MSNBC personality Joe Scarborough got an unexpected heaping helping of truth during a heated on-air discussion on Wednesday.
Current Events :
Scarborough, host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” was moderating a discussion about the Buffalo mass shooting by a white supremacist who purposely targeted Black people, when the discussion became intense and a bit too real.
During the discussion, Scarborough introduced talk of how Republicans have been pushing the “replacement theory” conspiracy. However, a panelist interrupted and barked that it’s time for politicians and the media to stop pretending that the racism behind the Buffalo shooting is “not who we are” as a nation — when in fact, it’s EXACTLY who we are.
“One of the more shopworn phrases that we’ve heard repeatedly over the past few days with reference to Buffalo, this the latest example of who we are, is the phrase “This is not who we are. That’s not true,” said show regular Mike Barnicle.
“This IS who we are,” he continued. “We are living in a country that has a virus without a vaccine. And we’ve been living in this country all of our lives. And it’s surrounded us all of our lives.
“There will be another Buffalo. And what happens with social media is [that] the outrageous becomes normal. In our fury, our anger, our unrest, our divisions about what happened in Buffalo, where people shopping for groceries were killed because they were Black. That’s all. That’s the single reason they died, their skin color. So we’re shocked. We’re upset. We’re angry. We’re mystified. Until next weekend, right until a playoff game begins. Until another shooting occurs. And then we’ll start this all over again.
“So I don’t know whether it’s beyond legislation or beyond hope, but I do know one thing. This IS who we are,” Barnicle concluded.
“I don’t believe this is who America is,” a flustered Scarborough said in a weakened pushback. “I do believe this is who a large segment of our society is. I do believe that Donald Trump gave a lot of people permission in their minds to behave the way they behaved in Charlottesville. To behave the way they behaved in Pittsburgh, the way they behaved in San Antonio,” he added.
Despite Scarborough’s attempt to gloss over the facts, the words from Mike Barnicle were a veritable master-class in reality.
So, wake up, America, and stop pretending we’re the goody-two-shoes we’re not. The racist shooting in Buffalo is EXACTLY who we are — and acting as if we’re not won’t miraculously make it all better!
OK WASSUP! covers Current Events:
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough gets schooled on America.
During the discussion, Scarborough introduced talk of how Republicans have been pushing the “replacement theory” conspiracy. However, a panelist interrupted and barked that it’s time for politicians and the media to stop pretending that the racism behind the Buffalo shooting is “not who we are” as a nation — when in fact, it’s EXACTLY who we are. […] – DJ
Mike Barnicle:
“This IS who we are. We are living in a country that has a virus without a vaccine. And we’ve been living in this country all of our lives. And it’s surrounded us all of our lives.”
Hear! Hear! And let the Church say AMEN!!!