This is stochastic terrorism. It is deliberate. It is by design.
It is easier to get a gun and body armor in America than it is to get medical care, and that is by design.
Tucker Carlson can get on TV every night, spout racist lies about a paranoid conspiracy, and inspire his viewers to commit acts of violence against innocent people. There will never be a meaningful consequence for his actions. This is by design.
Republicans have done everything possible to put weapons of mass murder into the hands of paranoid people they have agitated with racist lies and conspiracy theories.
It is not a coincidence that the latest white supremacist mass murderer is 18 and a heavy consumer of Fox News and far right online forums.
Republicans have not just made this possible. They have encouraged it. Oh, they’ll scold any of us who say it out loud, but we all know it’s true. They love it when Black people suffer and die. They love it when the people who killed them get away without any consequence.
This is all by design. Don’t let them wring their hands and offer their thoughts and prayers. This is what they want. This is the plan. This is all working EXACTLY the way they want it to.
Republicans want the rest of us — the majority — to live in constant fear of their violent, heavily-armed, racist followers. From encouraging them to brandish their assault weapons in public to allowing anyone to carry an instrument whose only purpose is to kill people. See that angry dude in the MAGA hat? See him ranting and raving at some innocent BIPOC who just wants to live their life? I’m going to think twice before I jump up to support my fellow human, because that MAGA guy is likely armed and will get away with murdering me, because reasons. Maybe I’m considering volunteering to work an election. But then I remember my neighbor who was doxxed by MAGA terriorists and had to flee for her safety because they were showing up to stand around outside her house with their guns.
Tucker Carlson shares responsibility for the mass murder in Buffalo yesterday, as do his producers and the advertisers who have continued to support his show while it has dropped all pretense of not being openly white supremacist. He’ll be back on the air tomorrow night, and somehow this will be Hunter Biden’s fault.
The entire Republican caucus in both houses of congress have even more blood on their hands today. They will experience zero consequences for their role in the racially-motivated murders they inspired and enabled. If they haven’t already, the MAGA fascists will be fundraising off of this by the end of the weekend.
I’d say don’t let them get away with this, but they already have, and they will again. And again. And again. And again. Until somehow the Democrats get their shit together and make ending gun violence a priority the way the Republicans have made controlling women a priority. It’s going to take a long time, and we need to get to work.
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Bravo!
I have watched Tucker Carlson for years and I have never once heard him "spout racist lies" or encourage any kind of violence-quite the opposite, actually. It has been the dems that have encouraged violence from Maxine Waters to Kamala Harris-I would love to hear an example of a racist lie Tucker has told and an example of Tucker encouraging violence. He has had it happen right in front of his own home; I highly doubt he would wish that on anyone.
Carol wrote: "I have watched Tucker Carlson for years and I have never once heard him "spout racist lies" or encourage any kind of violence-quite the opposite, actually. It has been the dems that have encouraged..."True...Maxine waters has said on multiple occasions that they should give no rest to anyone that disagrees with them...As far as I am concerned, all this violence is the NECESSARY PAYMENT for Woodstock--those idiots Jane Fonda, Abbey Hoffman ( realize how he killed himself and had mental issues) and all that ilk put down our society to the point where nothing is sacred. AND we wonder WHY there is violence. Change that comes too fast causes this...
Carol wrote: "I have watched Tucker Carlson for years and I have never once heard him "spout racist lies" or encourage any kind of violence-quite the opposite, actually. It has been the dems that have encouraged..."Example 1: "In fact, according to Carlson, people from non-Western countries dilute and adulterate America’s culture and heritage. Immigration makes the country 'poorer and dirtier and more divided,' he said in 2018. (Earlier, Carlson said Iraqis come from a 'culture where people just don’t use toilet paper or forks.') " -Michael Gerson
Example 2: "This may be a lot of things, this moment we’re living through, but it is definitely not about black lives,” Carlson said. “Remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will."
Lisa wrote: "Carol wrote: "I have watched Tucker Carlson for years and I have never once heard him "spout racist lies" or encourage any kind of violence-quite the opposite, actually. It has been the dems that h..."truth hurts. they do
Thank you, Will, for speaking the actual truth. Too many people, including those posting above, have their heads buried in the sand. The Democrats do need to get their shit together and until they do, this country will continue to become a fascist wasteland. If you still don't believe, look up the 14 characteristics of fascism. It's all there.
They see The Arsonists and help them, carry the fuel for them and gift them a lighter, listen to them as if they are the Messias and then call the people burning the problem.
It is not about intelligence, it is not about not being able to see the world as it is, it's the unwillingness to face themselves in the mirror and see who is the problem, because it is so much easier to blame someone else for it then yourself.
And if you have to go back to Woodstock to find the source of the problem you live in your brain in one of these 50s commercials that show a world that has never existed. Maybe turn off the tv and look around for once and face the real world.
Thank you Will. We need more people to speak out.
Racist Republicans and the NRA. They break shit and then everybody expects the Democrats to clean up the mess.
One last thing ...to quote from your area..NICHT WADER.....unless you're a citizen, you have no weight on this discussion and are an NPE....look into your own soul and the soul of your country which has a LONG history
First your mind is stuck in the 50s, then all you have to blame BLM for is a dead horse and on top of all you honestly think the USA becoming a pile of ash is not my concern, because I live at the other end of the world, when at the same time all the challenges that we face right now as humans proof that racism, viruses, climate change and how we as the human population treat each other (Ukraine war anyone and prices for basically everything going up right now all over the world) do not stop at borders?
My country has a long history but yours has a short and very violent and bloody one too. We need to learn to not repeat our mistakes but I don't think you want to learn from the past, you are painting it in nice colors, search for someone to blame and fight any change, because for you it will always be "too fast" since your mind hasn't done one single step forward from the 50s.
Sorry, but the one disqualified from this discussion is you. Go back and discuss the "evil Woodstock" and leave the discussion about the present to people who actually care for today and tomorrow, which you clearly can't or are unwilling to do.
And keep your "both sides" to yourself because one side is killing people nearly daily for nothing but the color of their skin.
What an absolutely myopic diatribe. Accusing one side of "It's their fault-ism" all while doing the same exact thing. Pathetic. No one side to blame, and until you figure that out, you will always live in disillusionment.
Burton Berry wrote: "What an absolutely myopic diatribe. Accusing one side of "It's their fault-ism" all while doing the same exact thing. Pathetic. No one side to blame, and until you figure that out, you will always ..."That was my original point...the loonies are on both sides...but in all fairness, for almost 60 years we've been bombarded with challenges to everything as "bad". If you hear that all the time, then, ultimately people are going to take it to heart, and some people go off the deep end for one side of the other.
I'm not a fan of the Woodstockers, nor of today's version of the 1960's types, but I notice a major difference between the two. Back then, the Woodstockers seemed dirty, but alive and vibrant and natural. Today, the clothes, the colors and styles don't radiate that..they radiate a numbness or deadness...Being born after Woodstock and before today's group, My group is caught in the middle, but the problems stem from both sides......one side started with feelings and now its spread to the extremes on both sides....
There is no one good or bad side. If anything, the goal is to dumb down proper education and emphasize infantile pop culture until no real discerning judgments can be made by the vast majority of the citizenry. Then the population can be steered to hate whatever convenient enemy is profitable to oppose at the moment. It's a flip of the coin who is in there when the final power grab takes place. Republicans will have us hating non-citizens and those with identity questions. Democrats will have us hating the religious community and the wealthy or successful. Whoever is in there, it won't be pretty.
This crime was done by a leftwing extremists, just like most of the mass shootings have been. Will, have you evr condemned the burnings and crimes thatvare being done daily by antifa/blm? Probably not because they are Democrats supported.
Wow. Thanks for sharing this here but I hope you aren't reading the comments. How can we get this much ignorance from a cite entirely about books?
Glad I am not the only one with this question. Sometimes it is hard to stay optimistic about the future, when people seem to live in a reality so far from mine that they could actually be living in another dimension. How does one build a bridge between these realities so communication can happen and we need communication and work together for a future worth living in or one we still can live in. I thought a community full of people loving books couldn't be that divided. I was so wrong.
