You don't need to read the El Paso killer’s manifesto. Just turn on Fox News.
You don't need to read the El Paso killer’s manifesto. Just turn on Fox News. Written by Matt Gertz Published 08/05/19 10:40 AM EDT Share Comment Shortly after a gunman murdered 20 people in a Walmart in El Paso, TX, on Saturday, the hashtag “#whitesupremacistterrorism” began trending on Twitt...
Hasnain says:
This is from 2019 and still super relevant in light of today’s shooting - I’d hazard things have since gotten worse. Today’s manifesto had quotes indistinguishable from what has been said by Tucker; and now the great replacement theory is mainstream. More than half of republicans believe it per a recent poll; and a lot of their politicians have said it too.
Dark times ahead.
“Fox’s use of this rhetoric of demographic replacement and migrant invasion has not occurred in a vacuum. It has been mirrored by Republican politicians, including President Donald Trump, who similarly deploy those racist tropes. That's no coincidence -- both Fox and the GOP depend on riling people up with racist appeals for their success. Their behavior won't change unless their incentives change.”
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