On Wednesday night, nine people were killed after a man entered a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, and opened fire on the congregation. Authorities have since arrested the shooter, Dylann Roof – a white, 21-year-old male who appears to have drawn inspiration from Apartheid South Africa. As America reels, FIRDAUS KHAN discusses the five most popular excuses for mass murder when it’s committed by a white man.
1. Nothing to see here, just mental illness.
This guy probably had a mental illness which his dad probably knew about and he still got him a gun. #Irresponsible #CharlestonShooting
— AKudj25 (@AKudj25) June 18, 2015
When Muslims commit violence, TV producers go live to nearest “terror expert,” when white men commit violence, they bring on psychologists.
— Arash Karami (@thekarami) June 18, 2015
2. The devil made him do it.
@tonytl69 @deray i’ll say it again. evil knows no race or color. this guy is evil, not white, not black not hispanic. view him as such
— homeless1 (@homeless110) June 18, 2015
@1Obefiend it was an act of the devil period!!
— David Hyche (@david_hyche) June 18, 2015
3. But some of his best friends are black.
@jamesnewburg @Spacekatgal how can you be racist and have 22 black friends out of 89 on facebook. a real racist would have none.
— Blaspherion (@Blaspherion2014) June 18, 2015
Did yall know if you have fb friends that are black that means you aren’t racist? I fuckin didn’t #CharlestonShooting pic.twitter.com/siSoxEqwVi
— bri ♡ (@bri6na) June 18, 2015
4. He’s bad, he’s awful and he’s disturbed – just not a mass murderer.
Charleston mayor: “Arrest of this awful man is important for all of us…to begin the necessary process of our healing” pic.twitter.com/jPiFwm69nd
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 18, 2015
Charleston mayor on shooting: “In America, we don’t let bad people like this get away with these dastardly deeds.†pic.twitter.com/BtS2fBw27A
— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 18, 2015
.@LindseyGrahamSC also called him “a disturbed person with a gun.” Not thug, not terrorist, not even murderer. #CharlestonShooting
— Anand Giridharadas (@AnandWrites) June 18, 2015
5. “Look up ‘terrorism’ in the dictionary!â€
@AkiMuthali From that alone, it’s racial hatred. A hate-crime. We can’t shout “terrorism” until we know his full motives.
— ImSuperCereal (@SidnellD) June 18, 2015
@blackrepublican I think the phrase ” and act of pure evil ” would be more accurate than ” a terrorist act “
— EMT-P darthsparticus (@sithschnauzer) June 18, 2015
@TallRick what was this racists declared political agenda and who was he representing? He was just a murderer. Drop the terrorists bullshit.
— Queenie (@FatAssFuckinDog) June 18, 2015
