Republicans Must Answer for 'Great Replacement Theory' Violence

[Jilly_in_VA]

Wajahat Ali

Republicans and the conservative media ecosystem have to answer for the blood on their hands.

Either through innuendo or direct statements, they continue to promote the white supremacist “great replacement theory” which has yet again radicalized a terrorist to commit violence against people of color. And they should be held accountable for their role in it.

We’re still learning more about Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old suspected terrorist who killed 10 people in a racially motivated attack in Buffalo. However, it’s clear from his alleged manifesto that “great replacement theory,” which is now a mainstream GOP talking point, continues to radicalize men to commit violence. And yet some Republican leaders and conservative pundits continue to promote this hate for sake of votes, profit, and ratings.

Enough is enough. Until Republican leaders and conservative media stars explicitly renounce this white supremacist conspiracy, condemn it, and disassociate from its peddlers, it’s fair to conclude they are entirely complicit with its message.

Journalists and reporters must repeatedly hound Republican officials with follow up questions about this national security threat. Recall that Democrats and President Joe Biden still are asked about “defunding the police,” even though it is not a mainstream DNC position, or about critical race theory (CRT) panic even after it was revealed to be a bad-faith trojan horse created by right-wing activists to incite racial panic and anxiety.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-must-answer-for-great-replacement-theory-violence?ref=home

[TheRealNorth]

1. Has the media stuck a microphone in front of every major Republican....

Asking them if they denounce the RW media pushing white replacement? Doubt it, and if they did the Red Hats would deflect and blame us somehow.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. In theory, this is correct

but when do repugs ever answer to anything?

[Jilly_in_VA]

3. Here's my take on this insane and stupid "theory"

Wypipo (as distinguished from Caucasians, which is the non-insane, non-racist rest of us) don't seem to get that they are not and never have been in the majority anywhere except maybe in the Nordic countries, and less so in recent times. The rest of the world is made up of people of color--Black, Brown, Red, whatever you want to call Asian folks, and every shade in between. Not only that, but there are the glorious mixes, which account for even more and tend to identify with the half of color, either by choice or by law. So these fools need to get over themselves, because the majority is indeed coming for them. Probably in the way they think. And many of them, as has been famously proven in recent times by DNA testing, are not as "white" as they think they are. So there's that. Perhaps little Master Gendron would be willing to take a DNA test for our edification and his own? Nah, I thought not.

The late Harry Golden, who some of you might be old enough to remember, once posited that if you called some folks "Colored", perhaps we ought to call ourselves "Colorless".

[Celerity]

4. K & R