Biff_Poindexter
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NBC Reporter Under Fire For Reporting on Racist Buffalo Shooter’s Toothache
NBC News reporter Ben Collins faced backlash for a series of tweets pointing to a persistent toothache as a major factor in the racist Buffalo mass shooting.
www.mediaite.com
"Ben Collins, who covers disinformation, extremism and the internet for NBC News, faced fierce backlash for a series of tweets pointing to a persistent toothache as a major factor in the racist Buffalo mass shooting. The shooting suspect —said in an online manifesto that he was inspired by a racist ideology called “replacement theory,” — But Collins’ thread began in different territory, noting that “The Buffalo shooter had a toothache.” Over the course of a dozen tweets, Collins wrote about the suspect’s radicalization via white supremacist disinformation and that persistent toothache, which the shooter blamed on “the Jews.”
Reminds me of the theory that if Hitler had access to paint supplies, he may have continued his pursuit in art instead of exterminating six millions Jews....apparently, Hitler was just misunderstood and his hatred of Jews was really based on his lack of access to affordable paint brushes....Or how Jeffrey Dahmer didn't murder all of those people because he was a sick evil fuck -- but because he had a stomach ache - and couldn't afford to see a gastrointestinal specialist.....Or how the El Paso shooter didn't shoot all of those Hispanics due to his fear of being replaced by them -- but because he was promised he would get a better deal on video games at Walmart than he would at Target -- and felt betrayed by the Jews.....
The passion some folks have to find every way in the book possible to excuse something for what it really is -- is nothing new...but this reach of an attempt to try to blame this on a toothache as some sort of appeal to class reductionism is pathetic...No, this murderer didn't do what he did because of a toothache, this murderer had access to a dentist....this murderer's parents make over 200K a year and he was on their insurance plan....this murderer could afford an aresnal of weapons, bullet proof vests, recording equipment to live stream his murders and a car to drive 300 miles to do it -- so it WAS NOT because of a fucking toothache...this belief that folks are only white supremacists because of "economic anxiety" is bullshit.....people are that way because they are hardwired to be that way....in fact, these same folks will VOTE AGAINST ANY POLICY that addresses their so-called "Economic Anxiety" the minute they believe "those others" benefit from those same policies.....stop finding ways to excuse evil just because you identify more with the perpetrator of that evil than you do the victim of that evil......