odds.