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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSC shooter pretty much labeled actions as "ethnic cleansing" but Jeb "doesn't know why" he did it
"I don't know what was on the mind or the heart of the man who committed these atrocious crimes," the former Florida governor said at the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference.
The shooter, 21-year-old Dylann Roof, was crystal clear about his motive: He reportedly announced he was there to kill black people, saying at the church, "You rape our women, and you're taking over the country. And you have to go."
In a Facebook picture, Roof sported patches on his jacket representing Rhodesia, a former apartheid state in East Africa, and apartheid-era South Africa. He also reportedly told his roommate he was planning to ignite a civil war.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/19/jeb-bush-charleston_n_7621438.html
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Just afraid to offend racist bigots that populate republican primaries
monmouth4
(9,664 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)The mind shrivels at that thought. Even the chimp would have mumbled something more appropriate than this.
So help me Dog, I think Jebbie would have to drop his pants to count to 21. He is just that goddamn dumb.
AndreaCG
(2,331 posts)And agree about Jeb! being dumber than W.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)but no, Roof didn't say it was "ethnic cleansing", and it wasn't. It was racism. It was terrorism. Ethnic cleansing has a specific meaning:
Ethnic cleansing is the systematic forced removal of ethnic or religious groups from a given territory by a more powerful ethnic group, with the intent of making it ethnically homogeneous.[1] The forces applied may be various forms of forced migration (deportation, population transfer), intimidation, as well as mass murder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing
I'm not trying to nitpick; words have meaning.