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Torchlight

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17. I'm as pasty white as one gets and have an Hispanic last name. It's Texas.

Sun May 7, 2023, 04:45 PM

May 2023

I had a ggg-father who stayed when the borders moved over him.

But in appearance, I'm the surprise during my first visit to HR when everyone gets the, "oh, we thought you were..." look due to my name. That's pretty common. I'd guess it happens often in CA and the other states in the greater Southwest borderlands.

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"Right Wing Death Squad" patch on vest of Mauricio Garcia, TX mall shooter. [View all] herding cats May 2023 OP

Yup. Had to sanitize his social media accounts. mercuryblues May 2023 #1

I wonder if the Proud Boys conviction set him off. yardwork May 2023 #2

I think the distinction between hispanic and latino is relevant here as well. meadowlander May 2023 #5

Well, my in-laws are all Hispanic, and they all identify as white. yardwork May 2023 #8

I'm as pasty white as one gets and have an Hispanic last name. It's Texas. Torchlight May 2023 #17

I'm learning that lots of people don't understand this. yardwork May 2023 #49

In 2010 Marthe48 May 2023 #34

There are Mexican-Americans who are white supremacists LeftInTX May 2023 #46

Usually, the options are separated now into "ethnicity" and "race." yardwork May 2023 #47

You inthewind21 May 2023 #57

Had the same thought malaise May 2023 #7

The timing makes me wonder, but really it could be anything. yardwork May 2023 #9

Nope. Not in a real sense. Like Clarence Thomas, they can be useful tools paleotn May 2023 #45

White supremacy isn't real, so anybody can say they're one. yardwork May 2023 #48

Shades of El Salvador RWDS, Nicaraguan "Contras" and anti-Castro Cubans. roamer65 May 2023 #51

Goes right back to Roger Stone. yardwork May 2023 #52

So they're Advertising they're a Cha May 2023 #3

Jackass Abbott is "blaming"................. Lovie777 May 2023 #4

Of course. Anything to distract from the real cause. yardwork May 2023 #10

Yea Traildogbob May 2023 #33

BUILD THE WALL, CRIME WILL FALL AZ8theist May 2023 #40

How many Morons Traildogbob May 2023 #44

So are his connections scrubbed? Must preserve lone gunman theory bucolic_frolic May 2023 #6

That really makes me wonder why he would target a mall in Allen, TX. tanyev May 2023 #11

White liberals make these bigots very angry JI7 May 2023 #25

The guy that shot up the Walmart in El Paso a few years ago was from Allen TexasBushwhacker May 2023 #26

The guy that shot up the Walmart in El Paso a few years ago was from Allen TexasBushwhacker May 2023 #27

Could therecbe a cell of the creeps in the Allen area? raccoon May 2023 #30

The Walmart shooter was heavily into "replacement theory" TexasBushwhacker May 2023 #37

Seemed to be Traildogbob May 2023 #35

No, Allen is predominantly white. tanyev May 2023 #39

Thanks Traildogbob May 2023 #43

You're assuming a right wing nut job has critical thinking skills. AZ8theist May 2023 #41

True. Sadly true. tanyev May 2023 #42

There goes the last, weakest argument up in smoke it wasn't targeted Torchlight May 2023 #12

MAGA, in other words. Kid Berwyn May 2023 #13

RWers on Twitter are posting that no one named Garcia could be a white highplainsdem May 2023 #14

Are they kidding? Is Enrique Tarrio a figment of our imagination? SunSeeker May 2023 #16

They have very selective memories. If they even have enough highplainsdem May 2023 #19

It's not their memeories. Hieronymus Phact May 2023 #22

Tarrio is a fool and a complete tool of something bigger. paleotn May 2023 #32

Exactly. Tarrio is another moron who doesn't understand how reich wing politics works. paleotn May 2023 #29

But they can definitely be fascists and support leaders like Pinochet, Fujimori, Batista, etc, etc. roamer65 May 2023 #53

I knew something was up when Texas officials were being tight-lipped about the shooter. SunSeeker May 2023 #15

Of Course Lemon Lyman May 2023 #18

Death squad "recent" history. spike jones May 2023 #20

And many perpetrators, enablers and sympathizers emigrated to the U.S. in the '80s peppertree May 2023 #21

That right wing connection needs to see air time liberal N proud May 2023 #23

yet another fool who felt he was judge , jury and excicutioneer. AllaN01Bear May 2023 #24

Sorry to break it to you, Mauricio Garcia paleotn May 2023 #28

True. peppertree May 2023 #38

Ah, one of tRump's very fine people -- what a fucking surprise... Blue Owl May 2023 #31

And I thought the death squads would be after the Orange Anus was anointed. Silly me. Evolve Dammit May 2023 #36

Most have been... Snackshack May 2023 #50

Shouldn't a Latino realize that wryter2000 May 2023 #54

Many Latinos hold very tightly to racial 'whiteness'... Racism and colorism JCMach1 May 2023 #55

I'll bet if they had to explain to a Nazi that they were white wryter2000 May 2023 #56

Fascists have some convoluted ideas (no kidding) JCMach1 May 2023 #58

What "we" practice overseas ALWAYS comes back to be applied at home. Kid Berwyn May 2023 #59