Sharp as a Marble - A hate crime you won’t see on the nightly news

A hate crime you won’t see on the nightly news

And since when is shooting 3 people a mass shooting?

During his testimony Wednesday, Thandiwe suggested that his reason for even purchasing the gun he used in the shootings was to enforce beliefs he’d developed about white people during his later years as an anthropology major at the University of West Georgia.
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He said the night before the shooting, he attended a so-called “Peace Party” intended to address his concerns about helping the black community find equal footing, but two white people were there.

And that’s what set him off.

I’m surprised he didn’t spontaneously combust from the irony.

Comments

Stuart the Viking says:

on 2/4/2013 at 2:57 PM

Just from reading that article, it appears to me that this was a young man who was probably going to end up killing someone one day with or without having his head full of anti-whitey bullshit (or access to firearms... just to head off that stupid argument). All that was needed was an excuse that would serve for a handy trigger.

It's because of people like this that I don't like to go out in public unarmed.

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Archer says:

on 2/4/2013 at 8:01 PM

I've been hearing all about "hate crime" for years. The one thing I've never been able to understand is:
- Two white guys beat a black guy to death == "hate crime"
- Two black guys beat a white guy to death != "hate crime"

On that same vein:
- Two straight guys beat a gay guy to death == "hate crime"
- Two gay guys beat a straight guy to death != "hate crime"

I'd like to propose (though it will never go anywhere in the politically correct world we reside in) that we either do away with "hate crime" laws, or charge all murders and most assaults under them. Most people don't shoot/stab/strangle/beat/etc other people because they "just love them soooo much".

Ferret says:

on 2/4/2013 at 10:51 PM

One could argue that, based on his choice of targets, he also hated women. I wonder if Lifetime is negotiating the movie rights to the story yet.

TigerStripe says:

on 2/5/2013 at 1:57 AM

Hate crime laws are thought crime laws.

TS

Dave M says:

on 2/5/2013 at 5:02 AM

Frankly, him being an anthropology major, believing what he believed,and then doing what he did: makes me ashamed that I'm an anthropologist.

Robb Allen says:

on 2/5/2013 at 8:28 AM

Dave, him being an anthropologist has nothing to do with you. One should never feel shame about another's actions when that other shares a common trait with you!

Ken says:

on 2/5/2013 at 9:42 AM

Adding to the points made by Archer and TigerStripe above: They're also a manifestation and implementation of the Rule of Man (as opposed to the rule of law).

dustydog says:

on 2/5/2013 at 9:45 AM

Robb's right. Your shame in being an anthropologist should be based on having studied anthropology, not a relativistic shame based on who else is an anthropologist.

Rob Crawford says:

on 2/5/2013 at 5:20 PM

Nothing wrong with anthropology -- so long as it's between consenting adults in the privacy of their own homes.

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