Post by stugatze on Aug 1, 2020 21:45:07 GMT
Oh oh ... white supremacists are hiding everywhere! 
The Great Pale Scarecrow of White Supremacist Violence
White supremacy needn’t have any actual substance behind it; the media will simply stuff it with myth and hyperbole to make it seem real enough to be useful.
By: Ray McCoy
July 31, 2020
The topic of racism in America has been mutilated into a panic device by self-interested media and politicians. The danger from this is that bona fide racially motivated crimes come to be viewed as part of a broad conspiracy, while incidents that are not criminal are roped in by extrapolating on that conspiracy. There are people in America who have violent intent connected to racist beliefs, but it has become harder than ever for them to remain undetected before perpetrating a violent act.
Nevertheless, the specter of this threat is constantly exaggerated in order to stoke fears of the next lynching, and if possible, ensnare law enforcement into the scandal.
When a person perpetrates a crime motivated by white supremacist ideology, that is national news.
Nevertheless, the specter of this threat is constantly exaggerated in order to stoke fears of the next lynching, and if possible, ensnare law enforcement into the scandal.
When a person perpetrates a crime motivated by white supremacist ideology, that is national news.
The perpetrator of the 2015 Charleston Shooting at Emanuel AME Church that left nine black parishioners dead, had his name immortalized by headlines from CNN, NBC, ABC, and virtually every other major media outlet. Thanks to citizen bystanders and his own sister, the shooter was arrested in less than 24 hours of his crime in North Carolina.
Persistent myths surrounding the crime have cropped up that refuse to die, despite the fact that the man was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in his home state, and was sentenced to death in his federal trial. After the recent killing of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, enraged Twitter users objected by tweeting that the Charleston shooter had been treated to a dinner at a Burger King after being arrested. Nobody mentioned that he had been arrested without resisting, whereas Brooks had scuffled with three officers, firing a taser at one.
Fact is, the police were legally obligated to feed the Charleston shooter pending his return to South Carolina. As the Legal Aid Society noted, Burger King was simply convenient. Finally, the shooter did not dine at a Burger King; one of the police officers had brought the food to the room where he was being held at the police station, as even the leftist Snopes confirmed.
Fact is, the police were legally obligated to feed the Charleston shooter pending his return to South Carolina. As the Legal Aid Society noted, Burger King was simply convenient. Finally, the shooter did not dine at a Burger King; one of the police officers had brought the food to the room where he was being held at the police station, as even the leftist Snopes confirmed.
This one example encapsulates the activist approach to violence involving police and black suspects: zeroing in on one detail in order to contend that a white supremacist received favored treatment. This small obsession is patterned in virtually every incident used during the BlackLivesMatter activist campaigns since the beginning:
Trayvon Martin was marked for death and assaulted by George Zimmerman for buying some Skittles in the wrong neighborhood. In reality, Martin had detected Zimmerman prior to their confrontation, and, according to physical evidence, was the real assailant until Zimmerman shot and killed him. Zimmerman was referred to as a “white Hispanic,” a label that caused a sociologist interviewed on NPR to claim his race is a “social reality,” and not a biological one.
The “hands up, don’t shoot” falsehood surrounding the 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson. In March 2015, the Washington Post admitted the scenario was not true—that Brown, in fact, had been advancing aggressively on Wilson when he was shot. Just days earlier, Attorney General Eric Holder, whose Justice Department compiled the report debunking “hands up, don’t shoot,” said he was prepared to dismantle Ferguson’s police department if necessary.
Trayvon Martin was marked for death and assaulted by George Zimmerman for buying some Skittles in the wrong neighborhood. In reality, Martin had detected Zimmerman prior to their confrontation, and, according to physical evidence, was the real assailant until Zimmerman shot and killed him. Zimmerman was referred to as a “white Hispanic,” a label that caused a sociologist interviewed on NPR to claim his race is a “social reality,” and not a biological one.
The “hands up, don’t shoot” falsehood surrounding the 2014 death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson. In March 2015, the Washington Post admitted the scenario was not true—that Brown, in fact, had been advancing aggressively on Wilson when he was shot. Just days earlier, Attorney General Eric Holder, whose Justice Department compiled the report debunking “hands up, don’t shoot,” said he was prepared to dismantle Ferguson’s police department if necessary.
The notion that the University of Missouri student protests in 2015 led the Mizzou’s president to resign was fueled by any real racist episodes. Not so. The only incidents in question were an alleged racial slur yelled at the student association president from a passing pickup truck, a poop swastika in a dorm restroom, and a false rumor (spread by the same student president) of KKK members being present on campus.
This is just a select sampling of hearsay, rumors, and canards propagated by BLM and like-minded groups. Some of the most high profile cases, like the celebrity hate crime hoaxes by Jussie Smollett, Michael Bennett, and Bubba Wallace, elicited nationwide sympathy until they were discovered to be complete fabrications. In none of these cases did the so-called victim do the right thing and admit that he had lied and made buffoons out of all who believed them.
This is just a select sampling of hearsay, rumors, and canards propagated by BLM and like-minded groups. Some of the most high profile cases, like the celebrity hate crime hoaxes by Jussie Smollett, Michael Bennett, and Bubba Wallace, elicited nationwide sympathy until they were discovered to be complete fabrications. In none of these cases did the so-called victim do the right thing and admit that he had lied and made buffoons out of all who believed them.
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In the current crisis ignited by the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, some new myths are developing.
The first is that the rioting in Minneapolis was partially fomented by white supremacists. This was examined by New York Times columnist Neil MacFarquhar on May 31, with a heavy emphasis on the “Boogaloo” accelerationists and men wearing Hawaiian shirts. In his own article, however, he cited a professor who admitted that such suspicions were unproven. CBS News reported May 30 that “authorities suspect white supremacists and far-left extremists are behind violence at protests.”
The white supremacists were placed first in order, but lost in the report was the fact that, in featured footage, none of the rioters had any visible ties to white supremacist groups or activities, and so far not a single such person has been arrested or identified by authorities in any of the metro areas affected by rioting. Plenty of left-wing extremists have been arrested, however, including:
The first is that the rioting in Minneapolis was partially fomented by white supremacists. This was examined by New York Times columnist Neil MacFarquhar on May 31, with a heavy emphasis on the “Boogaloo” accelerationists and men wearing Hawaiian shirts. In his own article, however, he cited a professor who admitted that such suspicions were unproven. CBS News reported May 30 that “authorities suspect white supremacists and far-left extremists are behind violence at protests.”
The white supremacists were placed first in order, but lost in the report was the fact that, in featured footage, none of the rioters had any visible ties to white supremacist groups or activities, and so far not a single such person has been arrested or identified by authorities in any of the metro areas affected by rioting. Plenty of left-wing extremists have been arrested, however, including:
