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WHITE TERROR: bombings in Austin, Texas


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2018 Mar 21, 9:30am   27,327 views  102 comments

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I was wondering why the right-wing of US politics (and patnet) was so quiet about the Austin bomber. Then I realized why: They had a hunch, and correctly so, that the bomber was a white guy. Hence, they did not do the usual thing and demand that the bombings be declared as TERRORISM.

I think it is time to resurrect an old term that originated during the French Revolution, and has since been reused several times through the centuries:

WHITE TERROR

So from now one, if there is an act that could be viewed as possible terrorism, the public should always ask: Is it terrorism? Is it WHITE TERROR? Then the public should relentlessly hound rightist politicians and blog jockeys why why WHY have they not denounced the violence as a cowardly act of terrorism. That would only be fair, given that the rightists always want to brand violence by Muslim or brown people as terrorism, while ignoring the same acts if perpetrated by a white person.

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13   CBOEtrader   2018 Mar 21, 10:49am  

justme says
Personal much ? ;-)


Certainly not my intent to be personal. Apologies if it came across that way
14   MrMagic   2018 Mar 21, 10:50am  

CBOEtrader says
Exactly no-one is defining the 500 murders per year in Chicago as terrorism.


We are now.

That's known as BLACK TERRORISM, to go along with the narrative of the OP.
15   Patrick   2018 Mar 21, 11:03am  

justme says
brand violence by Muslim or brown people as terrorism, while ignoring the same acts if perpetrated by a white person


@justme The answer is simply that the attributes of the majority are not a differentiating factor and therefore not a likely motive in an attack on the majority. In all countries, the majority group is not distinguished by the fact that they are part of the majority. It's simply a mathematical fact with no relevance unless it is explicitly made relevant.

To call a bomber who is not explicitly part of the Klan or some such group a 'white bomber' is like always saying 'a bird which can fly' instead of just saying 'a bird'. In most cases, there is no new information added by adding the words 'which can fly'. The distinguishing feature is the uncommon case, say a bird which cannot fly, which would be a minority, and therefore a distinguishing feature.

So if the bombing is explicitly in the name of 'whiteness' or some such, then you would have a point if this explicit motive were ignored by the press. But otherwise, it's just not relevant or important.

Muslim bombings, on the other hand, are 100% explicitly (and very loudly) in the name of Islam with the intent of harming only non-Muslims. It is the central motive for the attack. But what we have is exactly the opposite bias in the press: Islam is always downplayed even though it is always the central motive and the attackers often literally scream out loud that 'this is for Islam'.

Similarly, the 'white privilege' of being easily accepted by other white people is not a privilege at all, but the normal case in all countries at all times, in the sense that the majority is by definition the majority. The complaints about white privilege are complaints by a minority that they are not the majority, which is like arguing against mathematics.
16   MrMagic   2018 Mar 21, 11:13am  

justme says
CBOEtrader says
Your desire to call him a white terrorist is 100% about politicizing tragedy. It's a deplorable move


Personal much ? ;-)


Seems accurate to me:

justme says
Is it terrorism? Is it WHITE TERROR?


???
17   Patrick   2018 Mar 21, 11:33am  

FortWayne says
Justme is racist who hates white people. His posts are Leftwing Terror.


Come on, let's keep it about the point.

The point is that being part of the majority is not a plausible motive for an attack on the majority.
18   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 11:35am  

Quigley says
Ah, your first mistake.
Thinking you could come to a relevant (never correct) conclusion based on nothing but your powers of reasoning!

Everything after that was just mental masturbation.


Moderators let this one go?

FortWayne says
We can turn it around rather simply...

Justme is racist who hates white people. His posts are Leftwing Terror.


And this one?
19   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 11:36am  

The funny part was Sarah Sanders claiming this wasn't terrorism.

What exactly is the Administration's definition of terrorism then?
20   MrMagic   2018 Mar 21, 11:44am  

HappyGilmore says
What exactly is the Administration's definition of terrorism then?


Fake news and the Liberal media. They terrorize more people than young white guys could ever do.
21   deepcgi   2018 Mar 21, 11:58am  

bombs should be illegal.
22   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 12:44pm  

deepcgi says
bombs should be illegal.


What difference would that make? Criminals don't follow laws.
23   Strategist   2018 Mar 21, 12:50pm  

I'm just glad he blew himself up. I hate feeding criminals.
24   Patrick   2018 Mar 21, 1:15pm  

HappyGilmore says
Quigley says
Ah, your first mistake.
Thinking you could come to a relevant (never correct) conclusion based on nothing but your powers of reasoning!

Everything after that was just mental masturbation.


Moderators let this one go?

FortWayne says
We can turn it around rather simply...

Justme is racist who hates white people. His posts are Leftwing Terror.


And this one?


Deleted now.

Please use the 'personal' link to report personal comments.
25   Shaman   2018 Mar 21, 1:17pm  

HappyGilmore says
What difference would that make? Criminals don't follow laws.


Thanks for making the NRA’s point!
26   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 1:27pm  

Quigley says
Thanks for making the NRA’s point!


(it's called sarcasm)
27   MrMagic   2018 Mar 21, 1:34pm  

HappyGilmore says
Quigley says
Thanks for making the NRA’s point!


(it's called sarcasm)


Actually, no, that was the truth, not sarcasm.

Thanks for finally admitting it.
28   Shaman   2018 Mar 21, 1:36pm  

Hahaha pwned by his own fingers! An unnamed happy person loses!
29   MrMagic   2018 Mar 21, 1:38pm  

HappyGilmore says
deepcgi says
bombs should be illegal.


What difference would that make? Criminals don't follow laws.


If we just had a few more "common sense laws", then they would, right?
30   MrMagic   2018 Mar 21, 1:39pm  

justme says
Is it terrorism? Is it WHITE TERROR?


This would be:

31   HeadSet   2018 Mar 21, 1:45pm  

HappyGilmore says
The funny part was Sarah Sanders claiming this wasn't terrorism.

What exactly is the Administration's definition of terrorism then?


Would that be like denying the Ft Hood shooting that killed 13 and wounded 30 was terrorism, even though done by an Islamic extremist yelling "Allah u Akbar?" The Obama administration and their allies were explicitly against labeling that this Ft Hood massacre as terrorism, but instead called it "work place violence."
32   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 1:49pm  

Quigley says
Hahaha pwned by his own fingers! An unnamed happy person loses!


Wow.. You can't make this stuff up. Take a second and think about what someone is saying when they say "criminals don't follow laws, so why make more of them"

That is basically arguing for zero laws. Rapists don't follow laws, so why make it illegal?

Is that really what gun nuts want? Complete anarchy. No laws?
33   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 1:50pm  

HeadSet says
Would that be like denying the Ft Hood shooting that killed 13 and wounded 30 was terrorism, even though done by an Islamic extremist yelling "Allah u Akbar?" The Obama administration and their allies were explicitly against labeling that this Ft Hood massacre as terrorism, but instead called it "work place violence."


I don't know. I'm just looking for what the rationale could be when declaring that someone planting bombs designed to kill people isn't terrorism?
34   mell   2018 Mar 21, 1:50pm  

Yeah so it was likely was (domestic) terrorism, no problem with the assessment if you leave skin color out of it cause it has nothing to do with it, still dwarfs imported terrorism so much that the thread becomes insignificant.
35   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 1:51pm  

mell says
Yeah so it was likely was (domestic) terrorism, no problem with the assessment if you leave skin color out of it cause it has nothing to do with it, still dwarfs imported terrorism so much that the thread becomes insignificant.


Yes, let's call it Christian terrorism.
36   deepcgi   2018 Mar 21, 1:55pm  

Ah...sarcasm. I think you’ll find that bombs are already illegal. Apparently didn’t matter did it?
37   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 1:58pm  

deepcgi says
Ah...sarcasm. I think you’ll find that bombs are already illegal. Apparently didn’t matter did it?


Again--so the solution is to get rid of all laws then?

Last I checked, people are still getting raped, so rape laws don't matter.
People are still getting murdered, so murder laws don't matter.
38   mell   2018 Mar 21, 2:10pm  

HappyGilmore says
mell says
Yeah so it was likely was (domestic) terrorism, no problem with the assessment if you leave skin color out of it cause it has nothing to do with it, still dwarfs imported terrorism so much that the thread becomes insignificant.


Yes, let's call it Christian terrorism.


No that would be a clear lie since there are no Christian motives at all.
39   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 2:18pm  

mell says

No that would be a clear lie since there are no Christian motives at all.


Source? I've seen nothing saying there was no Christian motive. I have seen sources stating he was Christian.

Pretty sure most here would assume it was Islamic terrorism if he was Muslim.
40   RWSGFY   2018 Mar 21, 2:22pm  

HappyGilmore says
I have seen sources stating he was Christian.


I doubt it. Link?
41   mell   2018 Mar 21, 2:24pm  

HappyGilmore says
mell says

No that would be a clear lie since there are no Christian motives at all.


Source? I've seen nothing saying there was no Christian motive. I have seen sources stating he was Christian.

Pretty sure most here would assume it was Islamic terrorism if he was Muslim.

No. Every other cultural/religious terror act classified as such has had a clear message/cultural or religious justification by the perpetrator. That's why they have been classified as such.This is a non starter. Domestic is the only attribute assignable here.
42   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 2:25pm  

Satoshi_Nakamoto says
I doubt it. Link?


Pretty much every article states it.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/austin-bombing-suspect-identified/story?id=53902601

“The family is a normal Christian family. There was nothing going on with Mark when I knew him, I knew him as a teenager. He reminded me of every teenage boy, it was hard to get a smile out of him," the friend said. "

https://www.christianpost.com/news/austin-bomber-was-christian-homeschooled-opposed-gay-marriage-abortion-221869/

"The man suspected of being behind a series of deadly package bombs in Austin, Texas, was a Christian who was homeschooled and advocated for socially conservative views."

I could post 10 more, but I think this gives the picture.
43   CBOEtrader   2018 Mar 21, 2:25pm  

HappyGilmore says
what the rationale could be when declaring that someone planting bombs designed to kill people isn't terrorism?


Its called murder. This guy was indeed out to cause mayhem and terror. He was not, however, a terrorist since he has no known political or group motive. He was just a nihilistic FUCK, who wanted to murder strangers. If he was a member of a group that had a goal of overthrowing the patriarchy, for example, then there may be a case for calling this terrorism. THAT still wouldnt be WHITE TERROR unless his group identity and motivation behind this attack was somehow linked to a "WHITE" group.

OFC everything is an assumption at this point, so we really don't know.

This isnt complicated, just seems like the left cant skip a chance to shit on white men. Quite pathetic
44   Patrick   2018 Mar 21, 2:26pm  

mell says
No that would be a clear lie since there are no Christian motives at all.



This is true. The bomber's likely origin in the majority ethnic group and majority religion is completely irrelevant because those characteristics have nothing to do with his motive (as far as we know so far).

Islamic bombing is the opposite, where the religion is the bomber's main motive for the bombing, and the attack is very loudly proclaimed to be for Islam in pretty much every case.
45   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 2:27pm  

CBOEtrader says
This isnt complicated, just seems like the left cant skip a chance to shit on white men. Quite pathetic


No, it's just a chance to, once again, show the hypocrisy of the Trump supporters.
46   Patrick   2018 Mar 21, 2:29pm  

CBOEtrader says
just seems like the left cant skip a chance to shit on white men


The unifying theme of the NY Times and NPR is that they shit on white men every day, either explicitly, or implicitly by selecting daily coverage of and showing great sympathy for anyone who is not white and male, simply because they are not white and male.

The NY Times and NPR are nearly perfect examples of racism and sexism (and psychological projection) in daily life.
47   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Mar 21, 2:31pm  

If this is the deceased suspect, it's a refutation of the Media/DNC (but I repeat myself) line about it being "White Terror"

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/reddit-user-claims-austin-bomber-compares-zodiac-article-1.3886094
48   MrMagic   2018 Mar 21, 2:33pm  

HappyGilmore says
deepcgi says
Ah...sarcasm. I think you’ll find that bombs are already illegal. Apparently didn’t matter did it?


Again--so the solution is to get rid of all laws then?

Last I checked, people are still getting raped, so rape laws don't matter


Please point out here who said get rid of all laws? Please link it.

What's been pointed out with the delusional Libbies is that laws already exist on the books that make these acts illegal, but the Libbies think adding NEW laws will stop future attacks.
49   HappyGilmore   2018 Mar 21, 2:34pm  

TwoScoopsPlissken says
If this is the deceased suspect, it's a refutation of the Media/DNC (but I repeat myself) line about it being "White Terror"


Can you provide a DNC or media source claiming it was white terror?
50   CBOEtrader   2018 Mar 21, 2:35pm  

HappyGilmore says
Pretty sure most here would assume it was Islamic terrorism if he was Muslim.


If he yelled "Alahu Ahkbar" before he did it, the muslim terror would be a reasonable guess.

If there were a string and pattern of christians terrorizing the country using bombs like this, then assuming christian terror may be valid.

In this situation, there is no association between his christian family, and his actions. Unless they find a manifesto where he says something to that nature than calling it WHITE or CHRISTIAN terror is pure bigotry. Its a deplorable move... but go ahead and try to make your bigoted point if ya like.
51   MrMagic   2018 Mar 21, 2:36pm  

HappyGilmore says
No, it's just a chance to, once again, show the hypocrisy of the Trump supporters.


What hypocrisy would that be?
52   CBOEtrader   2018 Mar 21, 2:37pm  

Sniper says
What's been pointed out with the delusional Libbies is that laws already exist on the books that make these acts illegal, but the Libbies think adding NEW laws will stop future attacks.


Yeah i noticed his bait and switch too. Very weak, illogical argument

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