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Originally Posted by jgoens
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Originally Posted by shmad
I wonder what all of your reactions would be if the was Muslim, black, Hispanic, African, etc.; anything other than white. bc this guy is getting props for stealing a fking plane and having military jets scrambled to take him down.
this literally the meaning of white privilege. not a single response in here is really negative against what he did, or against Caucasians as a whole. and the guy is immediately mentally unstable, lone wolf, etc. if he was Muslim people would have filled this post with vile statements about Islam as a whole.
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You know, I get your point, but I think you jumped the gun and brought up the race card too quick. The event was immediately deemed non-terrorist--I for one was not thinking about race and motive issues, but you brought that up right away.
That's the problem with people on both sides. Try to get the "big gun cards" going..ie..race cards..before facts and stated opinions have played their role.
I don't see "white privilege" being a factor in this thread. All I see is tragedy in the aspect of how a person manages his grief. |
maybe you're right. I will say the first thing that popped in my head when the headline "plane stolen from Seattle airport" hit my phone was -is this a terrorist act and is history about to repeat itself. I'm sure I'm not the only person who thought that. after i read up on what actually happened my mind went back my initial thoughts and I went down that rabbit hole.
we'll never know the answer, but i still can't help but wonder if the name/religion/color of that person was different would the scenario have played out differently?