There were two mass shootings this weekend. The guy in the White House who enables and encourages racism, bigotry, and xenophobia is largely escaping responsibility. Reporters are too chicken shit to call it what it is - white supremacist terrorism - because god forbid they accurately report on things. I mean, it is not like a domestic terrorist sent pipe bombs to the Obamas, Clintons, Eric Holder, about 10 other Democrats, and some media outlets while literally living out of a vehicle that became known as the MAGA Van.
When Clinton was President, this poison oozed out of the swamps of "jack booted thugs" in Waco and resulted in the Oklahoma City bombing. Under Obama, it was birtherism, FEMA camps, and whatever other tinfoil hat conspiracy theories these lunatics could think of. But now, it is just out in the open, not merely by a wink and nod by Trump, but actively goading people into action by maligning anyone who does not have white skin.
This will blow over (the half-life of news coverage of a mass shooting is already short but with all those well-heeled media types having vacation plans, it might be shorter than usual and of course, Congress is out until after Labor Day) and we will wait for the next tragedy to happen while some very basic things could otherwise be done:
- Banning assault rifles
- Banning large capacity magazines
- Closing the gun show loophole (universal background checks)
- Bolstering DOJ prosecution of straw purchasers & gun shops who sell to them
None of this will happen of course. We have just accepted that you can be at a garlic festival or shopping at Wal-Mart and some angry white man with an AR-15 and enough ammunition to start a small war might stroll in and start firing.
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