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Lemon Lyman

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Reply to herding cats (Original post)

Sun May 7, 2023, 04:47 PM

May 2023

I'm sure this will get as much pub as that shooter who was trans.

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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