Sure, there are numerous quotes and references to the El Paso gunman's manifesto available to the public in the online media, but I had to hunt to find the actual document. Of course, the police are still investigating the crime, and it is understandable that folks would not want to give the gunman a platform to attempt to justify his hateful act or serve to further inflame racial passions within our country. Nevertheless, the suppression of public access to the gunman's remarks also serves to obscure the very central role of nativists, white supremacists and Donald Trump in what happened in El Paso.
In the interest of making this clearer, I have provided the following excerpts from the manifesto to demonstrate that document's affinity with the rhetoric of Trump, nativists and white supremacists:
Manifesto: "This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas. They are the instigators, not me. I am simply defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion." https://www.citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/shooter-manifesto-elpaso.jpg
Donald J. Trump on Twitter 29 Oct 2018: "Many Gang Members and some very bad people are mixed into the Caravan heading to our Southern Border. Please go back, you will not be admitted into the United States unless you go through the legal process. This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!"
Manifesto: "Due to the death of the baby boomers, the increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric of the right and the ever increasing Hispanic population, America will soon become a one party state. The Democrat party will own America and they know it. They have already begun the transition by pandering heavily to the Hispanic voting bloc in the 1st Democratic debate. They intend to use open borders, free healthcare for illegals, citizenship and more to enact a political coup by importing and then legalizing millions of new voters." https://www.citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/shooter-manifesto-elpaso.jpg
Donald J. Trump at a rally of his supporters in Cincinnati, Ohio 1 Aug 2019: ""The greatest betrayal committed by the Democrats is their support for open borders...These open borders would overwhelm schools and hospitals, drain public services, and flood communities with poisonous drugs. It is tough enough...Democrat lawmakers care more about illegal aliens than they care about their own constituents. They put foreign citizens before American citizens." https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/08/01/trump_democrats_put_foreigners_before_americans_care_more_about_illegals_than_own_constituents.html
Manifesto: After advocating dividing the U.S. into racial enclaves and declaring his opposition to "race mixing," the gunman wrote: "My ideology has not changed for several years. My opinions on automation, immigration and the rest predate Trump and his campaign for president. I <am> putting this here because some people will blame the President or certain presidential candidates for the attack. This is not the case. I know that the media will probably call me a white supremacist anyway and blame Trump's rhetoric. The media is infamous for fake news. Their reaction to this attack will likely confirm that." https://www.citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/shooter-manifesto-elpaso.jpg
Well, at least the line about "fake news" was original! This is just one of many reasons why I (and others) have been saying that another four years of Trump in the White House is a very dangerous prospect for this republic.
In the interest of making this clearer, I have provided the following excerpts from the manifesto to demonstrate that document's affinity with the rhetoric of Trump, nativists and white supremacists:
Manifesto: "This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas. They are the instigators, not me. I am simply defending my country from cultural and ethnic replacement brought on by an invasion." https://www.citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/shooter-manifesto-elpaso.jpg
Donald J. Trump on Twitter 29 Oct 2018: "Many Gang Members and some very bad people are mixed into the Caravan heading to our Southern Border. Please go back, you will not be admitted into the United States unless you go through the legal process. This is an invasion of our Country and our Military is waiting for you!"
Manifesto: "Due to the death of the baby boomers, the increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric of the right and the ever increasing Hispanic population, America will soon become a one party state. The Democrat party will own America and they know it. They have already begun the transition by pandering heavily to the Hispanic voting bloc in the 1st Democratic debate. They intend to use open borders, free healthcare for illegals, citizenship and more to enact a political coup by importing and then legalizing millions of new voters." https://www.citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/shooter-manifesto-elpaso.jpg
Donald J. Trump at a rally of his supporters in Cincinnati, Ohio 1 Aug 2019: ""The greatest betrayal committed by the Democrats is their support for open borders...These open borders would overwhelm schools and hospitals, drain public services, and flood communities with poisonous drugs. It is tough enough...Democrat lawmakers care more about illegal aliens than they care about their own constituents. They put foreign citizens before American citizens." https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/08/01/trump_democrats_put_foreigners_before_americans_care_more_about_illegals_than_own_constituents.html
Manifesto: After advocating dividing the U.S. into racial enclaves and declaring his opposition to "race mixing," the gunman wrote: "My ideology has not changed for several years. My opinions on automation, immigration and the rest predate Trump and his campaign for president. I <am> putting this here because some people will blame the President or certain presidential candidates for the attack. This is not the case. I know that the media will probably call me a white supremacist anyway and blame Trump's rhetoric. The media is infamous for fake news. Their reaction to this attack will likely confirm that." https://www.citizenfreepress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/shooter-manifesto-elpaso.jpg
Well, at least the line about "fake news" was original! This is just one of many reasons why I (and others) have been saying that another four years of Trump in the White House is a very dangerous prospect for this republic.
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ReplyDeleteTrump's rhetoric is toxic and foments this kind of violence. You can't light a fire and not expect it to burn and ravage. How can Christians in particular support a man who clearly rejects the concept of loving one's neighbor as oneself (even though he surely does love himself!) much less that of loving one's enemies, as Jesus enjoined us to do.