Buffalo mass shooter/Twitter screengrab On Saturday, a horrific act of terrorism was committed in Buffalo, New York. An 18-year-old gunman, Payton S. Gendron, is charged with opening fire on supermarket shoppers in a predominantly black neighborhood, killing 10 and wounding three. (All but two of the victims were black.) Gendron, who left a record of careful planning right down to outfitting himself in tactical gear and body armor, penned a “manifesto” in which he talks about white people in America being “replaced” by nonwhites.
American conservatives has been directly tied to white supremacy since the days if the Second KKK. Buckley favored segregation, Nixon tried to undermine civil rights, Reagan gave a " states' rights" speech in Philadelphia MS, and so on. The latest wave is just the newest manifestation of this
I note Carlson's phrase "legacy Americans". Hmmm. Would that be the Natives of North America, who were replaced by white people, or the descendants of black people who arrived in 1619? I'm guessing not. It's more likely referring to Andy of Mayberry.
Great food for thought, too bad some people who disagree with the premises of today's newsletters and other editions in this same space come here feeling that they have to insult the writer because their disagreement. They seem to operate under the believe that if they can't convince her (or him) to change their minds, insulting them is ok. Obtuse is an insult. If you don't agree with the article there are a lot more logical ways to disagree: from respectfully providing a counterpoint to just stopping your subscription. Nobody is forcing you or me to read this. What is the point of calling the writer names? Soft intimidation, some sort of psychological relief on the part of the person writing the insulting words? I am not sure I understand that logic. You can blame all you want the political climate of the "right wing," but the moment you insult people you put yourself at the exact same level of what you are critizing. I am the kid, niece, grand kid and great grand kid of political disidents and prisoners. The stories I heard all started like this, with somebody feeling that they had a right to dehumanize their opponents by insulting them. When you start insulting scalation is the natural next step. Let's show our humanity, tolerate disenting points of view, and stop being quiet when we witness misbehavior
Re.: "Replacement Theory", it's no small irony that descendants of white Europeans who "replaced" Native Americans as they pursued conquest of their native lands don't see the hypocrisy here. Not to mention that those same ancestors forcibly imported as slaves a population they now see as a threat to their imagined supremacy.
We killed Anwar Al-Awlaki--an American citizen--with a drone strike for printing incitement in his "Inspire" magazine that *could have* inspired domestic terrorists to conduct attacks stateside. Tucker Carlson gets to spew his "Great Replacement" incitement every evening, and not so much as a word from the Countering Violent Extremism initiatives across various federal and state-level agencies about Tucker Carlson on what he incites on his programming with a much much larger and radical audience draw. If we're not willing to prosecute violent incitement domestically, expect a lot more incidents like: January 6th, the Tree of Life shooting, the Christchurch Shooting, the El Paso Walmart shooting, the Oslo Shooting, the Bundy Ranch Standoff, and the Malhour Wildlife Refuge Standoff.
The shooter has "14" inscribed on his rifle, in addition to the names of prior racial shooters scribbled onto his rifle. The "14" is in reference to "the 14 Words"--an Aryan Brotherhood oath that all members pledge: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." There is little difference between the "Great Replacement Theory" that Tucker Carlson preaches all the time and "The 14 Words" pledge that Aryan Brotherhood ascribes to. Do you guys GET why white nationalists buy into Tucker so hard yet? Why they think he's their poster boy?
My father was a policeman all his professional life. He was a policeman when I was born in 1948. He remained a policeman until his death from a heart attack in 1974. When I began driving he told me something I have carried with me all my life. He said "Cops are just people. They can have bad days. If you get stopped put your hands on the wheel. Be respectful. Do not argue. Do what the officer says". In my twenties I was stopped more than I care to admit. I had a heavy foot. But I followed my father's advice and it was invaluable. Not all cops are bad. Not all cops are good. But they are human.
>Racial bias in policing is real, is due to a number of factors, and is an enormously complicated subject (one that I tried to explore in a long Bulwark article a year ago). But it does not manifest itself in cops coddling white mass shooters while callously gunning down unarmed black people—if only because you could easily find examples of the reverse.
Actually, it does. Have you forgotten that after Charleston cops arrested Dylann Roof, they took him out for Burger King before taking him to jail?
And the two posts you cited from the Left as being off-base, from Old Woman Seeking Justice and Quasim Rashid, were exactly right. I too thought yesterday of the contrast between Buffalo police knocking down 75-year-old BLM protester Martin Gugino and calmly walking past him, and their response yesterday.
This is the second week in a row that you have shown an amazing obtuseness. Last week, you wondered why anyone should foresee a general attack on unenumerated privacy rights in the Constitution on the basis of the Alito draft, and today, you deny that white cops coddle white shooters, which is simply astonishing.
As I observed last week, it is beginning to look more and more like Mr. Sykes has made a very bad mistake in assigning the Sunday morning newsletter to you. I have read the Bulwark for 3 years now but an seriously wondering if I will continue my subscription.
This article needed a good editor. Ms. Young lost me when she switched from writing about the role that Replacement Theory plays in inflaming hate crimes to racism in policing and then even added the anti Ukraine angle. Yes, these are issues that deserve attention in their own right, but rather than enlighten the main subject of this piece, they served as an annoying distraction, and in spite of the disclaimer did come across as satisfying a need to take a swipe at the Left, although the far Left does not control the Democratic Party as the Radical Right has taken over the GOP.
Shame on you, Cathy Young, for your cheap defense of police as being not racists by listing a handful of black suspects being arrested and arraigned without incident. Just ugh.
Democrat here - Cathy and Charlie and the others are why I read the Bulwark. At first, I was annoyed that the article didn't stay on the topic of racial killings. However, she introduced me to other "sides" that were thoughtful and brought a broader understanding to me of the several issues involved. Unless Democrats AND Republicans can begin to see each other's broader takes on the political issues of today, we will end up with blood being spilled by people who are human beings just trying to live our lives as well as we can, having been brought to our political beliefs by family or other means. My initial take of annoyance was wrong and I'm so glad I read the rest of the article more thoroughly. Thank you, Cathy. I may get my back up at first glance, but I'm trying to understand Conservatives' beliefs. How will we ever get along together otherwise?
Immigration and large demographic changes, differences in birth rates are issues faces by countries of all types, UK, Germany, Sweden, US in the past, even Russia. Definitely no easy answers. It is enormously frustrating to hear people complain endlessly about inflation and lack of workers at the same time they push anti-immigration policies (legal especially). Instead of letting people prove their worth, it is preferred to spend gobs of money to house people in an institution where they are unable to contribute to the economy. Granted some are probably bad people but i assume most are coming for similar reasons to my forebears.
“There is a group of people in this country who are trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants who agree with their political views.” Yeah, started in 1492.
It's a bit incongruous to complain that "They are trying to replace legacy Americans with obedient newcomers" and then pour one's ire and violence on people whose ancestry in America goes back long before waves of Scandinavians and Irish moved here.
This is hands down the worst post I've ever read on this site. A man just clad himself in body armor in order to go murder a bunch of black people because he's a white supremacist. The author correctly notes Tucker has been pushing white supremacy through his huge reach on Fox News for years. Fine, that's literally what every news outlet is reporting on right now. As she well knows. Then she pivots to well, what about this old lady tweeting other stuff that should stir outrage. Also here are a couple of guys tweeting about some conspiracy where he's linked to Ukraine, which was already debunked and which like zero people are reporting on seriously, unlike the complete train wreck that Tucker is continuing to promote with his huge following. Bulwark, these are not the same. You're not being balanced reporting both. You just seem stupid. Also completely disgusting after this happened. We had Trump and his both sides crap. Why is the Bulwark pretending both sides are equally awful?
American conservatives has been directly tied to white supremacy since the days if the Second KKK. Buckley favored segregation, Nixon tried to undermine civil rights, Reagan gave a " states' rights" speech in Philadelphia MS, and so on. The latest wave is just the newest manifestation of this
I note Carlson's phrase "legacy Americans". Hmmm. Would that be the Natives of North America, who were replaced by white people, or the descendants of black people who arrived in 1619? I'm guessing not. It's more likely referring to Andy of Mayberry.
Great food for thought, too bad some people who disagree with the premises of today's newsletters and other editions in this same space come here feeling that they have to insult the writer because their disagreement. They seem to operate under the believe that if they can't convince her (or him) to change their minds, insulting them is ok. Obtuse is an insult. If you don't agree with the article there are a lot more logical ways to disagree: from respectfully providing a counterpoint to just stopping your subscription. Nobody is forcing you or me to read this. What is the point of calling the writer names? Soft intimidation, some sort of psychological relief on the part of the person writing the insulting words? I am not sure I understand that logic. You can blame all you want the political climate of the "right wing," but the moment you insult people you put yourself at the exact same level of what you are critizing. I am the kid, niece, grand kid and great grand kid of political disidents and prisoners. The stories I heard all started like this, with somebody feeling that they had a right to dehumanize their opponents by insulting them. When you start insulting scalation is the natural next step. Let's show our humanity, tolerate disenting points of view, and stop being quiet when we witness misbehavior
This incident is a result of two prongs of the GOP strategy:
1) Make sure your white voters are maximally resentful and angry
2) Make sure access to the best weapons is as frictionless as possible.
This is the country the GOP wants for voters. It's time Democrats start making that point.
Re.: "Replacement Theory", it's no small irony that descendants of white Europeans who "replaced" Native Americans as they pursued conquest of their native lands don't see the hypocrisy here. Not to mention that those same ancestors forcibly imported as slaves a population they now see as a threat to their imagined supremacy.
Tucker Carlson and all media people who hype the Great Replacement Theory share responsibility for these murders.
We killed Anwar Al-Awlaki--an American citizen--with a drone strike for printing incitement in his "Inspire" magazine that *could have* inspired domestic terrorists to conduct attacks stateside. Tucker Carlson gets to spew his "Great Replacement" incitement every evening, and not so much as a word from the Countering Violent Extremism initiatives across various federal and state-level agencies about Tucker Carlson on what he incites on his programming with a much much larger and radical audience draw. If we're not willing to prosecute violent incitement domestically, expect a lot more incidents like: January 6th, the Tree of Life shooting, the Christchurch Shooting, the El Paso Walmart shooting, the Oslo Shooting, the Bundy Ranch Standoff, and the Malhour Wildlife Refuge Standoff.
The shooter has "14" inscribed on his rifle, in addition to the names of prior racial shooters scribbled onto his rifle. The "14" is in reference to "the 14 Words"--an Aryan Brotherhood oath that all members pledge: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children." There is little difference between the "Great Replacement Theory" that Tucker Carlson preaches all the time and "The 14 Words" pledge that Aryan Brotherhood ascribes to. Do you guys GET why white nationalists buy into Tucker so hard yet? Why they think he's their poster boy?
My father was a policeman all his professional life. He was a policeman when I was born in 1948. He remained a policeman until his death from a heart attack in 1974. When I began driving he told me something I have carried with me all my life. He said "Cops are just people. They can have bad days. If you get stopped put your hands on the wheel. Be respectful. Do not argue. Do what the officer says". In my twenties I was stopped more than I care to admit. I had a heavy foot. But I followed my father's advice and it was invaluable. Not all cops are bad. Not all cops are good. But they are human.
Ms. Young, you wrote:
>Racial bias in policing is real, is due to a number of factors, and is an enormously complicated subject (one that I tried to explore in a long Bulwark article a year ago). But it does not manifest itself in cops coddling white mass shooters while callously gunning down unarmed black people—if only because you could easily find examples of the reverse.
Actually, it does. Have you forgotten that after Charleston cops arrested Dylann Roof, they took him out for Burger King before taking him to jail?
And the two posts you cited from the Left as being off-base, from Old Woman Seeking Justice and Quasim Rashid, were exactly right. I too thought yesterday of the contrast between Buffalo police knocking down 75-year-old BLM protester Martin Gugino and calmly walking past him, and their response yesterday.
This is the second week in a row that you have shown an amazing obtuseness. Last week, you wondered why anyone should foresee a general attack on unenumerated privacy rights in the Constitution on the basis of the Alito draft, and today, you deny that white cops coddle white shooters, which is simply astonishing.
As I observed last week, it is beginning to look more and more like Mr. Sykes has made a very bad mistake in assigning the Sunday morning newsletter to you. I have read the Bulwark for 3 years now but an seriously wondering if I will continue my subscription.
This article needed a good editor. Ms. Young lost me when she switched from writing about the role that Replacement Theory plays in inflaming hate crimes to racism in policing and then even added the anti Ukraine angle. Yes, these are issues that deserve attention in their own right, but rather than enlighten the main subject of this piece, they served as an annoying distraction, and in spite of the disclaimer did come across as satisfying a need to take a swipe at the Left, although the far Left does not control the Democratic Party as the Radical Right has taken over the GOP.
Shame on you, Cathy Young, for your cheap defense of police as being not racists by listing a handful of black suspects being arrested and arraigned without incident. Just ugh.
Democrat here - Cathy and Charlie and the others are why I read the Bulwark. At first, I was annoyed that the article didn't stay on the topic of racial killings. However, she introduced me to other "sides" that were thoughtful and brought a broader understanding to me of the several issues involved. Unless Democrats AND Republicans can begin to see each other's broader takes on the political issues of today, we will end up with blood being spilled by people who are human beings just trying to live our lives as well as we can, having been brought to our political beliefs by family or other means. My initial take of annoyance was wrong and I'm so glad I read the rest of the article more thoroughly. Thank you, Cathy. I may get my back up at first glance, but I'm trying to understand Conservatives' beliefs. How will we ever get along together otherwise?
Immigration and large demographic changes, differences in birth rates are issues faces by countries of all types, UK, Germany, Sweden, US in the past, even Russia. Definitely no easy answers. It is enormously frustrating to hear people complain endlessly about inflation and lack of workers at the same time they push anti-immigration policies (legal especially). Instead of letting people prove their worth, it is preferred to spend gobs of money to house people in an institution where they are unable to contribute to the economy. Granted some are probably bad people but i assume most are coming for similar reasons to my forebears.
“There is a group of people in this country who are trying to replace native-born Americans with immigrants who agree with their political views.” Yeah, started in 1492.
It's a bit incongruous to complain that "They are trying to replace legacy Americans with obedient newcomers" and then pour one's ire and violence on people whose ancestry in America goes back long before waves of Scandinavians and Irish moved here.
This is hands down the worst post I've ever read on this site. A man just clad himself in body armor in order to go murder a bunch of black people because he's a white supremacist. The author correctly notes Tucker has been pushing white supremacy through his huge reach on Fox News for years. Fine, that's literally what every news outlet is reporting on right now. As she well knows. Then she pivots to well, what about this old lady tweeting other stuff that should stir outrage. Also here are a couple of guys tweeting about some conspiracy where he's linked to Ukraine, which was already debunked and which like zero people are reporting on seriously, unlike the complete train wreck that Tucker is continuing to promote with his huge following. Bulwark, these are not the same. You're not being balanced reporting both. You just seem stupid. Also completely disgusting after this happened. We had Trump and his both sides crap. Why is the Bulwark pretending both sides are equally awful?