We know who the killer is because he has turned himself in.
If you've never read an article on my blog before, I don't like to show the faces of these pieces of shit, and I don't like to include their names. But there are some things I'll note about this man because they pertain to the larger story around this.
The killer is a 46-year-old white man; sources say he's an atheist and on his Facebook page he has many antireligious posts.
Police said that they are investigating to see if this was a hate crime. Earlier reports also said that police were looking into if this was actually over a parking dispute — that's what earlier reports said. Although the father of one of the victims spoke out saying that this man had been harassing his child for weeks; that he did not like them because of just who they were, and that this was a hate crime. But at the same time the wife of the killer gave a statement saying the shooting had nothing to do with religion; that this was a long standing issue with the parking.
Then at a press conference, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, Ripley Rand, said the incident was not part of a targeting campaign against Muslims in North Carolina, and that this was an isolated event. And that jumps directly into what this story has become on social media.
Many people saying this is another example of Western media being racist and bigoted. Saying that instead of this white man having done this, if it had been a Muslim this would've been labeled as a terrorist attack and the media would've been all over this — even faster.
Tons of people posting and sharing this picture:
This is becoming such a different issue! Also, while I'll definitely agree there is media bias — and even just general human bias — there are massive flaws in this argument.
As far as coverage, you're talking about something that happened in the past that had 2 weeks of coverage, and something that happened a little bit above half a day ago.
In the Paris attacks, you have this guy that's part of a bigger group that orchestrated an attack and killed 17 people. By definition:
And then you have this evil bastard, and we don't know why he did it! I hardly doubt this was over a parking spot, and it seems like a hate crime!
At the end of the day, that argument doesn't even matter. We're just debating semantics! All Muslims shouldn't have to apologize for the people involved in the Paris attacks and all atheists or white people shouldn't have to apologize for this?!? These are the worst of the worst.
So instead of all of that, what I want to do is remember the three people that had their lives taken away.
Deah Shaddy Barakat (23)...
...his wife Yosor Mohammad (21)...
...and her sister Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha (19).
And even just a quick glance at any of their social media and your heart just fucking breaks.
Those who are Islamophobic should look at these kids! You have a guy who volunteered for the homeless and provided free dental supplies and food!
He operates thousands of dollars for those that can't help themselves! Posting things like:
And that's why these things break my heart. There's so much good and so much potential that gets taken out for whatever reason.
I don't care if it's someone that bastardizes religion to use that as a reason to kill someone, or if it's someone that doesn't believe in a God and wanted to kill someone that did! Let's just try to take this moment to not just put more hate in this situation, and unite and say that lives matter!! These acts of violence are not right!!!
This is not right that those people that are associated with the other larger groups of people don't accept them. Let's honor the victims, and those before them, and those that'd come after and stand against hate!
I'm not jaded. I know that bigotry is alive and well. The best way to fight against that is to remember who the enemy is.
That's where I'm going to end this topic.
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