Posted on May 16, 2022
Anti-racism experts condemn ‘great replacement’ conspiracy pushed by Tucker Carlson
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As reports continue to roll in about the Buffalo shooter’s embrace of white nationalist rhetoric in a lengthy manifesto that detailed his plans and reasoning for carrying out Saturday’s horrific attack, many are pointing to figures on the right who espouse similar viewpoints as helping such racism become mainstream.
The shooting on Saturday left 10 people dead and others injured in a majority-Black neighborhood after an 18-year-old suspect allegedly opened fire with the intent of killing as many Black people as possible. It was just the latest in a long line of attacks inspired by far-right rhetoric concerning the issues of race and immigration.
In a manifesto verified by several news outlets as belonging to the shooting suspect, the 18-year-old clearly links his aims to reversing a trend that has been coined by white supremacist conspiracy theorists as the “white replacement theory”. The conspiracy in short spreads the false belief that Democrats are attempting to supplant white Americans with Hispanic immigrants and other people of colour in an attempt to radically change the US voting population.
The shooting on Saturday left 10 people dead and others injured in a majority-Black neighborhood after an 18-year-old suspect allegedly opened fire with the intent of killing as many Black people as possible. It was just the latest in a long line of attacks inspired by far-right rhetoric concerning the issues of race and immigration.
In a manifesto verified by several news outlets as belonging to the shooting suspect, the 18-year-old clearly links his aims to reversing a trend that has been coined by white supremacist conspiracy theorists as the “white replacement theory”. The conspiracy in short spreads the false belief that Democrats are attempting to supplant white Americans with Hispanic immigrants and other people of colour in an attempt to radically change the US voting population.
Anti-racism experts condemn ‘great replacement’ conspiracy pushed by Tucker Carlson
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."On Sunday, CNN’s media correspondent Brian Stelter did not directly address the network he frequently critcises but on Twitter did highlight, through retweets, that the right-leaning cable channel had declined to mention the shooter’s manifesto on its MediaBuzz show as well as Carlson’s Twitter post from 1 May laughing off the Times investigation into his use of rhetoric that could be seen as explicit embraces of “white replacement theory.”
The network previously suspended another host, Jeanine Pirro, in 2019 for comments questioning the patriotism of a Black and Muslim congresswoman, Ilhan Omar."
..."On Sunday, CNN’s media correspondent Brian Stelter did not directly address the network he frequently critcises but on Twitter did highlight, through retweets, that the right-leaning cable channel had declined to mention the shooter’s manifesto on its MediaBuzz show as well as Carlson’s Twitter post from 1 May laughing off the Times investigation into his use of rhetoric that could be seen as explicit embraces of “white replacement theory.”
The network previously suspended another host, Jeanine Pirro, in 2019 for comments questioning the patriotism of a Black and Muslim congresswoman, Ilhan Omar."
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If Hispanic people voted Republican our Southern border would be closed so tight a mosquito couldn’t get through.
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