As someone tasked with tracking and archiving white nationalist activity since 2015 I have been disturbed by all the apologetics trying to excuse violence against Asian Americans as something else. In my educated opinion the Atlanta killings did not happen in a vacuum and are part of the larger pattern if white nationalist violence that targets a multitude of minority targets and has now focused their sights on the Asian American community. It is very frustrating that with every new target of this kind of violence we have to equivocate on what the real motive might be. It is the same demographic of perpetrator, overwhelmingly white men, and their targets are non white, gender and sexual orientation minorities or women in general.
The claims that this perpetrator is suffering from a sexual problem is also not separate from right wing, white nationalist ideology which is well documented by research on MRA and incel communities.
White supremacist, Andrew Anglin even wrote a manifesto or a how to guide on how to radicalize men and brought all this hatred of others, including all women under one umbrella to bring men with these perceived grievances to support the white nationalist agenda. It was published on the daily stormer.
As far as Aaron Rupar, I would not even consider him an opinion person in media. He is a thorough and relentless fact checker and archivist of bs. The sheriff's comments were reprehensible and absolutely would not have been characterized that way if the suspect was a POC. The sheriff himself has been exposed as someone who has shared racist memes against the AAPI community.
When will we be done excusing the violence of white men? Do we have to wait until they run out of targets? This has been a problem from the beginning of our society but the problem has been clearly acute since Trump announced his candidacy. We should not allow another generation to be socialized that white nationalist violence is the norm.
My question is why does Trump get away with all of the damage he's done to our country? Why isn't he in prison? He's the spokesman for the white supremacists and other hate groups. He even got away with insurrection. What is going on?
I wish I knew the answer to that. He has really exposed the fragility of all our institutions and especially the justice system. We'll see what Garland can do at DOJ
I truly hope Garland does something. Our government seems immune to all of Trump's damage to Democracy. I'd love to see a fiery Democrat open his/her mouth and start blasting our #1 public enemy -- Trump.
Lol I have sat through 5 trials of the people involved in this kind of activity and at least 2 guilty pleas. I also follow daily the goings on online of white nationalists, many who have been deplatformed in these years. I have poisoned my own peace reading their writings and thoughts, but i am glad to say I am proof that we can be exposed to radicalizing material and not be radicalized ourselves. It is definitely not a pleasant job but I feel the need to understand this so we can stop others from being radicalized. As soon as I have an answer to the problem I promise to share it.
I can sense the allegiant legal advocacy and have been there also professionally. Take a lot of walks in nature to cleanse the negative energy you're exposed to as it helps.
Thank you Sandra. I'm waiting on my second shot so I have 5 more weeks before I can reenter the world. I am counting down the days and hours. I hope you take care as well.
Please let’s talk about the victims and the “bad day” they had . We shouldn’t care about the actions of someone who is totally & mentally a monster and their “bad day”!!!!
As someone tasked with tracking and archiving white nationalist activity since 2015 I have been disturbed by all the apologetics trying to excuse violence against Asian Americans as something else. In my educated opinion the Atlanta killings did not happen in a vacuum and are part of the larger pattern if white nationalist violence that targets a multitude of minority targets and has now focused their sights on the Asian American community. It is very frustrating that with every new target of this kind of violence we have to equivocate on what the real motive might be. It is the same demographic of perpetrator, overwhelmingly white men, and their targets are non white, gender and sexual orientation minorities or women in general.
The claims that this perpetrator is suffering from a sexual problem is also not separate from right wing, white nationalist ideology which is well documented by research on MRA and incel communities.
White supremacist, Andrew Anglin even wrote a manifesto or a how to guide on how to radicalize men and brought all this hatred of others, including all women under one umbrella to bring men with these perceived grievances to support the white nationalist agenda. It was published on the daily stormer.
As far as Aaron Rupar, I would not even consider him an opinion person in media. He is a thorough and relentless fact checker and archivist of bs. The sheriff's comments were reprehensible and absolutely would not have been characterized that way if the suspect was a POC. The sheriff himself has been exposed as someone who has shared racist memes against the AAPI community.
When will we be done excusing the violence of white men? Do we have to wait until they run out of targets? This has been a problem from the beginning of our society but the problem has been clearly acute since Trump announced his candidacy. We should not allow another generation to be socialized that white nationalist violence is the norm.
Very well put Klo. The contortions they go through to excuse a white man --- it's so telling.
My question is why does Trump get away with all of the damage he's done to our country? Why isn't he in prison? He's the spokesman for the white supremacists and other hate groups. He even got away with insurrection. What is going on?
I wish I knew the answer to that. He has really exposed the fragility of all our institutions and especially the justice system. We'll see what Garland can do at DOJ
I truly hope Garland does something. Our government seems immune to all of Trump's damage to Democracy. I'd love to see a fiery Democrat open his/her mouth and start blasting our #1 public enemy -- Trump.
Agree.
What a passionate comment and you expand upon it like a seasoned prosecutor.
Lol I have sat through 5 trials of the people involved in this kind of activity and at least 2 guilty pleas. I also follow daily the goings on online of white nationalists, many who have been deplatformed in these years. I have poisoned my own peace reading their writings and thoughts, but i am glad to say I am proof that we can be exposed to radicalizing material and not be radicalized ourselves. It is definitely not a pleasant job but I feel the need to understand this so we can stop others from being radicalized. As soon as I have an answer to the problem I promise to share it.
I can sense the allegiant legal advocacy and have been there also professionally. Take a lot of walks in nature to cleanse the negative energy you're exposed to as it helps.
Thank you Sandra. I'm waiting on my second shot so I have 5 more weeks before I can reenter the world. I am counting down the days and hours. I hope you take care as well.
Thanks! I'm doing well and speaking of nature walks, the sun has finally come out this afternoon.
Please let’s talk about the victims and the “bad day” they had . We shouldn’t care about the actions of someone who is totally & mentally a monster and their “bad day”!!!!