The shooter, a white man, killed three people after writing messages of hatred for Black people. He killed himself after opening fire in a dollar store.

A white gunman fatally shot three Black people in hate-motivated shooting at a Dollar General retailer in Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon, Sheriff T.K. Waters said.

“This shooting was racially motivated, and he hated Black people,” the sheriff said at a news conference. “He wanted to kill n------.”

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The shooter was clearly driven to violence by socioeconomic hardship

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You think you’re clever but you’re just an asshole. Keep defending fucking nazi terrorists, scum.

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c/whooosh

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No. The intent of the commenter’s comment is very clear to me and I guarantee he’s laughing at the fact his comment was upvoted while mine was downvoted.

Check his comment history. He’s a right-wing troll.

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It’s a joke on how white mass shooters are portrayed as victims of society instead of as terrorists

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I mean… aren’t they both?

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No, it’s very clearly a “joke” about how the left oftentimes attributes crime in urban areas to socioeconomic conditions.

The original commenter here is simultaneously making light of a right-wing shooter with racist manifestos and also making fun of the left.

Nothing has gone over my head.

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Also, the gun had nothing to do with it. It was because our country does nothing about the mental health crisis.

What? Government subsidized mental health care? What are you, a commie?

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I was gonna say the world is shit, but it’s really mostly an us thing. We suck.

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There is no “we” about this. It’s all them.

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OH BOY ANOTHER LONE WOLF! CAN’T FUCKING MOVE FOR LONE WOLVES AROUND HERE!

If you ever wondered what you would do in Germany in the 30s, you’re doing it right now.

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Which is head-in-the-sand, “I can’t do anything about it because the other side is the problem.”

Fascism takes over gradually, like frogs in a pot of water slowly heating.

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fun fact: if you try to actually boil a frog, it jumps out of the pot. frogs aren’t that dumb.

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👈 trump effect did this

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Violent racism isn’t a product of Trump. Trump is a product of violent racism.

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Fuck off, trump has done more to bring racism and fascism to the forefront than anyone else in recent history.

Racism, sexism and bigotry have gotten bolder in his wake, we’ve seen violence in his name, pelosi’s husband for example, as well as violence for other conservative beliefs like white replacement theory bullshit which absolutely was pushed by trumps friends like tucker (who famously hates his guts)

But yeah go on, trump is just a product of his environment :(. He holds no accountability I guess

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Trump didn’t promote or support racism, the media did using him as an excuse

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Chicken or egg. One existed before but the other gave it a platform and kept it alive. I hope it changes in a decade.

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I think there’s an argument to be .ade for it being a positive feedback loop

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Typical modern conservative. Waffling between keeping up the act or full mask-off racism.

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