Posted on May 16, 2022
What is the 'Great Replacement' and how is it tied to the Buffalo shooting suspect?
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Authorities are calling Saturday's mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., a racially motivated attack. The suspect allegedly wrote a 180-page document filled with hateful rants about race and ties to the "Great Replacement." Here's what you need to know about this particular conspiracy theory.
What is the "Great Replacement"?
In short, the "Great Replacement" is a conspiracy theory that states that non-white individuals are being brought into the United States and other Western countries to "replace" white voters to achieve a political agenda. It is often touted by anti-immigration groups, white supremacists and others, according to the National Immigration Forum.
White supremacists argue that the influx of immigrants, people of color more specifically, will lead to the extinction of the white race.
Authorities are calling Saturday's mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., a racially motivated attack. The suspect allegedly wrote a 180-page document filled with hateful rants about race and ties to the "Great Replacement." Here's what you need to know about this particular conspiracy theory.
What is the "Great Replacement"?
In short, the "Great Replacement" is a conspiracy theory that states that non-white individuals are being brought into the United States and other Western countries to "replace" white voters to achieve a political agenda. It is often touted by anti-immigration groups, white supremacists and others, according to the National Immigration Forum.
White supremacists argue that the influx of immigrants, people of color more specifically, will lead to the extinction of the white race.
What is the 'Great Replacement' and how is it tied to the Buffalo shooting suspect?
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Is this really a surprise to anyone? It's been being blasted for years on some media outlets that foreign people are coming to the US and are taking people's jobs, will vote for the other party and are committing crime. If such a message is stated frequently enough and long enough, eventually the segments of our society who are prone to violence and ideologies such as his are going to pick up and act on it.
It's completely foreseeable and why we have to be somewhat careful in our rhetoric. If we go too far down the road of hate and division, the crazies in society will eventually see it as a call to arms.
It's completely foreseeable and why we have to be somewhat careful in our rhetoric. If we go too far down the road of hate and division, the crazies in society will eventually see it as a call to arms.
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Thanks Tucker Carlson. I wonder if he will be sued as a result of his white replacement rhetoric? Even if a lawsuit fails it would at least put a spotlight on the rhetoric being spewed on Fox News.
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