Comments on: GOP – NRA Strategy: Downplay White Nationalism

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 16:53:49 +0000

“There is no shortage of malevolent people who would be comfortable with our society backsliding towards the historical norm, just for the opportunity to express that endless rage within them.” – Retired Gen. James Mattis

H/T: “James Mattis Gives the Country a Warning” – National Review, Sept. 3, 2019

By: Mr.BD

Mr.BD — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 15:26:10 +0000

These white boys with guns is definitely a problem. But if the Repubs and NRA did not care when all those kids got killed in Connecticut then they do not care about anybody. The mad white boy problem is only going to get worse though. I want to see what happens when one of theirs gets killed.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:14:19 +0000

I’ll conclude with my take on the GOP-NRA connection…..

DJ laid it out accurately. And while the GOP and NRA are trying to pretend that angry white males with unfettered access to Guns are NOT a festering problem in America, here is their dilemma:

The GOP and NRA are having to deal with a few glaring realities they’ve NOT had to deal with before.

1. See my 2nd response. Angry white males are shooting at everything and everybody INCLUDING innocent White Americans (men, women and children). The number of White victims is growing. White women in particular are horrified and demanding gun reform Now!

2. The NRA has lost a lot of money and is losing a lot of power due to massive corruption among its leadership and rampant infighting. Does the NRA still have some pull. Yes. But that organization AIN’T nearly what it used to be.

3. Thanks to Trump, and the GOP’s fear of him, the GOP has thoroughly discredited itself. Like the NRA, they can (and do) still wreak havoc. But the Repubs have thoroughly discredited themselves. No principles. No values. Nothing. Just an empty, vacuous, shell of itself. That party will never be the same.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:35:51 +0000

So what’s the one character flaw that tends to be common among weak and fearful males…especially white males? They Scapegoat. Their incompetencies,…their failures….feeling like a Loser…to them, it’s almost always someone else’s fault. Rarely do such mucked up individuals take responsibility for their own inadequacies. Easier to blame the “Others” while wrapping themselves up in white nationalism and pretending to be about restoring this country to white dominance. It’s mostly a crock of sh*t.

White terrorists aren’t just shooting at people of Color, They’re shooting at anybody and everybody. Innocent victims of their deadly rampages are just as likely (if not moreso) to be White men, White women AND White children as innocent victims of Color. White male terrorists are nihilists. Life is meaningless to them so they kill for the sake of killing….and for revenge. Revenge for what?

Being born.

By: Truthiz1

Truthiz1 — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:21:18 +0000

I want to preface my responses by first saying- I am in total agreement with DJ on this:

“No matter what the GOP – NRA strategy would prefer us all to believe, white nationalism is on the rise and angry white men with guns is a huge problem in America. So, don’t fall for the smoke and mirrors. Disgruntled, white male terrorists are in the driver’s seat…..”

But here’s where I slightly disagree: “and Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric is still providing all the fuel.”

I would posit that Trump is providing most of the fuel….Not all of it. There are other motivations, Equally if not more venomous, at play when it comes to angry white males with guns terrorizing all of America.

Motivations such as FEAR and Self-loathing. Ignorance and isolation. Insecurity and Hatred. Oh and did I mention….FEAR.