Perfect! There’s a Homer Simpson quote for every occasion! :)

“Even though more people have been killed by white nationalist terrorists in the last 15ish years.”

Despite myself, and rather naively, i suppose, reading these comments i was struck by the naked contempt for us ‘yokels’ living in ‘the sticks’. Leaving aside the crude summations of our low intelligence (and poor hygiene, according to at least two posts), is the running theme that people living in fly-over country…

I must admit i did audibly chuckle at the idea of me believing something because “Trump said it”. Sadly, like many American’s right now i am a citizen without a (viable) candidate.

respondingtoshitforbrainsburner, actually not. He’s pointing out another example of a grave national issue, and your (and your compatriots on this site) inconsistency in responses to each.

Yes—great point. And it disproportionately targeted non-whites.

The United States is the most benevolent super power in the history of bipeds—by a wide margin. I find myself feeling envious of the 99% of countries who have exactly zero pressure to address—or be responsible for the addressing of—international conflicts, natural disasters, bad guys, etc.

So, it’s “Just chill dude, shit happens”? It is patently clear that this attitude among posters in this forum is due to the perpetrator being of Middle Eastern lineage, and committing his terrorist acts in the name of Islam.