Days After a Racist Terrorist Attack Society Is Ready to Move On
Meanwhile, ‘Civil War’ is trending on social media
Only eight days after a terrorist attack targeting Black people Donald Trump is promoting the idea of civil war. While this is not surprising coming from the former president, trying to forget what happened in Buffalo while “civil war” trends on social media is much more dangerous and problematic than people realize. The current environment in the United States makes it a very dangerous place for non-white people.
Too many people are dismissive of the Buffalo terrorist. Pre-programmed ideas of lone wolves always take over the conversation when terrorists are white. Conversations about gun control, economic anxiety, and even a toothache drown out the conversations that need to be had. Just saying the shooter is a neo-Nazi or racist also dismisses the bigger problem (looking at you Ben Collins).
Lone wolves are a myth. White men are radicalized by the words and deeds of those that came before them. They associate with specific crowds and discuss extremist ideas and express their hate for non-white people. They then spread their fundamentalist ideas to the general public via social media channels that allow them to operate unabated; inciting one another to commit hateful acts against non-white…
