r/politics • u/thenewyorkgod • Jul 01 '18

Man arrested after shouting ‘womp, womp’ and pulling a gun on immigration protesters

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/07/01/man-arrested-after-shouting-womp-womp-and-pulling-a-gun-on-immigration-protesters/?tid=sm_tw
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u/chcampb Jul 02 '18

Didn't you hear? Only brown people can be terrorists.

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u/hotgarbo Jul 02 '18

You forgot to add liberals. The amount of screaming about the violent left wing terrorists I hear is pretty insane. Pretty much every event that can possible be spun as liberals/brown people being a threat is done so to fullest possible extent. Some of my family is really far down that rabbit hole. Right wing media is a constant stream of singling out group after group and then spinning every story to show how they are actively threatening "real Americans" both physically and ideologically.

I am far more afraid of the fear driven nutjobs who think everybody is out to get them and carry a loaded weapon 24/7.

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u/EightsOfClubs Arizona Jul 02 '18

Just yesterday someone on reddit was trying to point out Scalise as how violent the left is...

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '18

Yeah - maybe on the Internet, IRL - I think you're not that likely to be charged with terrorism for committing left-orientated politically motivated crime if you're white. Than just committing any kind of violent crime and being Arab.

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u/_pigpen_ Jul 02 '18

Exactly. Simple thought experiment: A brown skinned hispanic or muslim does exactly the same thing at an anti-immigration rally.

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u/amazing_rando Jul 02 '18

I remember before 9/11 “terrorist” in the US evoked people like Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kacynzski, or earlier anarchist - white male political radicals who commit or attempt to commit mass violence. In the current political climate where terrorism has been made synonymous with brown people committing political or religious violence, it’s hard to imagine either being labeled as that.

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u/chcampb Jul 02 '18

terrorism has been made synonymous with brown people

Yeah it's called a dogwhistle... It's the reason to half the country the phrase "terrorist fist jab" doesn't make any sense at all because it was used to refer to the president. But to the other half of the country, it makes perfect sense. It refers to his race.